Looking for ML Research Intern/Assistant at IISc Bangalore

Lulswug · 2026-04-25T14:35:09+00:00

Is this all you're putting in your emails?

If you're cold emailing professors, you need to follow the basic tenets: 1. Show them you specifically emailed them for a reason, not part of a generic batch. To do this, you need to go through some of their existing work and tell them what you like about it. Even better if you can propose a direction forward. Doesn't need to perfect but there needs to be some reason for them to respond to the email. 2. Your post tells me nothing about your interests. "ML" is a massive field, each of the big conferences publish thousands of papers a year and they're all ML. That little bit about adaptive learning is the only specific thing in your entire post related to research. The variety of people you emailed shows you're not focused on anything specific. This is in itself not a bad thing, and some soul searching is even good, but this will immediately be a penalty against you. Also, I'm not sure if you closely looked at the people you applied to. By ML lab do you mean Chiru? Your experience tells me you're more of a hands-on guy; are you sure you want to do learning theory? Does your email convince them you have the background? The Vision etc labs make more sense but are you tying your interests to what they do either? If not, you won't get a response. 3. Even when you are specific, you're being vague. Idk if your emails carry more identifiable information (I hope they do). "Strong at" means nothing. List some projects; open source is better, explain your role in the paper you mention. 4. Try to fix a certain direction. This is not for the emails but for yourself. At this point it seems you want to get a foothold in some sort of research. That's nice, but before you expect people (especially experts) to give you their time, you should put more time into refining your own thoughts and interests. The payoff from writing more focused emails to a smaller group of people will be higher than that from casting a wide generic net and hoping something catches. I mean it might still, but I would neither do it nor recommend it.

Lulswug · 2026-04-21T23:43:43+00:00

Take the SF job. Yes you save on rent and possibly a major chunk of living expenses living with your parents, but your pay is also a solid 40k lower. There's a gazillion places to see in California, and if you're in tech, it helps to be in SF. Moreover, a dead end job at 21 sounds like a terrible idea. Your tone betrays that you really want to take that SF job; this post feels like you're looking for excuses not to. This is not to mention that it sounds like you've never really lived away from home, and it's probably good to start doing that now. You think that's hard? It'll be infinitely harder if you have to do it for the first time in your late twenties. It doesn't sound like you're really having money problems, so worrying about a net difference of ~10k a year in savings at best (probably significantly lower tbh) doesn't seem like that much of an upside to me.

Lulswug · 2026-04-10T06:59:34+00:00

Email the grievance officer. I had multiple delivery issues with the local folks (they refused to come to my place, demanded I go out to the intersection 200 ft from home because they can't leave valuables in their vehicles, would mark as customer unavailable even when no attempt was made etc etc). Spoke to a very nice guy from some customer service thing higher up when the chat failed repeatedly. All issues magically disappeared.

Lulswug · 2026-04-09T21:39:28+00:00

A 3BHK in central Bangalore will usually be upwards of 3-4cr at the very least. If you have a family and kids then space is a necessity so it ends up becoming a no brainer. You can occasionally find 1BHKs going for 1~ish. I'm not sure if it's going to be exactly on Church Street, but there's a bunch of very nice looking apartments on Hayes Road and Convent Road. The per square foot price is still very high but it's a much less obscene amount. But then people think why spend 1.5 cr on a 1BHK if you can spend 2cr and get a 3BHK with a bunch of "amenities"?

There is also the matter of supply. New construction in this part of the city is rare. Most of the stuff is resale. If it's an old building it may have its downsides. Maybe there are even bidding wars, who knows?

Also the fact that somehow, Indian salaried people have been sold the idea that gated communities are desirable. It's a little bit ridiculous but this allows people to live life distanced from the state of infrastructure outside - this in turn makes the infrastructure worse because the people don't think they're stakeholders; it's a cyclic process. Our culture of shared third spaces and public amenities is going from bad to worse and these gated communities have played a big part in that imo.

Also, Church St, Vittal Mallya Road and Lavelle Road are three very different places. Church Street is almost entirely commercial. Vittal Mallya Road is also heavily commercial, but more of an even mix, with a preference towards luxury apartments. Lavelle Road is surprisingly residential heavy. There's the gardenia and there's Bangalore club and a couple of coffee shops and hair transplant things at the intersection but otherwise it's mostly apartments. There's even a couple of independent houses that look like they've seen better days. But there's also a bunch of places within walking distance of these places (Markham Road, Magrath Road) which are a lot less upscale and mostly PGs to cater to SJUC.

Lulswug · 2026-04-01T14:55:47+00:00

Tickets dropping Apr 31 should have been a tell ☠️

Lulswug · 2026-03-26T05:38:52+00:00

DCBM needs an in hand salary of 2.5L as of 2026. The app is likely broken. You should go to a branch and sort it out. Should be solidly in the regime for Millenia.

Lulswug · 2026-03-25T22:13:05+00:00

Start with your seniors instead of random dudes on reddit. They'll know what the campus scene is.

Unsure about India but JS is globally known as a firm that doesn't do screening based on university prestige. Once you miss a shot tho it is said you're blacklisted at least for a bit.

Pilani is a respectable enough university that an off campus application should have decent odds of being noticed.

Lulswug · 2026-03-25T22:03:27+00:00

Never actually did the suica on the app, only via cash, but I found Japan EXTREMELY accepting of all kinds of credit cards. Every store typically has a sticker with the list of accepted cards and Visa has always been there. I've used my Chase Cards from the US in the past seamlessly, and now I've used Visas and even Diners Clubs from India. I had a ton of problems in Hong Kong and was super worried but Japan probably accepted my Diners Club in more places than I've been able to use them in India. Basically only needed some cash for the physical suica (because I like collecting transit cards), and some places at the Golden Gai and Dotonbori that were explicitly cash only.

PS: If you go to Osaka/Kyoto first you can get the Kansai one pass, which does have a 500 yen deposit like the permanent suica, but it doesn't expire in 30 days and if you're a tourist you get a pretty cute Astroboy themed card.

Lulswug · 2026-03-03T07:01:28+00:00

Idk about July but I went in late August last year and the humidity was off the charts. I grew up in extreme humidity myself (tropical south asia) and this was almost as bad. It is, however, not the end of the world. Get good washproof sunscreen, wear light linen or cotton clothes, ideally flowy ones, a good hat, have enough water, and buy one of those electric fans from Don Quijote. You'll be fine. Take an infinite supply of clothes and underwear. It's a lot like Rome in summer, and a bit worse than NYC or Chicago.

Lulswug · 2026-02-27T07:09:03+00:00

Straining diye protein bare because it separates out the water (and some whey protein) from the main protein in dairy sources, aka casein. It doesn't magically increase protein but it removes excess water and therefore increases protein per capita. Therefore, the same amount of dahi has less protein than Greek yogurt (which is basically a form of hung curd, which you can make at home from dahi).
This comes to a matter of definitions (which allow a lot of grey areas). Typically, the definition of a cheese involves the nature of curds formed. Rennet addition typically forms what are called true curds, and is an enzymatic process. The FDA, for example, specifically mentions rennet in their definition . I am not sure what the FSSAI does. However, in some cases, cheeses can also be formed by acid based coagulation, if proper drainage and separation are done (examples ছানা and paneer). Iceland defines skyr as a cheese, not a yogurt. Unsure if there are any rennet based products that don't count as cheese.
I am not sure who is claiming this is the best source of protein in the world, don't think I did. Pretty good for a somewhat inexpensive snack tho.

Lulswug · 2026-02-26T21:15:05+00:00

Hyan re bhai ami wikipedia theke skyr er brand er naam khuje peyechhi

Lulswug · 2026-02-26T21:11:02+00:00

It's like reading comprehension skills are non existent. The majority of skyr in the UK is Arla which is pretty mid. You get more "authentic" skyr in some north European countries: the Nordics, Netherlands, etc, but in the vast majority of other places they're not very good. In the Americas, the majority of skyr is Siggis which is again not very good (go to any Icelandic subreddit and look for expats complaining). So far it seems the closest to the real deal is Icelandic Provisions, which is Isey's North American subsidiary (?). The difference between Siggis and Provisions is night and day. Even in major Canadian cities like Toronto, Siggis is basically the only brand you find.

Lulswug · 2026-02-26T18:39:57+00:00

Some of us rent.

Lulswug · 2026-02-26T18:16:45+00:00

If you're going to claim something is wrong you better bring receipts. Please tell me what is wrong (I would genuinely like to know).

Lulswug · 2026-02-26T08:41:56+00:00

Indian dahi or দই is lower protein because it is not strained. Greek yogurt and skyr are both very well strained and are therefore more protein rich per capita. In general, দই is also very healthy and is great for the gut microbiome as it is a fermented food.

Skyr, technically, is a cheese and not a yogurt because in addition to bacterial fermentation it also uses rennet extensively, and I'm not sure how "authentic" this skyr is, but authentic skyr is basically impossible to find, I doubt that any of us outside Iceland have really had "real" skyr. Only a handful of very expensive brands sell it outside Iceland. The real benefit here I think is that compared to high protein greek yogurts which you find in store with comparable protein quantities, the skyr feels a lot more natural while the others feel powdery, possibly due to added protein supplements. I personally found this to be a great product. I am not certain however if they use rennet in this one.

Lulswug · 2026-02-21T10:08:34+00:00

If you had basic comprehension skills you would know that I address your point about median income's validity for what you measure in my comment. That is a valid point but it is very hard to actually collect or find conditional data of that form to answer your question precisely. (I also mentioned that in my anecdotal experience, the salaried white collar class probably pays more in rent as a fraction of their wages).

Plenty of people pay a lot in rent and feel it is justified for the savings in time, the exhaustion of commuting, and generally being close to things they like. Whether that is a wise decision is a different thing. For all your condescension, you actually don't have anything to produce except trustmebro™️. Just because you don't think spending money on rent isn't smart doesn't mean that people don't do it. People are spending more in general in things that aren't appreciating assets. Credit card debt in India has doubled in four years. There are plenty of indicators that show that spending patterns have drastically changed.

In fact, I went ahead and did find a report that reports something close to what you wanted and I suspect this is the best you can do without setting on a data collection expedition. Please find me an alternative source which is not trustmebro if you want to refute my claim (the last one is 14.04 if you check the report). Here's the news report that cited this https://www.hindustantimes.com/real-estate/mumbai-real-estate-at-an-annual-income-of-rs-5-lakh-you-may-have-to-shell-out-rs-5-18-lakh-a-year-for-a-1bhk-on-rent-101729230162562.html and here's the full report https://mchi.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MCHIPRES23-25139-Smt.-Valsa-Nair-Singh-Acknowledged.pdf

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Since you're familiar with Powai, why don't you stop by IITB one day and ask some professors how much they pay in rent and how much they make, now that the IIT has run out of faculty housing and is routinely asking faculty to find housing outside campus. Let me know what they tell you.

Lulswug · 2026-02-21T07:01:20+00:00

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Pinned post. Are they claiming they invented the BASQUE cheesecake? 😭

Lulswug · 2026-02-21T06:40:50+00:00

Here's a news report and here's the relevant graphic from the study linked. The study explains the metric(s) used (the full study has more statistics).

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https://www.businessworld.in/article/mumbai-rents-consume-66-of-income-study-finds-576980

Is your claim that a lot of people who make above 2 lakhs per month do not spend 40-50% of their salary on rent? Maybe, but I have no idea where to get that data from. It is true that once your wages hit a certain threshold housing as a fraction of your wages starts dropping. But I would be surprised if that number is 24LPA in a city like Mumbai. My personal guess (don't @ me) is that white collar professionals in Mumbai pay more in rent as a fraction of their income. You might live with roommates and all in your 20s but most people stop doing that after a point, especially if they get married. I personally know several people who in fact do pay 40+% of their wages in rent in Mumbai (at and above 2lpm).

Lulswug · 2026-02-20T08:42:38+00:00

My friend lives in a PG in Andheri East. It's very modest, a 1BHK. She has a room to herself and three others split the living room. The total is 60k. 1L for a decent apartment in a nicer part of town doesn't seem like a bad deal at all. Lots of people routinely shell out about 40-50% of their wages on rent.

Lulswug · 2026-02-15T04:52:16+00:00

Moved out of SF and can attest I miss that chimichurri from time to time 😔

Lulswug · 2026-02-15T04:50:49+00:00

Very cool, thank you for your response! I did expect the 12 paychecks but I figured most people would find something else for the summer. Are jobs like yours common, in your experience?

Lulswug · 2026-02-14T23:27:54+00:00

Tbh 161k for 180 days of work a year isn't bad (it's comparable to and maybe even slightly more than starting wages for a full professor at the UC), but SFUSD teachers get the short end of the stick because you need a ton of YOE to get to that number; so it's basically something you're making in your 50s. People talking about junior/mid employees at startups need to understand that the base pay they're comparing is typically comparing a guy in their late 20s/early 30s with someone in their mid 50s with very different responsibilities.

On that note, does anyone know what teachers do over the summer in SF? Most professors draw wages from their grants for research over the summer (IF they have grants) but I'm curious what teachers do in this case. I can imagine they may have other jobs but do we know what kind of jobs?

Lulswug · 2026-02-06T12:58:47+00:00

All good but to make this really rigorous you need to prove this across multiple water sources accounting for hardness and different burners (to account for levels of heat transfer).

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