Beyond Tech

Music · Travel · Languages

I believe the depth and breadth of human experiences are what set us apart from artificial intelligence.

Musician

Music

Adrian playing piano

Trinity College London, Featured Artist

Piano Grade 3 · Distinction · Case Study & Success Story

"From practising scales to building intelligent systems, the skills you pick up along the way truly stay with you."

Trinity College London featured my story as a case study and success story, honoring how music education shaped my journey into AI and software development. "Just like practising scales and chord progressions, programming requires daily engagement with code, algorithms and problem-solving."

Watch My Story on Trinity's Website Read Case Study

Certifications, 21 Credits

Grade 3

Electronic Keyboards

Distinction · 2014

Grade 2

Music Theory

Merit · 2014

Grade 1

Electronic Keyboards

Merit · 6 Credits · 2013

Discipline

Hours of practice for a single performance, translates directly to coding and debugging.

Creative Thinking

Improvising and composing pushed me to think outside the box, invaluable in software design.

Resilience

Mistakes happen on stage and in development. Learning to adapt and keep going is crucial.

Collaboration

Playing in ensembles mirrors the teamwork needed to bring complex tech projects to life.

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Explorer

Places I've Called Home & Visited

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Mumbai, India

Where it all began, born and raised. BE in Computer Engineering from RGIT. The city that taught me hustle.

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New York City, USA

Home since 2024. MS CS at NYU Tandon. Research, teaching, building, the city that never sleeps, and neither do I.

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Dubai, UAE

Where ambition meets architecture. A city that showed me what it means to build at scale.

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Florence, Italy

Art, history, and the best gelato. NYU Alternate Break service trip — volunteered with Angeli del Bello and CARITAS. Where Renaissance meets reflection.

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Las Vegas, USA

AWS re:Invent 2025. What happens in Vegas shouldn't stay in Vegas, bring back ideas and ship them.

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Boston, USA

The academic heartbeat of America. A city that reminded me why I love learning.

Advocate

Advocacy & Global Impact

Adrian at the United Nations

United Nations, ECOSOC Youth Forum Delegate

NYU Representative · April 14–16, 2026 · UN Headquarters, New York

Selected as NYU's delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum 2026, held under the theme "Innovate, Unite and Transform: Youth Shaping the Road to 2030."

I delivered a 2-minute resolution on how AI and youth can be included in a sustainable future and foster urbanisation, standing alongside delegates from 46 nations at the world's largest annual UN gathering of young people.

Ethical Use of AI
Youth Empowerment
Future Sustainability
Global Equity
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"If youth are building the cities of tomorrow, then youth must be included in designing and governing them today."

— Adrian Dsouza, UN ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026
Service

Community & Service

NYU Alternate Break Florence

NYU Alternate Break — Florence, Italy

Service Learning · Community Engagement

A week of hands-on community service in Florence with NYU's Alternate Break program.

Angeli del Bello — Street & Garden Clean-Up

Cleaning and trash picking across Florence streets and the historic Orticoltura Garden alongside local volunteers.

CARITAS Florence — Migrant Soup Kitchen

Served at the migrant soup kitchen and learned how CARITAS provides housing, trade skills, and a second chance at life for migrants.

Polyglot

Languages

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English

Native
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Hindi

Intermediate
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French

Basic
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Italian

A1, Learning

"While enhancing my technical skills, I'm passionate about learning French and Italian."

"Chi non fa, non falla" — He who does nothing, makes no mistakes.