Satyam Kumar cracked JEE at 13, joined IIT Kanpur and went on to pursue a PhD, intern at Apple and build a research career in the US. His journey from a farming household in Bihar’s Bakhorapur village to advance research in the United States is an example of an unusual academic path. He gained attention after reportedly cracking the JEE at 13 and joined IIT Kanpur for a B.Tech-M.Tech dual degree in Electrical Engineering. At IIT Kanpur, Kumar explored robotics and research while also receiving the Charpak Scholarship for a research internship in France. He later moved to the US for a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His doctoral research focused on machine learning and brain-computer interfaces. In 2023, Kumar worked as a Machine Learning Intern with Apple’s Siri Perception team. He later joined Texas Instruments as a Machine Learning Systems Research Engineer, working on areas including edge AI, ML accelerators and kernel optimisation.
Satyam Kumar: JEE at 13, IIT Kanpur to Apple and US
