Hi, I am Sunaina Pati. I am currently in my fourth year of the BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Computer Science program at Chennai Mathematical Institute. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to intern under Professor Sébastien Tavenas at LAMA, USMB, France, during the summer of 2026, and under Mrinal Kumar at TIFR during the summer of 2025.

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  • I am interested in Complexity Theory, Algebra and Computation, Psuedorandomness and Coding theory
  • I was a math Olympiad enthusiast, and I still love thinking about Olympiad problems occasionally. I have discussed over 500 Olympiad problems (IMO, EGMO, RMM, INMO, etc.) on my old (and inactive) blog Sunaina thinks absurd, which has over 300k views.
  • I love teaching! I was a counsellor (Teaching Assistant) at PROMYS India 2024 and a student there in 2023(supported by Mehta Fellowship and Ramanujan Fellowship 2023). I have also lectured at multiple Olympiad camps (IMOTC, EGMOTC, INMOTC and STEMS) and TAed a few undergraduate courses and a Graduate course.
  • I lie on the autism spectrum. Learn more about it here.

Courses I have TAed/ TAing

  • Graduate Mathematical Toolkit - Taught by Amit Kumar Sinhababu (2026 odd semester)
  • Discrete Mathematics - Taught by Professors V. Arvind (2026 even semester)
  • Algebra 3 - Taught by Professor Clare D’Cruz (2025 odd semester)
  • Algebra 2 - Taught by Professor Clare D’Cruz (2025 even semester)
  • Discrete Mathematics - Taught by Professors V. Arvind and Professor Amit Kumar Sinhababu (2025 even semester)
  • Algebra 1 - Taught by Professor Aditya Karnataki (2024 odd semester)

Honors

Please check my CV! (last updated August 2026)