People / Students / 2025-2026 Cohort
People
/ Students
/ 2025-2026 Cohort
Natasha Dhanrajani earned a B.S. in Mathematics–Computer Science with a minor in Business at the University of California, San Diego. During her time there, she focused her studies on algorithms, machine learning, and AI reasoning. Additionally, she gained industry experience in product management and applied AI to complement her academics. At Sharp Electronics, Natasha conducted a competitive analysis of collaboration display management platforms, providing recommendations for innovations like AI-based diagnostics and predictive maintenance. At Northrop Grumman, she directed a large language model trade study, offering recommendations on encoder and decoder architectures for mission-critical systems. She started her technological career with two internships at Crestron Electronics, investigating wireless presentation and AV-over-IP ecosystems.
At UCSD, Natasha was also a Lead Business Analyst at Triton Droids, a humanoid robotics club, where she established the finance function, raised sponsorships, and optimized operations for robotics projects. Her previous projects involve retrieval-augmented generation, machine translation, and reinforcement learning. She is passionate about developing AI-driven products that can translate research into tangible user value, and is pursuing a future in AI strategy and product management.
