About Risshabh Bhardwaj

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New Brunswick, NJ

Where it started

I was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I grew up in Bordentown and Princeton.

Old Queens at Rutgers University: a three-storey brownstone Federal building with a pedimented pavilion, Doric pilasters and a wooden cupola.

New Brunswick, NJ

L'Oréal

Summer 2025: I was a software engineer intern at L'Oréal, in New Jersey.

Princeton, NJ

ETS, Princeton

Summer 2024: I was a machine learning intern at ETS, in Princeton.

Nassau Hall at Princeton University: a long sandstone building with a pedimented central pavilion, hip roof and copper-domed cupola.

Blair Arch, Princeton, NJ

Blair Arch

Blair Arch, in Princeton, where I grew up.

A white dog standing on the grass.A dog wearing a hoodie.
A Gothic stone gateway tower at Princeton with four corner turrets, a clock and a pointed arch

New York City

The East Coast

I've gone up and down the East Coast, New York to Orlando.

The Midtown Manhattan skyline rising behind Central Park under a blue sky.
A simplified model of One Manhattan West: a 67-floor glass curtain-wall office tower about 303 metres tall.

New York City

Accenture, New York City

Summer 2026: I was a tech architecture summer analyst at Accenture, in New York City.

The Empire State Building seen from high up, with the city spread out around it.A person walking down a SoHo street at sunset.

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia

Philadelphia is where I spent a lot of time.

A concert with a curtain of lights and a performer in silhouette.
Independence Hall, Philadelphia: red-brick Georgian State House with a tall white clock tower and spire, flanked by arcades and wings.

Washington, DC

Washington, DC

A stop in Washington, DC. I've also been through Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland.

The Washington Monument: a 555-foot white marble obelisk with a pointed pyramidion and an aluminum tip.

Orlando, FL

Orlando

I've made a few trips to Orlando over the years.

A geodesic sphere clad in thousands of small silver triangular panels, raised on three angled legs.

Chicago, IL

The Midwest

Chicago, my uncle in Ohio, and a few college visits.

A giant mirror-polished steel bean sculpture on a stone plaza, with an arched tunnel underneath reflecting the sky

Chicago, IL

Cloud Gate

Cloud Gate, in Chicago.

San Francisco Bay Area

West and North

I went north to Niagara and Vancouver, then down to the Bay.

A red-orange suspension bridge with two tall stepped towers, sweeping main cables and a truss-stiffened deck.

San Francisco Bay Area

The Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area.

Cancún, Mexico

The World

Then further: Mexico, Europe, India and Southeast Asia.

El Castillo: a nine-tier limestone step pyramid with a stair on each side and a small temple on top.

Cancún, Mexico

Chichén Itzá

Chichén Itzá, in Mexico, on trips to Cancún.

Paris, France

Paris

Paris, France.

The Eiffel Tower seen from below.
The Eiffel Tower: a tapering wrought-iron lattice tower with three platforms, four legs and arches at the base.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam

Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, one of my trips through Europe.

A windmill framed by a window.A canal with a bridge and church spires behind it.A canal at night with lights reflected in the water.A person seen from behind, standing under a huge stained-glass window.

Switzerland

The Matterhorn

Switzerland: the Matterhorn.

The Matterhorn: a steep, snow-streaked rock pyramid rising from a glacier, shown as a terrain model.

Amritsar, India

Amritsar

I've been to India many times. This is Amritsar.

The Harmandir Sahib: a gilded two-storey temple with a ribbed dome, set in a pool and reached by a causeway.

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore, one of my trips through Southeast Asia.

Three hotel towers with a ship-shaped roof glowing at sunset, seen through a window.
Marina Bay Sands in Singapore: three glass towers carrying the long SkyPark, with its pool and a cantilever overhang.

West Lafayette, IN

Now

Now at Purdue: BS in CS and AI, MS in AI next.

A brick gateway arch on a college campus in spring, with trees in bloom.
A brick bell tower with a pale stone clock stage, an open arched belfry and a steep pyramidal roof.

West Lafayette, IN

West Lafayette

West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue, class of 2026.

A football stadium end zone with the word BOILERMAKERS painted across it.A packed basketball arena under a glowing ceiling.Two smiling faces drawn in fresh snow.

Where it leads

Available December 2026.

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