About me

I'm currently a junior in College, majoring in Aerospace Engineering. I am interested in Propulsion and Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Spacecraft. I am the co-founder of my college's Rocketry club, Team Avadhi and have been working on related projects. I want to take mankind to new distances in the universe. I am also interested in Astrophysics, Mathematics and Computer Science.

I like watching movies and sports, listening to music, playing chess and badminton, and working on interesting things. I am always open for projects. My favourite space movie is The Interstellar and all of Star Wars series.

I fell in love with space after looking at my third grade science textbook. I was fascinated by the planets, asteroids and comets depicted in it, so much so that I started going out at night to look at the stars. Slowly, I was introduced to NASA, ISRO and several other space organisations who have made brilliant contributions in the field of Space Exploration. NASA's Curiosity rover, India's Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan missions, JAXA's Hayabusa I and II, and ESA's Rosetta mission, all captivated my mind while in High School, thus fixating my choice of career in the area of Aerospace Engineering. While in ninth grade, I had the chance to interact with an engineer from the Rosetta mission to the comet 67P Churymov-Gerasimenko. I was fascinated by the astrodynamics involved behind the mission, and that is the reason why I am interested in Guidance, Navigation and Control of Spacecraft.

I hope to guide mankind to Mars and the other outer planets of the solar system some day!

Notable Certifications

• RC Aircraft Design - Skyfi Labs Bengaluru
• Rocket Propulsion - NPTEL
• Introduction to Aerospace Engineering - NPTEL
• Computational Science in Engineering - NPTEL
• Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design - NPTEL
• Aerospace Materials - Coursera
• Technical Support Fundamentals - Coursera
• Kinematics: Describing Motion of Spacecraft - Coursera
• Kinetics: Studying Spacecraft Motion - Coursera
• Space Flight Mechanics - NPTEL - Coursera

Skills

• C/C++/Python/MATLAB/Julia/Git
• Embedded Systems Design
• Propulsion Systems Design
• Space Mission Design
• Control Systems Design
• Optimization