I'm someone who loves exploring the skies, chasing big dreams, and spreading good vibes wherever I go. I'm currently a PhD student at IIT Bombay, supported by the prestigious PMRF fellowship, and I study aeroelasticity—how air and structures like wings interact. Before this, I was an MS + PhD scholar at IIT Madras.
Outside the lab, I follow my sense of adventure. I love to travel, try new things like surfing and yoga, and express myself through digital art. I have a soft, sentimental side and am always looking for the next exciting journey.
One of my proudest moments? Meeting Elon Musk in person—it was truly inspiring and unforgettable.
Nonlinear Optimisation | Multi Disciplinary Optimisation| Nonlinear Dynamics | Control Systems & Nonlinear Control | Flutter & Aeroelasticity |
Aeroservoelasticity | Periodic Systems | Fluid Structure Interaction | Chaos Theory | Energy Harvesting & Self induced Vibrations |
Wingtip Optimisation & High Speed Vehicles | Hyperloop | Concentrated Solar Power Plant | Product Design
Dec 2019 Candidate
Design Head, Team Avishkar Hyperloop
Finalist of Space X Hyperloop Competition 2019
Presented a Conference paper "Optimisation of Nonlinear Periodic Systems using Boundary Value Problem Formulation"
Presented an International Conference paper "Solving Nonlinear Periodic Aeroelastic Systems using Boundary Value Formulation and Conformal Mapping"
Presented an International Conference paper "A Continuation Method Based Solution for Periodic Nonlinear Aeroelastic Problems"
Presented an International Conference paper "Optimisation of Nonlinear Periodic Aeroelastic Systems using Boundary Value Problem Formulation"
Presented an International Conference paper "An approach to determine periodic solutions of nonlinear inviscid unsteady aerodynamic systems"
Presented a Conference paper "Concentrated Solar Power Plant using SPT Technology" in B.Tech.
Design Head, Team SMITSonics
Finalist of International Series of Karting Gokart Competition
Duration: Nov 2017 – Dec 2019
Position - Head Designer
Avishkar Hyperloop is a student team of IIT Madras. We are a dynamic team of 30 engineers, designers, and business leaders who demonstrated technical feasibility and viability in the hyperloop concept and are spearheading the country’s attempt at SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competitions.
We have been shortlisted globally as one among the top 21 teams for the Final Round of the competition held at SpaceX Headquarters in Los Angeles, California in July 2019.
Duration: July 2021 – July 2022
Position - Business Team Intern
GalaxEye was founded in 2020 by a team of 5 students/alumni of Indian Institute of Technology Madras, who have previously worked together as part of Team Avishkar Hyperloop.
It is developing world's first multi sensor imaging satellite for earth observation purposes to gather unique insights with our proprietary mission called Drishti to provide intuitive all-time all-weather information over any area of interest across the globe.
Duration: July 2021 – Jan 2025
Position - Team Member
Team Anymation is a student team from IIT Bombay that is enthusiastic about making physically accurate animations.
Project Topic: Autonomous Maintenance of Dynatron Case Pack in GRB Line
Duration: 16 June 2014 – 27 July 2014
Guide: Mr. Prateek Bansal, Manufacturing Excellence, PepsiCo India, Bazpur
Formulation of technical communication document which intends to give assistance to all the personals working on the machine “DYNA CASER”
Implementation of Zeroth Step of Autonomous Maintenance
Project Topic: Different Types of Winglets and their Corresponding Vortices
Duration: 22 Dec 2015 – 21 May 2016
Guide: Shamkumar J Mahurkar, Design Engineer, TTRC, AAPL, Hyderabad
Preliminary CFD study to compare the wingtip vortices and induced drag generated by ten winglet configurations at cruise conditions
Design of ten winglets on same wing using CATIA
Using ANSYS FLUENT, the results are produced which includes detailed contour plots and vector plots of the vortices magnitudes created by each wingtip.
Project Topic: Aircraft Familiarisation Training Programme - Dornier
Duration: 1 July 2015 – 28 July 2015
Guide: Mr. Ram Awtar, Chief Manager (Training), HAL TAD Kanpur
Completed theoretically, the aerodynamic and structural design of a short haul cargo aircraft.
Performed the weight estimation, wing design and calculation of balance diagram.
Analysed the flight performance during cruise, landing and take-off.