I have been working as a researcher in Engineering and Physics since joining my Undergraduate college and have always been fascinated by the plethora of problems in our daily life that require the knowledge of this vast field to be solved effectively. In second year at IIT Kanpur, I worked on developing a line follower robot that could also sort out objects of different colors. I designed an optical sensor using LED, LDRs to detect the colors, and manufactured a gripper to pick up and place the objects that had to be sorted out. Using color detection and implementing PID control algorithm. This was my first interaction with the basics of controls. Another achievement came in the same academic year when we developed a mechanical “Trebuchet’’, which was capable of throwing projectiles to a desired location. It converts potential energy stored in a heavy load to kinetic energy of projectile. We were awarded the ‘Second Best Sectional Project’ for designing a very compact model of such a heavy machine used in middle ages and making it movable.
The ingenuous curiosity I have rendered into a more technically equipped teenager willing to apply his core knowledge to understand the same problem in a more efficient way. I am always curious in finding new solutions and tend to draw inspiration from what I see around me. My motivation for pursuing this opportunity stems from my strive towards excellence in this field that has fostered my curiosity, to gain expertise and experience in applying the knowledge of this core field in a practical environment.