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• Leading cross-functional coordination for a diverse team of 20+ members, ensuring seamless collaboration across AI, Mechanical, Electronics, and Management subsystems.• My responsibilities include structural design, hydrodynamic optimization, product life cycle planning, and development of ROVs and AUVs.• The first ROV prototype was built and successfully tested in 2023, followed by the development and testing of two more prototypes within a year.• Currently leading the development of an advanced underwater vehicle that combines ROV and AUV capabilities in preparation for its debut at the UWR Challenges during IROS 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Design of ROV prototype-I

• Driving agricultural innovation for productivity, sustainability, and profitability.• Exploring Hydro/Aquaponics, vertical farming, and crop health automation.• Collaborating on sustainability projects, green clothing from agri waste, seaweed fuel, and waste food manure.

• Acquired an in-depth knowledge of the automotive manufacturing processes used in the production of gears, axles, chassis, Body-in-White (BIW), petrol, diesel, CNG, and hydrogen engines, as well as paint shop operations.• Gained first-hand experience in engine testing, with an emphasis on post-manufacturing validation and new product development, particularly with regard to sustainable technologies like hydrogen engines.• Observed the complete product lifecycle from design to production, including vehicle prototyping and modeling for new products and existing models' modifications.• Successfully executed a project in the Paintshop that eliminated the need for PNG (Piped Natural Gas) heating for the Pre-Treatment and Cathodic Electro Deposition (PTCED) process, as part of Tata Motors' efforts to achieve net-zero emissions and sustainability.• Actively participated in plant operations and planning, with an emphasis on green manufacturing methods and process optimization to improve production's energy efficiency.

• Design of IP67 rated communication control box and design research on heat sink for UAVs.

• Research project with aim to develop sustainable materials for application in non-structural consumer products currently manufactured using Petro-Chem based engineering plastics like PC (Polycarbonate), HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene), ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and their blends.• Developed a PLA-PBS blend composite with coffee silver skin reinforcement and performed mechanical property characterizations. • Future Scope:• further characterization and analysis of the material by TGA, DSC etc.• Design and manufacture of a commercial product with the bio composite.• Trying different blend ratios and further comparative analysis.

• Part of the official iGEM team of MAHE.• Learnt various aspects of research in the field of synthetic biology, bio-engineering and gene/protein modification.• Researched on various real world problems in the field of environmental crisis and looked for a sustainable solution using synthetic biology and engineering.• Proposed a novel method of manufacturing consumer plastics like PE and PP comercially using CO2 from industrial carbon capture. Using a culture of commercially viable microbe like S. cerevisae genetically modified with enhanced rna sequences derived from organisms having natural biological pathways required for the synthesis of the said polymers. Design and analysis of the plant/ bioreactor and the process.

• Worked with a team of 30 individuals on various robotics projects mostly for inter collegiate competitions in collaboration with other clubs and student projects.• Organized workshops on Engineering Drawing, Design, CAD modelling, additive manufacturing and basic robotics for rover and hovercraft.• Designed a remote operated hovercraft for medical equipment transport to remote locations during emergency situations mostly natural calamities, applying the principles of ground effect and fluid flow between two surfaces.

• Designed Combat Robots with vertical drum spinners for the Official Combat Robotics Team of MAHE.

Aim: Thermal Insulation Box with Multi-layered Bag Design and Analysis • Conducted literature review to choose materials most suitable for: i. Outer aluminum box ii. Multilayer bag material• Determined multiple possible combinations of shortlisted material, with minimum thickness required and any adhesives if necessary.• Generated multiple CAD designs in Fusion360 and Solidworks to determine optimal geometry for the box design and capacity variation (8L, 5L, 15L).• Implemented FEA for thermal analysis (in ANSYS Workbench) to study the effect on different properties of bag by changing the material combination and thickness and how each and every design variation is affected by varying boundary conditions (such as temperature, pressure and heat addition or extraction). The results were compiled to determine the most optimized design, material and its thickness.• Proposed design considerations for sustainability, reusability and minimizing carbon footprint in the manufacture of such boxes.