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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked on Perception for autonomous self-driving vehicles in developing countries (India in particular) with unstructured environments and poor road infrastructure. Led multiple teams of volunteers to annotate a dataset of Indian Roads.• Developed deep learning models for Sugarcane disease detection, and path planning algorithms for an under-canopy AgriBot (in collaboration with IIT Delhi).

Zurich, Switzerland

• The team was awarded 1st Position in Technical Design Report, 1st Position in Technical Presentation, and 3rd Overall Position (Worldwide) in SAE Aero Design East held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA (2022).• Led the Avionics department of the team, which developed the Data Acquisition System, Autonomous Proppeled Gliders, Avionics for the Primary Aircraft, and the Drop Zone Detection System.

• Compared more than 1000 Power Plant configurations to select the ideal one for the Primary Aircraft. Developed Software to scrape data from web tools (ECalc).

Vellore, Tamil Nadu

• The team was awarded 1st Position in Technical Design Report, 5th Overall Position (Worldwide), and 1st Overall Position (Asia) in the SAE Aero Design East held in Lakeland, Florida, USA (2021).• Responsible in the team for developing Algorithms and Hardware Implementation for the Autonomous Gliders and Data Acquisition System

• Worked on the Backend System of Eat Space-iZ, a food delivery project based in London, UK.• Developed ML-based Recommendation Algorithms and different Search Filters.

Surat

Member of the Avionics Team, I was responsible for developing the Avionics system onboard the rocket to trigger the recovery system and collect data.• Designed a General Circuit Board (GCB) for the rocket.• Developed a Static Launch Test Pad to help Propulsion Team test different motors.• Developed Android Application to communicate with the Rocket Launch Igniter.

Bachelor Thesis At Biomedical And Mobile Health Technology Group

Title: Smart Kiosk for Screening Main Symptoms of COVID’19

Bachelors Of Technology (B.Tech), Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering, 9.34/10 (3.95/4)

Activities and Societies: Founder & Chairperson @ VIT Amateur Radio Club (VARC) Core Member @ Students for the Exploration and Development.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Sergeant at Arms @ Rotaract Club | Prefect in Middle school and High School