B.E. ECE student at Thapar Institute. I build hardware that moves — Martian rovers, drones, and EV monitoring systems. Champion at IRC 2026.
I recently completed my B.E. in ECE at Thapar Institute along with a Product R&D Engineering internship at Zipbolt Innovation, and I'm now a Research Associate at Thapar working on an exoskeleton. My work sits at the edges: where a mechanical constraint meets an electrical one, or where sensor data needs to travel reliably across a rover chassis on Mars-like terrain.
I specialize in the full hardware loop — schematic capture, custom PCB fabrication in Altium, embedded firmware, SolidWorks enclosures, and field validation. I also served as Overall Student Coordinator at the Mechatronics and Robotics Society through July 2026, directing 80+ students across the International Rover and Space Drone competitions.
4 conference papers. 9+ custom PCBs. 70+ 3D-printed parts. Two international podiums. Still building.
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
Aug 2023 – July 2026Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology
Aug 2020 – June 2023Full electronics subsystem with a simplified main PCB integrating dual Teensy 4.1 microcontrollers. Custom PDU with dual 19 V boost converters, dual bucks (5 V & 8 V), 12 V short-circuit protection, and a 5-channel solid-state relay. Led design and validation of 25+ structural components under the IRC 65 kg weight limit.
Redesigned 4 structural points, cutting chassis weight from 650 g to 450 g. Full Pixhawk electronic integration — GPS/IMU, telemetry, power routing — with PID tuning and vibration isolation.
Raspberry Pi 5 device for the visually impaired — I2S DAC + Pi Camera 3 for real-time object awareness. 3D-printed universal cap mount fits any head size.
Electronics subsystem with 6 sensors, 18 motor drivers, and power management. Mentored team in 3D-printing 45+ structural components for mechanical stability.
Dual Teensy 4.1 · Full rover control · 18 motor drivers · Martian Rover Ganga
Dual 19 V Boost · 5 V & 8 V Buck · Gen 4 Rover Ganga
Short-Circuit Protection PCB · Gen 4 Rover Ganga
Power Switching PCB · Gen 4 Rover Ganga
Teensy 4.1 · MICS6814 · BME280 · ACD10 · RS485 · Gen 4 Rover Ganga
ESP32-S3-Sense · MICS6814 · BME280 · SD Card · Drone Garud payload
Universal ergonomic mount for Raspberry Pi 5 assistive device · SolidWorks
Refined prototype — improved fitment, reduced weight · SolidWorks
“Alaknanda: A ROS 2-Enabled Modular Mars Rover for Field and Astrobiological Exploration” — a modular, ROS 2-enabled rover platform for challenging, unstructured environments, accepted for poster presentation at the Robotic One-Shot Exploration from Deep Ocean to Deep Space (IEEE IROS, 2026 - ROSE) Workshop in Pittsburgh, USA. My contribution: electrical architecture design and implementation, along with power system design and validation.
Designed the system architecture of an ESP32-based outdoor multi-sensor tracker — integrating GNSS, thermal and RGB sensing, power management, and IoT data transmission into a unified embedded platform.
Research on 4 custom PCB designs, thermal management, and battery modeling for a multi-subsystem Martian rover, presented at a leading international robotics conference.
Custom Martian-rover power system achieving 18 Nm torque and 86.7% power efficiency while reducing heat-induced losses through optimised thermal design.
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