Senior Research Fellow at IIT Kanpur SPINLAB. Working on GPS-denied navigation and multi-UAV systems.
Building electronics and embedded systems since 2013.
IIT Kanpur — Senior Research Fellow (Jan 2025 - Present)
Visual geo-localization for GPS-denied navigation, multi-UAV communication protocols, sensor fusion, ROS-based automation, web application development.
ICFOSS — Research Associate (Oct 2022 - Dec 2024)
Thermal imaging UAV for search and rescue, mapping UAVs, NavIC integration, UAV platform design. LoRaWAN IoT development — air quality monitoring, ultra-low-power sensors (8-year battery life), solar-powered standalone devices. Managed 3D printing, IoT, and drone operations.
i-Era Technical Solutions — CTO (Jun 2017 - Sep 2022)
Co-founded and led technical operations. Built IoT products, embedded systems, and took consulting projects. Conducted workshops, taught a 6-month IoT course, and mentored B.Tech/M.Tech student projects across embedded systems, robotics, and machine learning.
I maintain SimToFly, an organization for drone autonomy tutorials.
| Repository | Description |
|---|---|
| Tutorial-ESP32-C3-Super-Mini | Complete guide — pinouts, setup, IoT applications |
| SimToFly Guide | ROS2 + ArduPilot + Gazebo — simulation to real flight |
| ROS2-ArduPilot-SITL-Hardware | SITL to hardware deployment, flight-tested on FuryVision AAV |
| PX4-ROS2-Beginner-Tutorials | Step-by-step drone development with PX4 and Gazebo |
| Repository | Description |
|---|---|
| VisionUAV-Navigation | Vision-based localization for GPS-denied environments |
| OpenESC | Open-source ESC for BLDC motors — sensorless control, telemetry |
| Fury-Drone-Project | Open-source UAV platform — hardware, CAD, assembly, wiring documented |
| Thermal-Imaging-Drone-SAR | FLIR thermal + YOLO detection for search and rescue |
| GeoPoly-Mapper | UAV flight boundary planning from orthophotos |
| Multirotor-Flight-Calculator | Engineering-grade flight time estimation |
Embedded: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano, 8051, PIC, STM32
Robotics: ROS1, ROS2, ArduPilot, PX4, MAVROS, Gazebo
Hardware: PCB design (Eagle, KiCad, EasyEDA), 3D printing, CNC, laser cutting
Communication: LoRaWAN, MQTT, Zigbee, BLE
B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics (2017), M.Tech in Energy Systems (2019) — Amal Jyothi College of Engineering.
First project in 2013 — water level indicator with transistors and LEDs. Then 555 timers, hand-etched PCBs, 8051 microcontrollers, Arduino, and eventually drones. Co-founded i-Era Technical Solutions during B.Tech final year.
3 patents filed. DGCA certified drone pilot.