Experience

Pi-Drones

• India
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  A Drone Startup incubated in IIT Kanpur developing all terrain UAVs for long range, long endurance missions.Designed and Developed following Drone Products1. Pi-VTOL : A Hybrid VTOL Quadplane UAV capable of lifting 5 Kg payload weight and 1 Hour endurance, Built for Long range, large scale applications such as Aerial Survey, Asset Inspection, Payload Delivery, etc. Pi-VTOL won 10K USD prize in Boeing BUILD Competition.Video Link: https://youtu.be/Kb9-f5Jz0tI2. Pi-Seed : An Aerial Seeding drone developed for Afforestation in Remote, hilly deforested areas.Seeded 500+ Hectares of Forest area, Used 9 Lakh+ Seedballs, More than 6 Projects, worked with 5+ Customers.Video Link: https://youtu.be/Rc2xImiPCpcWinner of Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development (BUILD) Program in Bangalore. More than 850 startup teams had participated in this competition organized by Boeing India. Bagged prize money of 10,000 USD.Received NTT Data IITK Innovation Fellowship from NTT Data and SIIC IIT Kanpur.Pi Drones is officially registered as Tecrient Space Pvt. Ltd.

• Incubatee at Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  On August'19, Incubated in Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur

• NTT Data IITK Innovation Fellow

  • Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

  Was awarded NTT Data IITK Innovation Fellowship for our startup's innovation in Aerial Seeding used for reforestation purpose. The fellowship was sponsored by NTT Data India.



TechEagle Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

• Co-Founder & Director

  • Jul 2015 - Jun 2018

  Medicine & Vaccine Drone Delivery and Training Company acquihired by Zomato from 2018 - 2020. Medicine & Vaccine Drone Delivery and Training Company acquihired by Zomato from 2018 - 2020.



SAE International

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Team Captain - Team Pushpak

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2016

  Team Pushpak participated in SAE Aerodesign competition & represented IIT KANPUR at international level. Team Pushpak participated in SAE Aerodesign competition & represented IIT KANPUR at international level.


Aeromodelling Club, IIT Kanpur
• Coordinator

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2015

Hall Executive Committee, Hall 2, IIT Kanpur
• Maintenance Secretary

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2014