Founder of Voltreon | IIT Bombay.
I build real-world engineering systems focused on durability, cost, scalability, and practical deployment.
I build for real-world constraints, not ideal conditions.
Most of what I have learned did not come from following a straight path. It came from building, experimenting, and trying to understand how things actually work.
Places like Tinkerers' Lab shifted my mindset from thinking theoretically to working practically. NCC at IIT Bombay added discipline and real-world grounding. IIT Bombay tied these experiences together in an environment where ambition feels normal.
Instead of optimizing for ideal conditions, I became more interested in how systems behave in the real world: under stress, under constraints, and at scale. That line of thinking eventually led to Voltreon—not as a sudden idea, but as a natural outcome of everything that came before it.
Voltreon started from a simple observation: most electric mobility solutions in India are not designed for the conditions they actually operate in.
Vehicles are used continuously, often overloaded, on poor roads, with minimal maintenance. These constraints are not edge cases; they are the default.
Instead of asking how to build a better electric vehicle in general, the question became more specific: what does a vehicle need to look like if it is built purely for Indian delivery conditions?
At its core, Voltreon is focused on building the most practical electric mobility solution for India—not the most complex, not the most feature-heavy, but the one that actually works.
A system that works perfectly in controlled conditions but fails under stress has limited value.
For large-scale adoption, the economics must work at the unit level.
Features that look good on paper but add friction in real use are avoided.
Tinkerers' Lab was where things stopped being theoretical and started becoming real. As a manager at Tinkerers' Lab, I spent time in an environment where ideas were not just discussed, but built.
I spent a lot of time experimenting without clear outcomes: taking apart systems, recreating them, and testing ideas that did not always work. Over time, this built strong intuition. Instead of asking what is correct, I started asking what actually works.
The culture encouraged action. If you had an idea, you built it. This experience shaped my engineering mindset—hands-on, iterative, and grounded in real-world behavior.
Inter IIT was one of the first environments where the pace and expectations felt real. Working in this ecosystem meant constantly making decisions with incomplete information, adapting quickly, and prioritizing execution over perfection.
There was very little room for overthinking; progress mattered more than polish. What stood out most was the quality of people—being surrounded by some of the most capable student builders in the country naturally raised the bar.
Good ideas are common, but the ability to execute them under pressure is what creates real differentiation. This experience shaped how I approach building today: move fast, stay practical, and focus on what actually works.
My time at NCC IIT Bombay was one of the most grounded and physically engaging experiences during my time on campus. It went beyond routine training—it involved participating in real initiatives that had visible impact, including lake cleaning that was physically demanding and genuinely meaningful.
NCC created situations where discipline, teamwork, and consistency were not optional; they were necessary. Working alongside a group towards a shared objective, often in challenging conditions, built a different kind of resilience.
More than anything, it reinforced a simple idea: meaningful work is not always glamorous, but it is always worth doing.
There is something about IIT Bombay that is difficult to describe directly. It is not just the academics or the opportunities—it is the environment. A place where ambition feels normal, and building something meaningful does not feel out of reach.
Some of the most important learning happened outside classrooms: late-night discussions, unfinished projects, and ideas that slowly became serious. Being surrounded by people constantly building and thinking raises your own standards.
Over time, problems start to feel more solvable. Constraints become design parameters instead of limitations. IIT Bombay has been less about what I learned, and more about how I learned to think.
Most EV specs are measured in ideal conditions. India's roads, loads, and usage patterns are not ideal. A vehicle that lasts 3x longer under real conditions outperforms one with better range on a test track every single time.
Swapping infrastructure requires high station density to be useful. Without density, drivers won't detour. Without drivers, stations don't get revenue. The network effect works against you at low density. Modular and distributed approaches sidestep this problem.
Design decisions get made by engineers optimizing for demos and spec sheets. Real delivery riders use vehicles continuously, in heat, overloaded. The gap between design assumptions and actual usage is where most failures live.
Voltreon is early, practical, and built from the belief that India's mobility problems need systems designed around actual operating conditions.