Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ethereal Exploration Guild. A mechanical engineer whose early exposure to the Indian scriptures the Vedas sparked a lifelong interest in space exploration. Over the past three years, the company has raised more than $25 million, signed over $130 million in launch agreements and built India’s first reusable rocket engine. It is the only company to have built two high-thrust class engines in just under three and a half years. Before founding Ethereal Exploration Guild in 2022, worked on propulsion systems for satellites and launch vehicles and contributed to a project at Indian Space Research Organisation’s Human Spaceflight Centre. Graduated as a Scientist–Astronaut Candidate through a formerly NASA Space Flight Opportunities-supported research initiative, Project PoSSUM, in 2022. Has also contributed pro bono to planning private commercial spaceflight missions that have since been successfully executed.