World 2 · College
Origin
NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. 2021 to 2025.
B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering. I finished with a CGPA of 9.11 out of 10.
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I wanted robotics
I joined Electronics and Communication Engineering. I actually wanted Robotics.
The advice I got was: don't take robotics right now, it's a thing you do later. Robotics was not that great at the college I was going to.
So I took electronics first. Robotics is what I'm doing now, as a Masters in Denmark.
The exam pad
In school I had a writing pad, the kind we use for exams. I wrapped it in plastic paper, and inside the plastic was a list of the components needed to build a drone.
It was like a vision board, but on my exam pad. I just wanted to build one working drone in my life.
I was always checking whether the colleges I might join had a drone club.
Member number 001
My college had an Aero Club. I didn't wait.
When they took the new students around the clubs, I immediately went and said: I have worked with this. I know this is a LiPo battery. This is a propeller. These are brushless motors. I have tried building one but I failed. But I'm really, really interested.
My Aero Club membership number that year was 001. I was the first person to register.
What I did in the club
I made sure I took up every kind of opportunity. I never sat quiet in a corner.
I headed the documentation team, and I was in the core team that designed, built and flight-tested the competition aircraft.
I ran quadcopter and RC plane build workshops for newer members, and helped organise three events for the club's 10-year festival, including a multirotor competition.
I started as a co-pilot. I worked so hard that in the end I also became a pilot.