Hi Everyone, I’m Tushar!

I am an incoming MS in Aerospace Engineering student at Iowa State University. My enduring curiosity for Control Systems led me to major in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BITS Pilani. Digging deep into its multifaceted aspects throughout my undergraduate journey, I’ve identified my interest in advancing control theory for nonlinear dynamical systems such as robots and spacecraft. Starting in Fall 2024, I’ll pursue a Research Assistantship under Professor Abhishek Halder.

Apart from this, I also keep a keen interest in the domain of Electric vehicles. My hobbies include playing the keyboard, cricket and badminton, running, and cycling.

Research Experience

Guidance, Control & Decision Systems Lab (GCDSL) (June 2022 – June 2023)

With a growing debris population in the lower Earth orbit, robots performing routine tasks autonomously (such as simple repairs/maintenance, refueling, or debris removal) may become increasingly essential for actively preventing disaster. Several missions to uncooperative targets will require Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking (AR&D) operations. I interned in the Aerospace Department at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, under the guidance of Professor Debasish Ghose, where I developed control algorithms for AR&D of spacecraft with non-cooperative tumbling satellites.

Professional Experience

HDFC Bank (July 2023 – July 2024)

I worked as a DevSecOps (Development, Security, & Operations) Engineer at the Digital Factory Vertical of the IT Team at HDFC Bank, Bengaluru. My primary tasks involved designing, maintaining & securing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, Kubernetes, and Docker. In addition to this, I was also tasked with implementing infrastructure-as-code (IAC) principles using tools like Terraform and Ansible, ensuring secure and compliant cloud environments.