Function and Responsibilities:

• Research assistant
• PhD student

Research Interests:

• Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)
• VLBI to satellite
  
• Combination of Space Geodetic Techniques
• Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP)
• Geodesy for Climate

Career:

• February 2025 - ongoing, Research assistant at section 1.1, GFZ Potsdam
• December 2021 - November 2024, Ph.D. Student in the DFG project NextGNSS4GGOS at section 1.1, GFZ Potsdam
• September 2017 - August 2018, Night Observer at Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) station, GFZ Potsdam

Education:

• Ph.D., Chair of Satellite Geodesy, TU Berlin (2020 - present)
• Master of Space Engineering, Chair of Space Technology, TU Berlin (2017 - 2019)
• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering, PDPU, India. (2012 - 2016)

Projects:

ESA-VLBI

•  Scientific assistance to "New VLBI Processing Concepts and Algorithms"
•  Development of eclectic strategies for processing "VLBI to satellite" observations

NEXTGNSS4GGOS

• To assess the benefits of next-generation Global Navigation Satellite Systems (NextGNSS) constellations for key geodetic products such as the global terrestrial reference frame (TRF), the Earth orientation parameters (EOP), and the Earth’s gravity, all of them meeting the requirements defined by the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS)
• Collaboration within the DFG project NextGNSS4GGOS together with GFZ Section 1.2 “Global Geomonitoring and Gravity Field”
• Investigation of novel observation type: VLBI to GALILEO-like satellite
  

TUPEX-6

• A mission to demonstrate pico-Fluid Dynamic Actuator technology for 3-axis control of a 1 U CubeSat in a microgravity environment. The project aims to launch with the Rocket Experiment for University Students (REXUS) 26/27 mission in Spring 2019
• Responsibilities included Trajectory analysis, Parachute design required for the free-flying unit (FFU)

Research Boards and Committees:

• since 2020 Associate Member of the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry
• since 2024 Member of IAG GGOS Standing Committee PLATO (Performance Simulations and Architectural Trade-Offs)

Awards:

• IAG travel award for REFAG 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece
• IAG travel award for IUGG 2023, Berlin, Germany