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I didn't inherit talent. I built it.

born in
Sikahar, Bihar
latitude
25° N
now
Bhubaneswar
daily stack
Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker
focus
AI agents, Real-time systems, Applied ML
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I was born in Sikahar, a village in Bihar where the nights were dark enough to see the Milky Way from the roof. I spent a lot of evenings up there working out what I was looking at, and the habit stuck: find a question that is too big, then build something small enough to start answering it.

At school that meant rockets, carbon capture and physics papers I had no business attempting. In 2020 I founded DeuxStem, a non-profit that teaches STEM to students who, like me, didn't have a lab down the road. It now reaches students in more than 10 countries. Through our campaigns with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration, a NASA-affiliated citizen-science program, we've reported more than 20 asteroid detections, and the work earned commendations from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and Germany's DLR.

I used to call myself a "genetically engineered learner", half as a joke. The joke is the point: nothing here was handed down. I learned it, and I still do.

Aman Anubhav
Winter sky over BiharStar chart of the winter sky at 25° N on a January night at 21:00 IST, seen from the roof where I learned the sky. 25° N, January, 21:00 IST.

The sky I grew up under: 25° N, January, 21:00 IST

Before the job titles.

The questions I couldn't leave alone at school, and what I built to chase them.

  1. Defying the Schrödinger equation

    tags
    Theoretical physics, Bekenstein bound

    A school-age theory paper on pinning down an electron's position near the nucleus using the Bekenstein bound. Ambitious, unfinished, formative.

    Electron probability cloud with the Bekenstein boundDiagram of an electron's 2p orbital around a nucleus, drawn as 1,500 sampled positions that cluster in two lobes. A dotted circle close around the nucleus marks the Bekenstein bound, the limit the paper used to narrow down where the electron can be. Illustrative, not measured.Bekensteinboundnucleus2p orbital, 1,500 samples5 a₀Diagram

    Diagram: an electron probability cloud inside a dotted Bekenstein bound (illustrative).

  2. PAVANA

    year
    2020 to present
    tags
    Climate tech, Thermodynamics

    Solar-thermal carbon capture in a cast-iron and copper chamber, projected at $94 to $232 per tonne of CO2.

    PAVANA capture chamber, cutawayCutaway diagram of PAVANA's chamber: concentrated sunlight heats a cast-iron wall lined with copper; hatching inside is densest at the sunlit wall and opens toward the cool wall, a 250 to 400 °C difference in the design. Air enters low on the hot side, weaves under and over four corrugated baffles and leaves high on the cool side with CO2 removed. Projected cost: $94 to $232 per tonne of CO2. Not to scale.concentrated sunlightair inair outless CO₂cast ironcopperhotcooldesign ΔT 250 to 400 °CProjected $94 to $232 per tonne of CO₂Cutaway diagram

    Diagram: the chamber in cutaway, with the heat gradient hatched.

  3. VYOMAGAMI

    tags
    Aerospace, Propulsion

    A launch concept that rides a balloon to about 30 km before lighting the rocket.

    VYOMAGAMI ascent: altitude against timeConcept diagram. A balloon carries the rocket from the ground to about 30 km, above roughly 99% of the atmosphere's mass, and floats there; the rocket then ignites and climbs steeply off the top of the chart. A column on the right shows the air thinning with height. Time is not to scale.ignition, ~30 km010203040kmabove ~99% of the airairburnballoon ascentrocketConcept diagramTime, not to scale

    Diagram: altitude against time, the balloon phase to about 30 km, then the burn.

  4. Asteroid search

    tags
    Astronomy, Citizen science

    More than 20 asteroid detections through DeuxStem's campaigns with the NASA-affiliated International Astronomical Search Collaboration, VT60 and UF78 among them.

    Blink comparator, frame 1 of 3Illustration of how a moving asteroid is spotted between frames. Three synthetic exposures of the same patch of sky, about 200 stars. The stars stay put; one dot shifts down and to the right from frame to frame, and a ring marks it. Synthetic, not survey data.Synthetic frames

    Frame 1 of 3

    Illustration of how a moving asteroid is spotted between frames

  5. RAKSHAK

    year
    2021 to 2022
    tags
    Clean energy, Fluid dynamics

    A bladeless river-flow energy harvester that lets fish pass. 3M-CII Young Innovators Challenge winner.

    RAKSHAK: river flow around a bladeless harvesterDiagram in plan view of a river channel. Flow lines bend smoothly around a round bladeless column; behind it the wake sheds alternating vortices that make the column sway across the flow, which is where the energy comes from. A highlighted line shows a fish swimming past with no blades in its way. Idealised flow, not a measurement.river flowbladeless columnfish pass, nothing to strikeDiagram, idealised flow

    Diagram: flow lines around a bladeless body.

I train for thin air.

The mountains set the standard and the rest of the week trains for it. I lift, run, box and swim; I play football and basketball when there's a team; I climb; and I'm about to start learning to surf. None of it is for show. It's how I keep the engine ready for the next 5,000 m pass.

The other half is slower: long motorcycle rides, coastal drives to Puri, nights out with a camera pointed at the sky, and trips with the two friends who show up for anything, Sahil and Arpit.

  • Strength

    Progressive strength training, because an 18 kg pack at 5,000 m is a strength problem first.

    Photo to come: Strength

  • Running

    Runs for the lungs and the head.

    Photo to come: Running

  • Boxing

    Combat training for footwork, conditioning and staying calm under pressure.

    Clip to come: Boxing

  • Swimming

    Swimming for recovery and endurance.

    Photo to come: Swimming

  • Climbing

    Alpine climbs, solo, with my own kit.

    Photo to come: Climbing

  • Football

    Football whenever there's a team.

    Football

  • Basketball

    Pick-up basketball.

    Basketball

  • Surfing Learning soon

    Next skill on the list: learning to surf.

    Surfing: learning soon

  • Trekking

    Solo and self-supported, up to 5,416 m.

    Journal

    Photo to come: Trekking

  • Photo to come: me at the Thorong La sign

    Thorong La

    5,416 m

    5,416 m, Annapurna Circuit, 2026.

    Solo trekking

  • Photo to come: Tilicho Lake

    Tilicho Lake

    about 4,919 m

    About 4,919 m, one of the highest lakes in the world.

    Solo trekking

  • Aman in snow goggles and a neck gaiter, North Sikkim in winter (toned)Aman in snow goggles and a neck gaiter, North Sikkim in winter (toned)

    Kun Tso

    5,000 m

    5,000 m in North Sikkim, in waist-deep snow.

    Winter climb

  • Photo to come: Ice Lake above Manang

    Ice Lake

    Acclimatisation climb above Manang.

    Solo trekking

  • Photo to come: the view from Chandrashila

    Chandrashila

    about 4,000 m

    Alone via Deoriatal and Rohini Bugyal.

    Solo trekking

  • Photo to come: an astrophotograph of the Milky Way

    Night skies and video

    I film and photograph the trips, and point the camera up when it gets dark.

    Behind the lens

The night sky over Bihar, 25° N, turning from dusk to dawn as you scroll.

Pointing the camera up.

The sky over Sikahar started all of this, and I still chase it. On treks and dark-sky nights I shoot the Milky Way and star fields.

time
18:30 IST
latitude
25° N
looking
south
Altitude
5,416 m · Thorong La

The sky over Bihar, 25° N, tonight.

Photo to come: an astrophotograph of the Milky Way

Photo to come: an astrophotograph of a star field

Photo to come: an astrophotograph of star trails

Photo to come: an astrophotograph of the Moon

Ventures

Ventures I have started: my role, the years, and what each one is
VentureRole and yearsWhat it isPlate

The Trav Story

role
Co-founder
years
Nov 2025 to present

AI travel platform

Tell it where you want to go and how you like to travel; it proposes the trip and books it. Best Startup Idea at KIIT.

Screens to come: The Trav Story

Accolades

role
Founder
years
Dec 2025 to present

Opportunity search for students

Grants, fellowships and hackathons in one place, each listed once, found before the deadline.

Screens to come: Accolades

DeuxStem

role
Founder & CEO
years
2020 to present

Ed-tech non-profit

STEM workshops and citizen-science campaigns for students outside big cities, in 10+ countries. 2M+ audience, 20+ asteroid detections, commendations from NASA, CSA and DLR.

Photo to come: a DeuxStem workshop

Sedu at MIT LaunchX

role
Co-founder
years
2022

Full ride, top 8% of applicants

A game-based health-education startup built with a global cohort at MIT LaunchX; $785 in revenue across 4+ countries.

Photo to come: Sedu at MIT LaunchX