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The full SUAS IITM team together

The Team

A multidisciplinary team across four verticals, building and testing Falcon for SUAS 2026.

Faculty Advisor, AE-GNC Laboratory · Prof. Satadal Ghosh

00Leadership

Who runs the mission.

Prof. Satadal Ghosh

Prof. Satadal Ghosh

Faculty Advisor

Shivank Goura

Shivank Goura

Team Leader · BAM

Satyam Kumar

Satyam Kumar

Team Leader · ANC

Kutraleeswaran N. Harikrishanan

Kutraleeswaran N. Harikrishanan

Lead · CV + Mapping

Yash Shajil

Yash Shajil

Lead · SND

Vishal Sriram

Vishal Sriram

Lead · SND

01Founders

The first four.

The founding core that started SUAS IITM in February 2024 and set the team on its first international aerial robotics campaign.

Rohan Shah

Rohan Shah

Founder

Yash Shajil

Yash Shajil

Founder

Mohnish M

Mohnish M

Founder

Charukhesh B.R

Charukhesh B.R

Founder

In the workshop

Parts to platform, in under 2.5 minutes.

Four verticals, one airframe. On the flight line, the team takes the 2025 UAV from cases to ready-to-fly in under two and a half minutes.

Assembly footage · SUAS 2025

02ANC5 members

Autonomous Navigation & Communication

Owns the flight control stack, autonomy logic, and the telemetry link layer.

Satyam Kumar

Satyam Kumar

Team Leader

Sanjana Vani Vaithiswaran

Sanjana Vani Vaithiswaran

Member

Rithish Deenadayalan

Rithish Deenadayalan

Member

A Harith Baala

A Harith Baala

Member

Adithya Ramasamy

Adithya Ramasamy

Member

03CV + Mapping7 members

Computer Vision & Mapping

Object detection, classification, localization, and georeferenced aerial mapping.

Kutraleeswaran N. Harikrishanan

Kutraleeswaran N. Harikrishanan

Lead

Anoushka Ranjan Kuriakos

Anoushka Ranjan Kuriakos

Member

Sivasubramanian S

Sivasubramanian S

Member

Mohammed Khaja Ghouse Mohiuddin

Mohammed Khaja Ghouse Mohiuddin

Member

Arun Maniyan

Arun Maniyan

Member

Abhijeet Kumar

Abhijeet Kumar

Member

Chitharth Jeevachithan

Chitharth Jeevachithan

Member

04SND7 members

Structures & Design

Designs and builds the airframe, propulsion, and the payload delivery system.

Yash Shajil

Yash Shajil

Lead

Vishal Sriram

Vishal Sriram

Lead

Krish Satpati

Krish Satpati

Member

Aparna Sonai

Aparna Sonai

Member

Swarupa Saravanan

Swarupa Saravanan

Member

Siddu Sriram Chinthakindi

Siddu Sriram Chinthakindi

Member

Balaji Chokkalingu Jegadesh

Balaji Chokkalingu Jegadesh

Member

05BAM4 members

Business & Media

Runs sponsorship, partnerships, social channels, content, and on-site branding.

Shivank Goura

Shivank Goura

Team Leader

Moulya Pachare

Moulya Pachare

Member

Yogeshwaran K

Yogeshwaran K

Member

Rithika Selvaraj Tamilkumaran

Rithika Selvaraj Tamilkumaran

Member

Team IIT Madras with the Indian flag at the RoboNation banner, SUAS 2025
Team IIT Madras · SUAS 2025, Patuxent River, Maryland
Pioneers

Part of our journey.

Priyanka

Priyanka

Former Member

Bhadra Sreelatha

Bhadra Sreelatha

Former Member

Ashwin

Ashwin

Former Member

Purandhar

Purandhar

Former Member

Join the mission

Build the next airframe with us.

We recruit across all four verticals each year. Reach out if you want to fly with us to Tulsa.

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