Team

Sandip Shelar
With a decade of experience in Amateur Astronomy and a background in physics & digital marketing, Sandip's prime motto is to ensure astronomy reaches all earthlings and beyond!

Sandip Shelar

Co-founder / Marketing Ninja

A PhD scholar in Outer Space Politics, Pooja began her journey by making her own telescope and then, working at the prestigious Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai for 3+ years.

Pooja Tolia

Co-founder / Chief Storyteller

An astrophysics nerd, Ankush has multiple research projects to his credit whether it be studying X-ray Binary stars at TIFR or writing a research paper on gamma-ray bursts.

Ankush Banerjee

Chief Learning Officer

An Engineer in making, Ritik is an expert at making things happen. With his practical bent of mind, he engineers new models to simplify astronomical concepts for all.

Ritik Shah

Tactical Execution Officer

Featuring in the top 10 Landscape photographers in Mumbai at the 35th International Photography Awards of 2017, Rajas is our inhouse astrophotography expert.

Rajas Chidrawar

Visual Storyteller

A researcher at heart Harsh has worked on the Astrosat data at a workshop in IUCAA and is the fastest on the field at finding objects on the telescope.

Harsh Bhatt

Chief Curator

Saqib Malik

Saqib Malik

Change catalyst

Emma Chokar

Emma Chokar

Experience Manager

Pramod Dukhande

Pramod Dukhande

Experience Manager

Muskan Agarwal

Muskan Agarwal

Experience Manager

Arpit Gada

Arpit Gada

Change Catalyst

Saurav Shirwadkar

Saurav Shirwadkar

Experience Manager

Karthik Thayyil

Karthik Thayyil

Experience Manager

Subhash Rao

Subhash Rao

Graphic Designer

Pradhnesh Mhatre

Pradhnesh Mhatre

Experience Enabler

Soham Patwardhan

Soham Patwardhan

Experience Enabler

Ashwati Nair

Ashwati Nair

Experience Enabler

Pranali Sonar

Pranali Sonar

Experience Enabler

Siddhant Salunkhe

Siddhant Salunkhe

Experience Enabler