I began working in my family's food manufacturing business in Kerala when I was fifteen. After finishing high school, I took a gap year to work there full-time because I wanted to understand how a business really operates before starting university. I soon realized that predicting demand is crucial, and even one mistake can leave products stuck in the warehouse.

When I moved to New York, I continued working and eventually managed the planning cycle for 43 SKUs and 14 suppliers. The decision I am most proud of was reducing our supplier list from 21 to 14 based on lead time and cost. This allowed us to combine inbound pickups and shorten delivery lead time by two days. It took months and some tough conversations to make it happen.

After years of this work, I discovered there was a name for what I was doing:
Supply Chain  Management. That realization is what drew me to the field.

When I was eight, I read a book about the solar system and found myself fascinated by it. Even though I spent years focused on sports and theatre, my interest in space never really went away. It came back in twelfth grade, when I made two documentaries about humanity’s future in space. Both earned recognition at the state and international level in ISRO competitions. Since then, I have kept learning about the industry by reading as much as possible.

Recently, I figured out where my skills could be useful. The commercial space sector is growing quickly, but most new people are engineers. As a result, jobs like sourcing, planning builds, and managing materials often go to others. I already do this kind of work in a different industry, and I know the space sector needs it as well.

Now, these two parts come together. I have operations experience and have cared about space since I was eight. Supply chain work is where my skills and passion finally meet.