IndexAbout
I’ve always learned by building.
Technical founder, product builder and systems thinker. Currently building VEXQ, ROBIQ and Bizzzauto, from Chennai.
I started experimenting with electronics when I was eight. At first that meant breadboards, sensors, Arduino boards and a lot of things that didn’t work.
I kept going.
The projects got more ambitious. Simple circuits became embedded systems. Embedded systems became products. Products became connected systems. Eventually I found myself working on electric vehicles, automation, software infrastructure and companies.
A lot of what I know came from trying to build something before I fully knew how. That usually meant reading, testing, breaking things, rebuilding them and figuring out why the first version failed.
Over time I realised that this process was the part I enjoyed most.
As of September 2026 I’m building three things. VEXQ builds the systems behind how businesses run: lead handling, automation, SOPs and internal tools. Bizzzauto packages that same thinking into ready-made systems for small businesses. ROBIQ teaches students technical skills by actually building with robotics, electronics, software and AI.
They look like very different companies. To me, they come from the same place. I like understanding systems, making them work and turning ideas into something people can actually use.
My academic path has been unconventional. After coming back to India I joined a Mechatronics program in Bhopal, left after about four months because it wasn’t what I was looking for, and now study for an online BBA at Amity. Most of my real learning still happens by building.
And I’m still learning the same way I did when I was eight: build something, break it, understand it, make the next version better.
The messy middle, month by month.
Founder stories usually get rewritten as a straight line. This one wasn’t. What happened after I came back to India, what broke, and what each month taught me.
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Jul2025
MovedCame back to India
Left New Zealand on 29 July. I loved it there. For the companies I wanted to build, India felt like a much larger playground: more businesses to approach, lower barriers to experimenting, more room to take risks.
LessonIt was an opportunity bet, not an escape.
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Aug→ Oct 2025
QuietQuieter than I expected
Plenty of learning, not much building. The ambition didn’t have a vehicle yet.
LessonActivity isn’t the same as compounding progress.
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Oct→ Nov 2025
StartedROBIQ begins
Met Chinmay and went all in on ROBIQ: curriculum, hardware and school programs, taught the way I learned. By building.
LessonTeaching shows whether you actually understand something.
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Dec2025
SeededMumbai, and the first shape of VEXQ
Met Sukeshwar in person after two years and went to the IIT Bombay E-Summit. The people mattered more than the talks. VEXQ existed, but it didn’t know what it was yet.
LessonBeing able to do ten things isn’t a position.
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Jan2026
PitchedAll in on ROBIQ
A first video, school pitches and a lot of travel. I also left the Mechatronics program in Bhopal. It wasn’t what I was looking for.
LessonGood products don’t sell themselves.
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Feb2026
ShippedThe client that changed VEXQ
A studio asked us about a website. The real problem was how they handled leads, so we built a lead-automation system on n8n, running on my home server. It became our first retainer. Two other pitches that month didn’t close.
LessonOne paying client teaches more than months of positioning.
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Mar2026
BrokeEight callers, no system
We onboarded an eight-person cold-calling team in Bangalore. The scripts, training and management weren’t ready, and it didn’t work. Meanwhile the studio’s system kept growing.
LessonHeadcount is not a system.
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Apr2026
CancelledApproved, then cancelled
Back on ROBIQ: school visits, an institute partnership and newspaper distribution. A school summer camp got approved, then cancelled.
LessonCount commitments, not compliments.
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May2026
MovedIndore, then Chennai
The retainer started paying for our tools. I pitched 13+ studios in Indore, and weak follow-up meant few of them converted. At the end of the month I moved to Chennai.
LessonEffort without follow-up leaks value.
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Jun2026
StalledPlanning mode
A lot of planning. Not enough shipping. The leads coming in weren’t good either.
LessonPlanning can become sophisticated procrastination.
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Jul2026
ClickedIt clicked
Startup communities led to better people and better leads. We shipped around three projects that month, and VEXQ finally knew what it was: lead systems, automation, SOPs and company systems.
LessonPositioning isn’t branding. It changes what you do.
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Sep2026
NowBuilding the next version
Making VEXQ repeatable and less dependent on me, building Bizzzauto, keeping ROBIQ going, and keeping the long-term path toward hardware open.
LessonBuild first. Document second.
Things I work with
No percentages and no self-scored levels. Just the parts I reach for.
Embedded
A- ESP32
- STM32
- RP2040
- Raspberry Pi
- Arduino
Software
B- Python
- C / C++
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
Web systems
C- Laravel
- PHP
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- n8n
Infrastructure
D- Linux
- Docker
- nginx
- MQTT
- APIs
- Cloudflare
- Networking
Product
E- Fusion 360
- EasyEDA
- Prototyping
- 3D printing
- Soldering
Straight answers
The questions people ask me most, answered once.
- Are you an engineer?
- My background is technical: years of hands-on work across electronics, embedded systems, robotics, IoT, networking and product prototyping. My formal degree is a BBA, not engineering, so I call myself a technical founder and product builder rather than claim a qualification I don’t hold.
- Why did you leave New Zealand?
- I loved it there. It was about opportunity, not dissatisfaction: India is a larger, denser place to build companies, with more businesses to approach and more room to experiment.
- Why did you leave the Mechatronics program?
- It wasn’t the right fit for the way I learn. After about four months I moved to a more flexible path, an online BBA at Amity, so most of my time could go into building.
- What does VEXQ do?
- It builds the systems behind how businesses run: lead handling, workflow automation, SOPs, internal tools and custom business systems.
- VEXQ or Bizzzauto?
- Same team, two front doors. VEXQ is fully custom, self-hosted systems, quoted per scope. Bizzzauto is ready-made systems at fixed prices, delivered in hours or days.
- What is ROBIQ?
- Hands-on robotics and electronics education for schools, built around one idea: build it, break it, prove it. Students leave with something they made and the evidence to show for it.
- Are you building hardware today?
- Not as a business. Hardware and product engineering are where I want to go long term. I won’t sell it as a service until the team and the process exist.
Recognition, IP & press
Described as they happened. Nothing rounded up.
| Type | Record | Reference | Date / place |
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| Design reg. | Smart Wireless Fidelity and Charging System with In-built Internet RouterController General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, India | 366627-001 | Filed Jun 2022 Published May 2023 |
| Award | Electronic Innovation AwardEVolocity Canterbury Regional Finals · Team Trevor, Hagley College | 1st | 2023 New Zealand |
| Award | Engineering Design Award · Standard ClassEVolocity Canterbury Regional Finals · Team Trevor, Hagley College | 3rd | 2023 New Zealand |
| Award | Young Scientist AwardFor contribution to technology ecosystem development through innovations and ideas | Certificate | India |
| Recognition | Top 20 Under 20 Influencer AwardsCertificate of Excellence | 2021 | 1 Jul 2021 |
| Copyright record | Smart Wireless Fidelity and Charging SystemPrivate registration via ProtectMyWork.com, not a government copyright | 18784201022S069 | Oct 2022 |
In conversation with Kashish Gaur
- Speaker: “Arduino Basics & Projects” 2 Jul 2020 School Student Webinar Series, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering. 200+ students.
- Guest speaker, KinderSpark 2022 17 Jul 2022 KinderSpark 2022, Season III.