Shibam Sundar Mahakud

Early-stage innovator and STEM competitor: Shibam has a track record of student research and competition work (IRIS National Fair qualification and a Young Tinker "Tinker Talk" about a microbial single-cell-protein food project). He and teammates had an experiment selected for a NASA SR-7 launch, showing hands-on project experience and outreach. youtube+1

Transitioning into engineering studies at IIT Bombay: Public IIT Bombay course pages and seating/leaderboard documents list Shibam as a student (24B2232), confirming his B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering enrollment for the 2024028 cohort and participation in campus academics (e.g., CS101 programming leaderboard). ac+1

Broad interests spanning space systems and finance: His professional profile lists short-term roles including an avionics internship (Space Technology and Aeronautical Rocketry) and a research fellowship with SRCC's Finance & Investment Cell, indicating both technical (avionics/space) and quantitative/finance interests. linkedin

Emerging data/ML interest: Maintains an active Kaggle profile, suggesting an interest in data science and practical ML experiments in addition to mechanical and avionics work. kaggle