Making Space Achievable for Everyone

Pramitha Ramaprakash is a career-long electronic systems design engineer with a passion for space technology. She founded the space startup, Transcend Satellite Technology LLP in 2019.

During her 12-year stint as a System Design Engineer at Wipro Technologies, she worked on FPGA and Intel processor-based boards across verticals. She has the distinction of co-authoring a patent idea on "System and Method to capture RAID Controller Firmware information and debug logs", which was recognised by Dell Computers.

In the UK, she worked with leading technology companies British Aerospace (BAE Systems) and Concurrent Technologies. During her Masters in Space Engineering at the University of Surrey, her team was awarded the first prize for designing a Lunar Rover in the prestigious UKSEDS competition.

For her final dissertation project, she designed the Payload Interface Computer II of the AAReST satellite Mission, a collaborative mission between Caltech University US, UK and India.

Pramitha has been active in the Indian Space Industry since 2018. She was part of ITCA's 75 Student Satellite Mission and played a crucial role in launching UnitySat in Feb 2021. She managed a 150Kg SAR+Multispectral satellite mission for a start up company for 2+ years.

• ▶ B.E degree in Electronics & Communications
• ▶ Masters degree in Space Engineering, University of Surrey
• ▶ Project Management for Scientists & Engineers (2015), University of Oxford