Pradeep Acharya

About

Third-year B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering student at NMAM Institute of Technology (NITTE) with hands-on experience in fixed-wing UAV and RC aircraft design, fabrication, systems integration, and flight testing. Experienced in SolidWorks-based aircraft development, aerodynamic configuration, structural layout, propulsion systems, and flight operations.

Experience

• UAV & Aeromodelling Team Member
  AeroClub, NITTE
  Oct 2024 – Present

Education

• Bachelor of Technology
  NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE
  Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Oct 2024 – Aug 2028

Skills

• 3D CAD Modeling <3 months
• Design for Manufacturability <3 months
• UAV Operation <3 months
• Power Distribution Systems <3 months
• Aerodynamics <3 months
• Propulsion system integration <3 months

Tools / apps / platforms

• Dassault Systemes SolidWorks <3 months

Projects

• SAE Micro Aircraft ↗
  Solid works

  Supported airframe fabrication, assembly, component integration, and competition preparation for a flight-ready aircraft.

• SAE Regular Aircraft ↗
  Solidworks

  Contributed to aircraft design and development, and supported airframe fabrication and assembly for a flight-ready aircraft.

• Boeing Aeromodelling Competition Aircraft ↗
  Solidworks

  Played an end-to-end role in the development of the competition aircraft, contributing to design, structural fabrication, assembly, flight testing, and competition flying. Served as pilot and helped achieve 3rd place at IIT Madras and national finals qualification at IIT Delhi.

• Canara configaration rc plane, Boeing aeromodling plane , SAEISS micro and regular catagory plane ↗
  SolidWorks

  Designed and fabricated a canard-configuration RC aircraft, developing the configuration and translating the design into a functional physical airframe.

🏆 Achievements & awards

• AIR 6 — SAE South Section Aeromodelling Competition, Micro Category · 2025

  All India Rank 6 in the Micro Category, AIR 1 CFD analysis

• 3rd Place — Boeing Aeromodelling Competition, IIT Madras · 2026

  Placed third in the competition.

• National Finalist — Boeing Aeromodelling Finals, IIT Delhi · 2026

  Selected for the national finals.

• 2025-26 SAE South section regular catagory · 2026

  AIR 2 rank in CFD analysis

⚽ Extracurricular activities

• AeroClub, NITTE

  Active involvement in aeromodelling and aircraft development activities, including design, fabrication, systems integration, flight testing, and competition preparation.

🤝 Volunteering

• Aeroclub Nitte · 2024 · 2028

  Core Member of the team. Team head of Tools and workshop department

🎯 Hobbies & interests

• Aeromodelling
• UAVs
• Aircraft Design