Jaswanth Space

In December 2024, I led a 7-member team at the Inter IIT Tech Meet, representing my college at IIT Bombay. We presented a solution for the Indian Space Research Organisation challenge.

The ISRO Challenge

Our task was ambitious: develop a Google Earth equivalent for the Moon. This meant creating an interactive platform that could visualize lunar terrain, display scientific data, and help researchers explore the Moon's surface in unprecedented detail.

Leading a team of 7 talented individuals, we dove deep into lunar cartography, 3D visualization, and satellite data processing. The challenge pushed us to combine web technologies with geospatial systems and astronomical data.

Day of presentation at IIT Bombay

Our amazing 7-member team

Celebrating our achievement

Technical Deep Dive

We integrated multiple data sources from lunar missions, implemented 3D rendering for terrain visualization, and built an intuitive interface for researchers to explore scientific data. The system needed to handle massive datasets while maintaining smooth performance.

Key technical challenges included coordinate system transformations, efficient data streaming, and creating an accessible UI for complex scientific visualization.

The Carbon Earth Pivot

During the same event, I presented Carbon Earth at the Pan IIT Tech Expo. There, I encountered something that would change my trajectory entirely - a startup born out of a biotechnology club.

"They had engineered a bioorganism capable of capturing atmospheric CO₂ and rapidly converting it into limestone. I was blown away."

This discovery opened my eyes to the potential of biotechnology in solving climate change. While I was building software for space exploration, these scientists were engineering life forms to save our planet.

A New Direction

I realized the immense potential of this field to radically transform the world. This pushed me to explore microbial, terrain, and marine mechanisms for CO₂ capture. The intersection of technology and biology became my new obsession.

I started seeing opportunities everywhere - helping climate tech startups scale by generating carbon credits for every ton of CO₂ they mitigate. This realization drove me to delve deeper into genetics and systems biology, areas I never imagined I'd explore.

→Leadership in action: Coordinating 7 people across different time zones and skill sets
→Technical complexity: Building Google Earth for the Moon taught us geospatial systems
→Serendipity matters: The biotech discovery happened because I showed up
→Pivot when inspired: Sometimes the best opportunities come from unexpected encounters

The Inter IIT Tech Meet was more than a competition - it was a turning point. While we built solutions for space, I discovered my real passion: using technology to fight climate change through biology and carbon markets.