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Submission declined on 17 March 2026 by Ldm1954 (talk). This draft is not written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia articles must be written neutrally in a formal, impersonal, and dispassionate way. They should not read like a blog post, advertisement, or fan page. Rewrite the draft to remove: promotional language: see Words to watch; personal commentary: opinions or direct addresses to the reader; informal language. Instead, only summarize in your own words a range of independent, reliable, published sources that discuss the subject. Declined by Ldm1954 2 months ago.

• Comment: This is written like a promo piece on him. That is unacceptable, it needs a complete rewrite. Ldm1954 (talk) 13:19, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: Please add more sources. Namita Tudu (talk) 17:39, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

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Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy
Born	(1968-11-30) November 30, 1968 (age 57)
Citizenship	India
Education	B.Tech.(Aero) IIT, Madras (1991) M.S. (Aero) Georgia Institute of Technology (1992) Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology (1995)
Occupations	CTO and Founder of The ePlane Company
Honours	DRDO Academic Excellence Award-May 2016 Dalmi-HEMSI-ACRHEM Award - Feb 2009 HAL Prize - Feb 1991

Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy (born November 30, 1968) is a professor of aerospace engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)^[1]and the founder and Chief technical officer of The ePlane Company (incorporated as Ubifly Technologies Private Limited),^[2] an electric aviation venture focused on urban air mobility and co founder of Agnikul Cosmos.^[3] He also founded and heads the National Centre for Combustion Research & Development (NCCRD) - one of the world’s largest research centres that houses state-of-the-art infrastructure for combustion research.^[4][2][5]

Satya Chakravarthy completed a Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Madras in 1991.^[6] He subsequently pursued graduate studies in the United States at the Georgia Institute of Technology, earning a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in 1992 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1995, with research focused on aerospace engineering, combustion, and propulsion systems.^[7][8][9]

Following a postdoctoral period at Georgia Tech until approximately 1997, Satya Chakravarthy joined IIT Madras as a faculty member in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.^[1] He has also held visiting positions at Georgia Tech (2000–2001) and the Technische Universität Darmstadt (2002, 2003, 2006, and 2009).^[10]

Alongside his academic position, he has been associated with several technology ventures. He co-founder and advisor of AgniKul Cosmos, ^[11]a space launch vehicle startup, in February 2017, and GalaxEye, a satellite technology company, in May 2021. Since February 2022, he has served as a co-founder and part-time advisor to TuTr Hyperloop.^[12][11]

In 2019, Satya Chakravarthy founded Ubifly Technologies Private Limited, operating commercially as The ePlane Company, which is incubated at IIT Madras.^[13]The company is developing eVTOL aircraft for urban mobility applications. Its primary aircraft under development, the e200X, is a three-seater eVTOL with a projected range of approximately 200 km and a target speed of around 150 km/h - 200km/h.^[14][15]

In 2023, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted the company Design Organisation Approval for an electric aircraft.^{[16][17][18][19][20]} In early 2025, the DGCA accepted the company's application for type certification of its eVTOL aircraft. The company raised $14 million in its Series B round. ^{[21][22][23][24]}

• HAL Prize for best undergraduate in aerospace engineering, IIT Madras (1991)^[6][25]
• Young Engineer Award, Indian National Academy of Engineering (2003)^{[26][27][6][25]}
• Young Faculty Recognition Award, IIT Madras (2009)^[6]
• Dalmi-HEMSI-ACREEM Award, High Energy Materials Society of India (2009)^[6]
• DRDO Academic Excellence Award (2009 and 2016)^[6][25]