Darshan Savaliya
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Blume Ventures

DeepTech Fellowship

[ACTIVE]
  • Prepared IC materials and competitive landscapes across robotics and battery packs/cells; in-depth sector analysis of global humanoids market.
  • Built data-backed investment theses for BatteryTech and Agri Drones: TAM estimation, ecosystem mapping, competitive analysis, gap identification.
VC DeepTech Investment
Jan 2026 – present
BharatX (YC W22 · Acquired by Flipkart)

Head of Collections and Operations

[COMPLETED]
  • Built systems to remotely lock/control devices; secured 500+ Samsung, 50+ iOS, 10+ Android devices. Led collections for 45K+ monthly disbursed loans; reduced Gross NPA from 10% to <2%.
  • Led end-to-end collections with lean team of 4; built backend for schedule-based notifications, accounting automation, API integrations (spam detection, contact verification, tele-ops).
  • Introduced Early DPD Soft Notifications to bridge 30-day silence and shift collections to early DPDs, reducing cost.
FinTech Operations Collections
Mar 2023 – Oct 2025
Micron Technology

Associate Engineer

[COMPLETED]
  • Feature verification and development of PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs: memory performance, power-on/off latency, Phison firmware integration with Micron memory.
  • Among fastest learners of NAND architecture in fresher cohort; applied low-level memory knowledge to enhance SSD functionality and reliability.
NVMe SSD Firmware
Aug 2022 – Feb 2023
Energy Efficient eVTOLs

Co-Founder

[COMPLETED]
  • Bootstrapped and NIT Trichy–sponsored; showcased at Bangalore tech exhibitions for aerial mobility innovation.
  • Designed energy-efficient long-range eVTOL for night surveillance and operations. Led project, sponsorships, and exhibition from concept to showcase.
eVTOL Aerial Mobility
Jan 2022 – July 2022
Intelligent Mobility Labs

Product Manager - Tech

[COMPLETED]
  • Built camera-only computer vision models inspired by Tesla’s vision-based approach.
  • Applied reinforcement learning to extract and learn feature representations of Indian roads.
Computer Vision RL
Oct 2021 – Aug 2022
Research – IIT Roorkee

Summer Internship

[INTERNSHIP]
Evaluated computer vision approaches and developed a CNN-based model to detect and track nano-drones in noisy environments, optimizing day and night operations.
CNN Computer Vision
June 2021 – July 2021
eYantra – IIT Bombay

Summer Internship

[INTERNSHIP]
Designed and implemented a 6-DOF robotic arm on a ground bot (SolidWorks, ATmega328P). Led 4-member team to national finals and earned internship at IIT Bombay.
Robotics SolidWorks ATmega328P
May 2020 – July 2020
Research – IIT Kanpur

Summer Internship

[INTERNSHIP]
Studied helicopter dynamics and simulated control systems for various aerodynamic surfaces.
Dynamics Control Systems
June 2019 – July 2019
Academic Details

Education

[EDUCATION]

2018–22 · Bachelors in Electronics Engineering · NIT Trichy · 8.4 CGPA

2016–17 · Higher Education (Science) · Vidyaniketan School · 92%

NIT Trichy · Vidyaniketan
Academic Achievements

Ranks & Olympiads

[ACHIEVEMENTS]
  • JEE Main: All India Rank 2739 (Top 0.25% of 1M+ candidates)
  • JEE Advanced: All India Rank 13978 (out of 150k+ candidates)
  • EHF Olympiads: 4th Rank (Maths), 13th Rank (Science) – International Level (300k+ candidates)
JEE · EHF