Young Professional Profile August 2019

Name: Abhinav Pandey

Hometown: New Delhi, INDIA

Currently lives: New Delhi, INDIA

Education:

• B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, INDIA
• MS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Southern California, USA

Employer: PMG (my company)

Job Description: Leading sales, operations, and administration of PMG. PMG is an engineering design and project management company delivering end-to-end design and design–Build solutions in the food and beverage industry. Currently staffed ~36 personnel, mostly engineers.

As a kid, what did you want to be when you “grew up”?
An engineer who could solve any problem, through knowledge, logic and persistence, like Cyrus Smith in The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne.

How far can YOU see? Where do you see the aerospace industry 10–20 years from now?
I see that my company and I are doing something valuable in the aerospace industry. I also see a lot of the technology being shared with other domains and enabling multi-domain implementations, bringing down the cost of aerospace technology and design, which is huge as on date.

One insightful fact you want everyone to know: What is real depends on who is looking. [Physics + Life]

Professional Interests: Engineering. Design. Project Management. Systems Architecting.

Hobbies: Badminton, books, and programming.