← THE COLLECTION

Dhruva Space & A Very Good GPU Present

a software engineering career in three acts, starring

KARISHMA TAJ

THE GRADIENT DESCENT

Official Selection · NIT AP 2021 Best Software Engineering · Critics' Pick Audience Choice · GitHub

A DHRUVA SPACE PRODUCTION · IN ASSOCIATION WITH GALAXEYE · FEATURING PYTORCH AND TENSORFLOW · VISION BY OPENCV · ORBITS BY OREKIT · CHAI BY THE LITRE

◈ NOW SHOWING ◈

THE CRITICS RAVE

from the reviews section (real testimonials, dramatized lighting)

★★★★★

"Hard work and dedication… keep it up!"

— Dr. V Sandeep
★★★★★

"Calm and composed even under severe pressure. A supporting lead who supports everyone."

— Harsha Chandra
★★★★★

"Consistently came up with creative solutions. You won't find a better talent."

— Ashish Mor

FILMOGRAPHY

selected works · all titles streaming free on GitHub

CV
🧘
2024 · WELLNESS DRAMA

THE POSE

A camera learns to care about your alignment.

ML
📸
2024 · THRILLER

FACE / ON

Nobody skips class. Nobody.

DL
🎧
2024 · ROMANCE

THE SOUND OF FEELINGS

It listened. It understood.

NLP
📰
2024 · DOCUMENTARY

ABRIDGED

The whole story. Shorter.

LLM
⚖️
2024 · COURTROOM

HABEAS CHATBOT

Objection: sustained. Explanation: plain.

AI
📈
2024 · HEIST ENSEMBLE

THE AGENT CREW

Six agents. One market. No sleep.

END CREDITS

the full career, as it deserves to be read

Directed, Written & Debugged by
M KARISHMA TAJ
Currently Starring As
SDE-2 · DHRUVA SPACE
Dec 2025 – present · satellite software, full-time
Previously
GALAXEYE SPACE
Full Stack Engineer (Missions) · Jul–Dec 2025
Mission Technology Engineer · May–Jul 2025
DHRUVA SPACE
SWE Intern · Jan–Apr 2025 · GMAT · QGIS · OREKIT
BIO-VEDA WELLNESS CO.
GenAI Developer Intern · May–Oct 2024
NITAP LABS
Research Intern · Mar–May 2024
Education
NIT ANDHRA PRADESH
BTech EEE (Honors) · ECE minor · · 2021–2025
Vision Effects
OpenCV · SAM · Florence · PaliGemma-2 · GDAL
Original Score
the sound of a model converging
Special Thanks
chai, CUDA, and everyone who said "one more experiment"
No satellites were harmed
in the making of this career
FIN.

PRESS COVERAGE

writing by the director

Medium · Part 1

A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO CAMERA

Meet the instrument looking back down at us.

Medium · Part 2

INSIDE THE IMAGE SENSOR

"Colour is a beautiful lie."

Medium · Part 3

HOW SATELLITE CAMERAS ARE DIFFERENT

Same physics. Different problem.

Medium · Part 4

ORBIT, ATTITUDE & IMAGING GEOMETRY

Where a satellite sits decides what it sees.

LinkedIn

WHAT IS STARLING? (NASA)

A swarm learns to fly itself.

LinkedIn

THE ATTENTION ECONOMY

Your attention, spent wisely.

BOX OFFICE

tickets to a conversation — always available

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