Gokul is an ex-ISRO scientist turned founder, based in Singapore. He started his career at India's space agency designing and testing the power electronics that steer satellites once they're in orbit — work that's still flying on 13 GSAT communication satellites today. He built one of ISRO's first high-efficiency (90%) power modules, convened the Test Results Review Committee for flight hardware, and managed three technology projects worth a combined USD 1.4M.
He holds B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a PhD from the National University of Singapore (ECE), where his DSO-funded research applied cloud-computing methods to radar signal processing. As President of the NUS Graduate Students' Society he grew the team from 16 to 75 and events from 8 to 60, earning the Students' Life Award for Leadership.
He co-founded QSignage, a GRIP-funded DOOH ad-tech startup, during the PhD, ran BluSim — contactless vitals monitoring for elderly care — as Head of Technology and then CEO, and is now Founder & CEO of tactyle: custom player hardware plus Tact and Stage, a fleet platform that deploys content to physical screens across India, shows live device status on one map, and controls them remotely. Alongside it he ships web apps, native macOS utilities, hardware, and developer tools.
Experience
- 2025–Present · Founder & CEO — tactyle — Fleet platform for physical displays (Tact campaign management, Stage fleet-ops console) plus custom player hardware; AWS serverless.
- 2023–2025 · Head of Technology, then CEO — BluSim Tech Pte Ltd — Contactless continuous vitals monitoring for elderly care: sensor mat, proprietary algorithms, monitoring application.
- 2019–2023 · PhD — National University of Singapore — ECE; DSO-funded radar / cloud-computing research. Co-founded QSignage (DOOH ad-tech) through NUS GRIP, GRIP-funded. President of the Graduate Students' Society (team 16→75, events 8→60; Students' Life Award for Leadership).
- 2017–2019 · Scientist SC — ISRO (LPSC) — PPCU for the 75 mN SPT thruster at 90% efficiency; 37 kW BLDC driver for fuel/oxidizer pumps; PHMS human-rating health monitoring; self-healing circuits. Convener, Test Results Review Committee.
- 2015 · Software Developer Intern — Flipkart — Contract-management service; Mapbox.
- 2015 · Exchange — CentraleSupélec — Hydrocontest team (École Centrale Paris).
- 2014 · Embedded Developer — Purple Squirrel & Leaf Technologies — Embedded systems.
- 2012–2017 · B.Tech + M.Tech — IIT Bombay — Electrical Engineering; Electronics & Micro-electronics. Minor at IDC.
Now
Founder & CEO of tactyle, based in Singapore. Open to interesting projects and conversations — i@gokulmc.com.