Avinash Pushparaj is a Senior Associate at PwC India, having started in May 2024. Prior to this role, Avinash was employed as a Scientist C at Bellatrix Aerospace from September 2019 to April 2024, where involvement included mission analysis and system design for an Orbital Transfer Vehicle satellite. Avinash's earlier experience includes serving as a Junior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Studies from August 2017 to July 2019, working on a project related to advanced aerial weapon systems. Avinash holds a Master of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology, earned between 2015 and 2017, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Sri Sairam Engineering College, completed in 2015. High school education was completed at KV Gill Nagar, focusing on Mathematics and Computer Science.