From CAD to the track

Senaajit standing on a clifftop path above a turquoise bay on the English coast

I grew up in India, and motorsport was my way into engineering. Karting, rallycross and eventually the JK Tyre series taught me to think about what the car was doing underneath me, not just how fast I was going. That curiosity took me to Bournemouth University for a BSc in Design Engineering. In my first year I founded the university's Formula Student team on my own, then spent the next three years growing it to 30 members and taking it to Silverstone for FSUK 2026, first as Team Principal and then as CTO and Head of Suspensions. Along the way I interned at Ola Electric, running thermal FEA on battery casings, and spent a summer in Munich studying smart vehicles and series production.

In 2026 I moved to the Netherlands for an MSc in Mechanical Engineering at TU/e, where I'm focusing on composites, structural analysis and precision design. Outside lectures I work on the carbon-fibre wings for Team Daedalus, the university's solar-powered drone team. What ties all of it together is that I like to see an idea through: from a sketch to CAD, from CAD to simulation, and from simulation to something I can hold, load and test until I understand it. I'm learning Dutch, and built my own pronunciation trainer in Python to help, because I plan to build my career here in Brainport. The Weekend Innovator is where I document the projects I take on along the way.

LanguagesEnglish, Hindi: fluent
German: working proficiency
Dutch: learning

Motorsport

Results

Senaajit in his helmet, sitting in the cockpit of his red number 15 race car

Senaajit racing his red number 15 car past the camera, background blurred by the panning shot

Event	Year	Result	Fastest lap
JK Tyre Racing, Race 4, Round 1	[Year]	P16 → P15	1:20.12
JK Tyre Racing, Race 3, Round 1	[Year]	P19 → P10	1:19.56
JK Tyre Racing, Race 2, Round 1	[Year]	P22 → P17	1:21.08
JK Tyre Racing, Race 1, Round 1	[Year]	P22 → P19	1:21.85
Formula car testing, 2 days	[Year]	n/a	1:23.03
Rallycross training, 4 days	[Year]	2nd in hot laps	n/a
Professional karting programme, 4 days	[Year]	1st	n/a

Co-founder

Bournemouth University Motorsports Society

I co-founded the society with three other students to give people at Bournemouth who love motorsport somewhere to find each other, whether they wanted to race, watch or build. We started in 2024 and had 58 members by 2025-26. [What the society does: karting nights, track days, race trips, talks.] [Anything it led to, e.g. members who went on to join Formula Student.]

Founded2024 · 58 members in 2025-26

Three society members celebrating on the podium at a TeamSport karting race, holding medals and certificates

A room full of society members in race suits at a karting event briefing

Off the clock

Beyond engineering

Bournemouth University Performance and Club Badminton team photo, 2025-26, with Senaajit in the back row — CaptainBournemouth University badminton, 3rd teamCaptained the university's 3rd team in the local league. [Season, and a result if there is one.]

Rakesh Sharma placing a medal around Senaajit's neck on stage at ISRO's Human Space Flight Expo — 2nd place · 2022Aeromodelling Challenge, Space Flight ExpoAward presented by Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space. [One line on what you built.]

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