Rajaram Gowda (earlier Rajaram PM), founder and Director, is a multi-faceted
personality having various qualifications and interests besides his varied work
experiences.
He was trained in Advanced Composites at Eurcopters for the design and
development of the Advanced Light Helicopter (Dhruv) before the project
commenced (end of 1986), by the Govt. of India. He was one of the first
Engineers from India to be trained in this technology and he played a very
active and significant role in the development of the ALH-Dhruv. The first
successful flight of ALH was in 1990, a significantly short development period
for such a project in the Aviation world.
He was also instrumental in the development of the LCA-Tejas Delta wings,
INSAT Satellite series, 250 KW Wind Turbine blades, Multiple versions of
Dhruv, Development of Light Combat Helicopter (LCH – Rudra),
Productionising of ALH-Dhruv, Wind Tunnel models for the above, etc.
After the succesful stint in the Indian Aviation Industry he went to USA to
pursue his MS in Computer Science and worked in the US Software industry
where he eradicated the Y2K Bug for SABRE Tour Application (The Worlds
Largest Online Reservation System), developed Multi-Destination Reservation
System for booking Flight, Hotel, Car, Sight-seeing, and other Options, for
multiple destinations.
After returning from USA to India, he worked as a Professor for an Engineering
Institute in Bangalore where he taught nearly 30 subjects for Post-Graduates
and Under-Graduates, presented/published several papers/Book chapters in
reputed conferences/ Journals, and guided numerous projects for the
Students. He retired recently and he wanted to re-ignite his passion of
providing Air-connectivity between small cities/towns of India using small
Aircrafts/Helicopters. Hence, he started this company (AiRiders Private
Limited) with a few of his well-wishers.