Somshuvra Basu

Engineering @EsperSats | Prev - Dhruva Space, Reliance Jio | CanSat India Finalist | IIT Jodhpur | APS DK | Rail Geek

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

I spent the summer working on a HyperSpectral Image Processing Software! The validation phase of it relied heavily on QGIS’s spectrum analysis plugin, but it didn’t quite click for me. So, I built my own tool in Python. (1/2)

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

@Anubhavxyz @streetfrontier I see

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@uday73860127 @Anubhavxyz @streetfrontier Operational for B28 is 250kmph right?

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

Good stuff!

[Ansuman Satapathy @TechAnsuman]

A new green milestone for #IndianRailways

RB approves #India’s 1st 10-Car Hydrogen Fuel Cell DEMU for the #Jind #Sonipat route at 75 kmph MPS top speed.

• 1200 KW Medha power cars
• Hydrogen fueling at Jind

A significant step towards sustainable rail transport in India. 🇮🇳

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

@Anubhavxyz @streetfrontier I was thinking the same based on the quoted operating speed of the route in the article. I believe the initial plan was to test them on the MAHSR line, are they considering deploying them here afterwards? Anything in the public domain reg this?

[viscous @viscousmani]

28 years ago on today's date 🇮🇳 ☢️

[DRDO @DRDO_India]

Advanced Agni missile with MIRV (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle) system was successfully tested from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on 08th May 2026.

The missile was flight tested with Multiple payloads, targeted to different targets spatially distributed over a large geographical area in Indian Ocean Region.

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

Not everything that glitters is gold, but the ones marked in gold here might be 👀👀

[Shoaib Iqbal @ItsShoTimee]

https://t.co/x7PltQ1JTr

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@trainwalebhaiya Wonderful Shots!!

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@AvisharDutta Curious whether this is intended to allow for a future gateway to the Northeast, with the addition of a branch line to Kolkata.

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

@_rohanverma @blrcitytraffic @mappls This is interesting! Could see some challenges but a great feature, if the underlying infrastructure gets reliable, would be quite good.

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

There's diversification, then there is this🫡

[Lakshmisha K S @lakshmishaks]

Raymond is investing ₹1,000 crore to diversify into aerospace and auto components, targeting global OEMs. With new units in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, the group aims to reduce dependence on textiles and tap India’s manufacturing push.

https://t.co/oj8nu173nj

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

@Vicharak_In Looking forward to it 🙌!

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

@Vicharak_In @LocalEnergyDAO Where to get one?

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

Astra have had quite a journey, read about it a couple of weeks back, in Ashley Vance’s book. Its quite surprising they are still active, would be interesting to see how it goes this time.
If anything, Chris Kemp feels very much in line with how he came across in the book.

[Chris Kemp @Kemp]

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

Don't know where this stupidity comes from, not just from one place but wherever this comes from, its just divisive. No State can do everything on its own, this narrative of State A doing something for State B is useless, the nation exists as one, some resources here some there.

[Trains of India 🇮🇳 @trainwalebhaiya]

In Tamil Nadu: The state government couldn’t fund Chennai Metro Phase II due to lack of resources, so the Centre stepped in with nearly 65% of the cost (~₹41,000 crore) to get it built.

In Karnataka: The Bangalore Suburban Rail (K-RIDE) is stuck in endless delays because of land acquisition issues. L&T, the contractor awarded the construction, walked away after facing massive losses due to delays, and is now demanding over ₹650 crore in compensation.

In Telangana: Hyderabad Metro, 90% funded by L&T, is on the verge of collapse. L&T is preparing to exit operations due to unsustainable losses, largely caused by the government’s policy of free bus rides affecting metro ridership.

In Maharashtra: Most metro projects came to a grinding halt thanks to political roadblocks imposed by the previous government.

But guess who the average South Indian blames for all this? “Shithole UP”
UP is busy building multiple metro projects on its own, with mere support from the Centre. Yet somehow, the narrative is that the South is funding metros in India’s 3rd largest GDP state.

Look closer, and you’ll see where the real problem lies :)

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

@iamkrishradha Need to have more resilient one as well.

[Somshuvra Basu @AwSomBasu]

Deployed!! @EsperSats X @DhruvaSpace
Courtesy @SpaceX

[Shoaib Iqbal @ItsShoTimee]

We built that little camera ❤️ @EsperSats

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff!

[Pawan K Goenka @GoenkaPk]

On National Space Day Hon PM has put two challenges for the space sector - in 5 yrs India to have 5 unicorns in the space sector and to do one launch every week. Challenging - yes. Doable -definitely yes. Whole space faternity has to work together to accomplish this.@INSPACeIND