About

Hardware, software, and the server behind them

I am Prakash, the founder of Ajvika. My work sits where hardware meets software — IoT devices, embedded systems and robotics on one side; Python, PHP Laravel, Android apps and the servers that run them on the other. I design the circuit, write the firmware, build the app and deploy the server, so every project ships as one working system.

Every product at Ajvika started as a real problem someone brought to us — a parent waiting for a school bus, a guard proving a patrol, a phone overcharging overnight. We do not stop at a demo. We build it, test it where it will be used, and keep it running.

That is also how I teach. Students and teams who work with us learn on practical, real-time projects with real devices and live servers, not slides. If it works in the field, it is finished.

— Prakash

Role: Founder & CEO, Ajvika
Works on: IoT, embedded systems and robotics, full-stack apps and servers
Approach: Practical and real-time projects, built and tested where they will be used
On television: Projects featured three times, starting with TV9 in 2007
Patents: Two patent applications filed, in 2024 and 2025, waiting for examination results.
Certified: Cadence: Languages and Methodologies (VLSI)
Personal projects: Bike locking and tracking unit (2007, Eenadu and TV9); home-safety devices (Eenadu, March 2012)
Joined Aditya: June 2012, Aditya Engineering College (now Aditya University)
First at Aditya: Automatic railway gate control, Engineers Day 2012
Mentoring: Student won 2nd prize at Petrofiesta 2015, IIT Kharagpur
Award: Best performing technology award, Aditya Engineering Colleges
Space project: Balloon satellite, launched from Aditya University, Surampalem
Based in: Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh

Expertise

What I work on

IoT systems

Sensors, ESP32 and cloud dashboards that report and react in real time.
Embedded & robotics

Firmware, custom PCBs, motor control and robots built for actual use.
Python

Automation, OpenCV vision, data scripts and device back-ends.
PHP Laravel

Multi-tenant SaaS platforms, REST APIs and admin panels.
Android apps

Native apps with push alerts, Bluetooth and live device control.
Server & deployment

Server setup, deployment, domains, SSL and keeping production up.

Journey

My first personal project, a bike lock in 2007

Before college, I built personal projects on my own to show what I could do: a bike lock in 2007 that Eenadu and TV9 reported on, and home-safety devices in Eenadu in 2012. In June 2012 I joined Aditya Engineering College, now Aditya University, and from there to students winning prizes at IIT the same rule held: build it and make it work.

2007
Personal project 1
Bike locking control unit and tracking unit

My first personal project: a control unit that locks a bike against theft, with a tracking unit to find it. It was reported in Eenadu and shown on TV9 news.
- Eenadu newspaper
- TV9 news channel
I had no phone or camera with memory at that time, so no photos, clippings or recordings were kept.
2012

Personal project 2
Home-safety devices in Eenadu: “Be careful, brother!”

Built on my own before college. On 27 March 2012 Eenadu covered five devices I made that work over mobile signals and SMS: a security light, an SMS switchboard, a gas leakage alert, vehicle security and a mobile sniffer.
Read the story
2012

June 2012
Joined Aditya Engineering College, Surampalem

Aditya Engineering College, now Aditya University. From here my work moved from personal projects to college projects and mentoring students.
2012

First project at Aditya
Automatic railway gate control system

My first project at Aditya Engineering College, shown on Engineers Day 2012: a working model of a level crossing where the gate closes by itself as a train approaches and opens once it has passed.
2015

Student prize
Second prize at Petrofiesta 2015, IIT Kharagpur

A student I mentored won second prize at Petrofiesta 2015, IIT Kharagpur, and came back to Aditya with the certificate and the robot.
2016

In the news
Pedal-power cycle in Andhra Jyothi

A cycle that counts calories and charges a battery while you pedal, featured in Andhra Jyothi.
Read the story
2023
Technical Hub, Aditya University
M Pod at Aditya University

Designed in 2023 at Technical Hub, Aditya University. A project I am proud to be part of. My role was the API integration and the IoT part: connecting the hardware to the software so the system works as one.
- API integration
- IoT
2024

Patent pending
First patent application filed

In 2024 I filed my first patent application. It is pending and waiting for examination results.
2025

Patent pending
Second patent application filed

In 2025 I filed a second patent application, also pending examination.
Now
Ajvika today
Ajvika SaaS services

Today Ajvika runs software as a service for schools and businesses: platforms we build, host and keep running, so customers just sign in and use them.
- School ERP
- QR & GPS guard verification
- IoT cloud dashboards
- Android apps
- Server & deployment
See Ajvika services
Next
The journey continues
Ajvika products: we design your imagination

Next, Ajvika grows into a product-based company across many verticals: hardware and software products of our own, designed, built and supported in-house. You bring the idea; we design your imagination.
- IoT devices
- Smart home & energy
- Smart displays
- Security & tracking
- Robotics
Explore Ajvika products

On television

Featured on TV three times

Bike locking control and tracking unit (no recording kept) — TV9 news — **TV9 news** Bike locking control and tracking unit (no recording kept), 2007

Robotics and embedded systems demonstration — Television feature 2 — **Television feature 2** Robotics and embedded systems demonstration

Student real-time projects showcase — Television feature 3 — **Television feature 3** Student real-time projects showcase

Recognition

In the news and on stage

Eenadu newspaper article about Juttuka Prakash's cellphone-based inventions

Eenadu, News Today, Samarlakota, 27 March 2012

“Be careful, brother!”

My second personal project, built before I joined Aditya Engineering College in June 2012. Eenadu featured Juttuka Prakash, then 22, from Navara in Samarlakota mandal, for building home-safety devices that work over ordinary mobile phone signals and SMS, at a time when this was new even for engineering students.

Five inventions in the article

Security lightA sensor switches on a warning light when someone comes near the house.
Digital switchboardTurn lights, fans and appliances at home off or on by SMS from anywhere.
Gas leakage alertSends a message to the owner's phone the moment gas leaks in the kitchen.
Vehicle securityBike security that sends a message or missed call to the owner if it is tampered with.
Mobile snifferDetects phone use within 8 to 15 metres, for exam halls and offices.

Andhra Jyothi newspaper article: Health and power savings together

Read the article

Andhra Jyothi, Peddapuram edition, Samarlakota, 7 April 2016

“Health and power savings together”

A remarkable experiment by Aditya Engineering students

Pedalling a cycle is the simplest exercise there is, and the energy spent doing it usually goes to waste. Our final-year ECE team at Aditya Engineering College, Surampalem turned that effort into electricity: a digital display shows the calories burned for as long as you pedal, and the same energy is stored in a battery that can run household loads. The model was demonstrated on the college campus.

PedalThe rear wheel of a standard cycle, fixed on a stand, drives a generator through a belt.
MeasureA microcontroller with a handlebar display shows the calories burned while pedalling.
StoreThe generator output charges a 12 V battery through a charging circuit.
UseThe stored power feeds a socket board and lamp for household use.

Project team

Mudragada Chidvilas
Juttuga Sri Jyothi Satya
Neti Sairam
Juttuka Prakash
Gudivada Arun Kumar
Vanamadi Veeradurga
Porabathula Manikanta

Appreciated by HOD R.V. Vijayakrishna, Principal T.K. Ramakrishna Rao and Vice Principal R. Srinivasa Rao.

Energy harvesting
Calorie display
Battery charging
Final-year ECE project

See the full newspaper page

Live test: pedalling lights the lamp while the display counts calories

The full setup: belt-driven generator, battery, circuit boards and socket

The project team with faculty, April 2016

Award **Best performing technology award** Received at Aditya Engineering Colleges, Surampalem, with Technical Hub.

VLSI certification **Cadence certified: Languages and Methodologies** Completed with the Technical Hub VLSI team.

T-Connect 6.0 **IoT and robotics showcase** Internet of Things and drone projects presented at Aditya Engineering Colleges.

SAHI, the humanoid robot, with a chest touchscreen on a mobile base

Technology expo

T-Connect 6.0

Technical Hub's technology expo at Aditya Engineering Colleges, Surampalem. Our Internet of Things stall showed working IoT circuits, drones and a 3D printer, and the humanoid robot SAHI met visitors in the main hall.

The Internet of Things stall team with the drone and IoT demo kits

At the IoT stall with the 3D printer, drones and sensor projects

The expo hall, with SAHI in the aisle and students visiting the stalls

Near-space project

Balloon satellite

We build and launch our own balloon satellite: a weather balloon that carries a small payload of sensors, a GPS tracker and a camera to near-space altitude, sending data back to the ground in real time.

Two launches so far have not reached their goal. Each one costs a lot to build and fly, and each one taught us exactly what to fix. The next flight is being prepared now.

Launch attempt 1 Flown

Launched from Aditya University, Surampalem. The mission did not succeed; the flight data shaped the redesign.
Launch attempt 2 Flown

Second launch with an improved payload. Still not a full success, but we got closer and learned more.
Next launch In preparation

Payload, tracking and recovery are being rebuilt. Sponsors and partners are welcome to join this flight.