Rakesh is currently a Research Fellow at the Aviation Studies Institute (ASI). Under the guidance of Professor Peter Jackson, he works on projects related to the optimisation and analysis of air traffic in the Network Capacity and Network Collaboration projects. Prior to working for the ASI, he was a research fellow under Dr. Shrutivandana Sharma at Engineering Systems and Design (ESD), Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore from May 2021 to September 2022. Rakesh received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Raipur, India in 2020, under the supervision of  Dr. Sujit Kumar Samanta.

He enjoys working independently as well as thrive when working with a team. He is extremely excited about working effectively with others to achieve common goals.