Meet Our Founder

Rajkumar Thota

Founder & Chief Architect

Background

Rajkumar Thota is a seasoned IT professional and technologist with over 24 years of experience in the IBM/HCL Domino (Lotus Notes) ecosystem — spanning architecture, development, administration, and enterprise solutions.

Professional Journey

He has worked directly with organizations such as IBM US, IBM India, and HCL Technologies, contributing to the evolution and testing of core Domino platform features, including the latest versions up to Domino 14 and 14.5.

The PyTurbCT Story

Parallel to his corporate journey, Rajkumar nurtured a long-standing passion for turbomachinery design and computational engineering — a field that blends complex mathematics, physics, and computer science. His fascination with compressors and turbines, combined with his software architecture expertise, led to the conception of PyTurbCT.

Key Achievements

Full-Fledged Design Suite

Integrated legacy Fortran solvers with modern Python GUI and visualization frameworks for axial and mixed-flow machines.

Bridge to Innovation

Connects academia and industry while empowering Indian engineers with affordable, high-quality design tools.

"To build India's first indigenous turbomachinery software ecosystem — designed by an engineer, powered by code, and inspired by innovation."

— Rajkumar Thota, Founder