// We are into smartifying,

set-&-forget home products

'The RareLyke Way'... //

// What we truly strive-for... //

“New & unique features, unmatched users' data privacy, device security & longevity, everything at an affordable price, for EVERYONE on the planet”

                     Raj began electronics at a very young age of 8, back then obsessed with R/C cars, he would modify their gears & motors. At the age of 10, he built a custom 4WD electric R/C car; an H-Bridge logic circuit at the age of 11 and a partly failed drone by 12. By 14, he had developed a 2 wheeled self-balancing robot controlled wirelessly from a smartphone.

A visionary and a problem solver; an expert product developer, motherboard designer, antenna designer, battery expert, and embedded software developer, with little experience designing VLSI chips, developing mobile apps & sometimes identifying vulnerabilities in servers. He has completed a Bachelor's in Mechatronics Engineering from Manipal University.

During B.Tech program in his first year, he bought a gaming laptop & very soon realised that in the most efficient setting, the laptop battery would max at 3.5 hours. He started looking for battery extension solutions for laptops, but did not find one, so he started developing a unique, one-of-a-kind product. After 2 years of secret R&D (from parents), he built a MagSafe-style battery that takes laptop runtime from 3.5 hrs to 16 hrs; you can still find him using one since then.

After paying subscription for more than half a decade to a Leading Music Streaming App (100Mn+ MAUs) and curating a personal library of over half a thousand music. Annually, the app increased its subscription price, resulting in an indefinite subscription lock-in. Despite thousands spent, didn’t actually own a single track. The moment the subscription stopped, the downloaded music library would disappear.   So, using open-source network analyzing tool and some other tools, identified a major security flaw and a gap in their music distribution central servers. The vulnerability allowed users to directly access the servers, download their music library, and stream pro-quality music, all without paying for a subscription. He believes, purchasing a music CD is better than paying for a subscription indefinitely, as you end up owning something tangible rather than nothing.

During his stay in the hostel, he did not like carrying room keys; it would take time to lock—unlock the door & doing it 10 times a day was a big hassle for him. Knowing each college ID card has an RFID chip with a unique identifier code, utilising this tech, he built a Smart Door Lock for his room and reduced door opening time to sub-1 second. The lock was made with salvaged parts from abandoned DVD players, used laptop lithium batteries, and old micro-controllers. Later, he got a proposal for other hostel rooms. Apart from that, some other cool projects include a DC to AC 3-phase Inverter with variable frequency and amplitude control using 6 x N-Channel 110Amps MOSFETs with NPN transistors, a charge-pump circuit and an MCU; a two-in-one headless oscilloscope and a logic analyzer; an autonomous floor cleaner; a mini-CNC Plotter; an active sun-tracking solar panel & many more. He was awarded with 100 percent Scholarship throughout the 4 years of the B.Tech programme, a sum of ₹ 1.12Mn  & an additional of ₹ 480K.

He is a former Manastu Space employee (Mumbai's first Space Company), over there he developed control electronics motherboard (hardware and firmware) for their ground Satellite propulsion system (Later in 2024, satellite propulsion system was launched in ISRO’s PSLV-C60 Rocket) and has also worked on solving problems related to DAQs, pressure sensor, temperature sensor, mass flow meter, load cell, space grade solenoid valve & minerally insulated heater. After that, he left Manastu Space to start RareLyke Technologies.

Raj Vinod Pokar

Founder, CEO

RareLyke

               Dhruv is a B.Tech graduate in Information Technology from Pillai College of Engineering and works as a Software Engineer at Aurionpro Solutions Ltd. His professional experience includes developing software solutions for Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks, such as State Bank of India and Canara Bank. He is proficient in developing highly-scalable and ultra-secure software, using frontend frameworks like Angular, AngularJS, and TypeScript, as well as backend development with Spring Tool. 

Furthermore, he has created a Wi-Fi and RFID-based smart door lock (IoT device) that can be locked/unlocked using a mobile app or RFID enabled card. During his school career along with Raj, they designed a non-contact distance measuring device using an Ultrasonic Sensor and an MCU. And he has also developed Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, including a hand sign recognition program using YOLOv3, crowd headcount software using machine vision and YOLOv3, and a plant leaf disease detection system using a CNN algorithm.

Dhruv Lalji Karotra

Co-founder, CTO

RareLyke