Arsalan Reyaz

Arsalan Reyaz is an aerospace engineer and the founder of Nura Net Space — Kashmir's first independent space research organization. Born in 2011 in Tragpora, Rafiabad, Baramulla, Kashmir, his journey into technology began in early childhood, driven by an innate curiosity for how things work — constantly experimenting with simple DC motors and mechanical parts. This passion evolved into structured engineering when he built his very first coded system: an Arduino-based Smart Dustbin. This initial spark found a massive launchpad at SRM Welkin Higher Secondary School, which has supported his ambitions over the last 12 years. Stepping into the school's Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL), where he served as Head Boy, shifted his focus toward industrial-grade engineering, allowing him to build a massive catalog of advanced projects.

Grateful to his family and mentors who anchored this journey — his father, Reyaz Ahmad Sheikh, a Grid Engineer at Bandipora; his mother, Shahyista; and mentors Saket Sir, Aijaz Sir, and uncle Imtiyaz Sheikh — on April 18, 2024, Arsalan Reyaz founded Nura Net with an initial vision to revolutionize internet service provision and communication networks. As ambitions expanded, Nura Net evolved into a cutting-edge space research enterprise, establishing two specialized branches: Nura Net Defence and Nura Net Space — with Nura Net Space becoming Kashmir's fastest-growing aerospace engineering division.

Today, Arsalan Reyaz leads all engineering design and development at Nura Net Space. His work spans liquid rocket propulsion (including the LPE-200, a 200N LOX/methane engine), reusable rocket vehicles, encrypted communication systems, autonomous UAVs, high-precision PCB design, and bare-metal embedded firmware. From deploying the NuraCast high-frequency weather array to designing the Nura Vex VTOL hopper vehicle, he builds hardware that performs cleanly and transparently — entirely in-house, from Kashmir.