I was born 12 February 2000 in Ahmedabad, into a home where every rupee had a job before it arrived. My father somehow saved up for one computer — for my elder brother. I was 10, and very firmly not allowed near it.
I touched it anyway. Photoshop, Visual Studio, broken Windows installs, half-working drivers — I taught myself everything by breaking and rebuilding. By 12, I was burning bootable DVDs and selling them at mobile-repair stalls. By 13, I'd stopped asking my parents for pocket money. By 14, I'd won the Gujarat Science Fair (2014) with a working generator and seen my name in print for the first time.
At 16, I made a stubborn choice — Automotive Engineering, not CS. I already knew computers; I wanted my hands on something heavier, hotter, more honest. A car, after all, is just a moving box of every technology there is. In my final year, my team built India's #1 ranked electric vehicle. At 17, I started Uminber Designs as a one-person freelance shop. At 18, I started writing Hindi poetry — and never stopped.
COVID locked the world down. I locked in. 150+ software platforms — SolidWorks, Ansys, Siemens NX, Python, React, Blender — self-taught while paying my own bills through freelance work. In 2021, Uminber became an LLP. In 2022, I co-founded Swap Automotive — an EV-conversion company — with two friends. In 2025, Corp8 AI.
Today, at 26, I run three companies and thirteen brands across design, mobility, and AI. 60+ engagements shipped across 8 sectors. ₹30L+ in government grants. Cyber Expert for Gujarat Government, jury at iHub, and policy-panel member at the state. Outside work, I lift, I ride, I read philosophy, and I write verses my grandmother would understand.
That's the short version. Below is the long one — year by year, choice by choice.