Independent Researcher · Delhi, India

Chirag Rathi

Working at the intersection of autonomous systems, quantum foundations, cosmology, and aerospace engineering. Founder of NEXERCH.

"We move at the speed the problem burns."

6+
Research Projects
4+
Published Preprints
1
Under Peer Review
17
Years Old
About

Who I Am

I am an independent researcher based in Delhi, India, working across theoretical physics, cosmology, aerospace engineering, and autonomous systems. I have no institutional affiliation — all work is self-directed and self-funded.

I began independent research at 15, teaching myself quantum mechanics, operator theory, and aerospace engineering through MIT OpenCourseWare. My background is in PCB (Biology stream) — I have no formal mathematics training beyond secondary school.

In 2026 I founded NEXERCH — an independent research organization building systems that operate reliably under uncertainty. I will be joining IISER Pune in 2026 for the BS-MS programme in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics.

My research philosophy is simple: if the work needs to be done, it gets done. No institution required. No permission needed.

LocationDelhi, India
ORCID0009-0008-1682-4369
AffiliationIndependent · NEXERCH
UpcomingIISER Pune 2026
Research AreasPhysics · Aerospace · Cosmology
GitHubchiragrathiresearcher
CompanyNexearch (registering Nov 2026)
Active Systems

Research

Production-grade systems built independently. Every constant traceable. Every decision auditable.

SYS — 001
ARVS
Adaptive Robust Verification System
Research-grade autonomy architecture for spacecraft, rovers, and safety-critical systems. 25 frozen axioms across 9 categories. Non-bypassable authority layer. Validated against NASA REMS, NASA SPICE, ESA Mars Express, and ISS OSDR live telemetry.
SYS — 002
ATLAS
Autonomous Launch & Termination Architecture System
Complete autonomous flight software for reusable launch vehicles. 1 kHz C++17 real-time control loop. 19-state Extended Kalman Filter. Triple-redundant IMU voting. RTOS-ready. All hardware constants from manufacturer datasheets.
SYS — 003
M17
K-Framework for Autonomous Celestial Discovery
Advanced heuristic pipeline for space domain awareness and deep-space forensic analysis. Multi-language architecture — C++17, Fortran, Rust, CUDA. Post-Newtonian relativistic corrections. Dark matter signature detection.
ORG — 001
NEXERCH
Independent Research Organization for Advanced Systems
Building open standards for autonomous aerospace systems. Proving independent research can compete with institutions. We build what the problem demands. Nothing less.

Independent research.
No walls. No committees.
Just the problem.

ORCID: 0009-0008-1682-4369 · chiragrathiresearcher@gmail.com

Publications

Research Output

Under Review — Foundations of Physics · Springer Nature · 2026
The Persistence Criterion: Distinguishing Epistemic Obscuration from Ontological Elimination in Physical Theories
Chirag Rathi · Independent Researcher · Reviewed by Prof. H.C. Verma, IIT Kanpur
10.5281/zenodo.18525587 →
Preprint · Zenodo · 2026
Post-Shell-Crossing Void Re-expansion (PSC-VR): Cosmological Suppression in ΛCDM — Analytical Proof and Numerical Verification
Chirag Rathi · Independent Researcher
10.5281/zenodo.18524965 →
Preprint · Zenodo · 2026
A Quantitative Study of Octahedral Orbital Architectures
Chirag Rathi · Independent Researcher
10.5281/zenodo.18528558 →
Software Release · Zenodo · Apache 2.0 · 2026
ATLAS: Autonomous Launch and Termination Architecture System v1.0
Chirag Rathi · NEXERCH
10.5281/zenodo.19039518 →
Software Release · Zenodo · Apache 2.0 · 2026
ARVS: Adaptive Robust Verification System v1.0
Chirag Rathi · NEXERCH
10.5281/zenodo.19023905 →
Contact

Get in Touch

Open to collaboration with researchers working on quantum foundations, autonomous systems, formal verification, or computational astrophysics.

Email
chiragrathiresearcher@gmail.com
NEXERCH → GitHub →