My name is Aravind Alwan. I grew up in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India, though my family hails from Tamil Nadu. I am currently a Master of Science student in Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

I have a wide variety of interests and am an avid user of Wikipedia in all my activities. I strongly support the principles of free content and all attempts to promote its use in the community.