Tilak S. Ramaprakash resides in Orlando, Florida and serves as freelance contract pilot with AvJet Solutions, Inc. With over thirty years of experience in the aviation industry, Tilak Ramaprakash is a qualified IS-BAO Safety Management Systems aviation auditor.

Mr. Ramaprakash attended Purdue University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Aviation Technology and a master’s degree in Aviation and Aerospace Management. He worked as a line service technician at Fort Wayne Air Service while completing his degree. Tilak Ramaprakash went on to work as a line and hangar maintenance technician and later as a flight engineer and mechanic before transitioning his career to pilot. He has flown for Bel-Air Aviation, Midroc Aviation, Air India, Western Global Airlines, and Jet Airways.

Outside of his professional duties, Mr. Ramaprakash is a certified rescue diver. He has also been a donor to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for more than three decades.