Mitul Trivedi, an Indian mentor, was arrested in 2023 for falsely claiming to be the ISRO scientist who designed the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander in an interview with the media Make headlines.
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Mitul Trivedi was born on April 22 and hails from Vadodara, Gujarat. His zodiac sign is Taurus. Later, he moved to Surat, Gujarat. He attended RSM Poonawala Sarvajanik Experimental School in Surat. He reportedly holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (B.Com) and a master’s degree in commerce (M.Com). According to his Facebook profile, he studied at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University from 1989 to 1992. After completing his formal education, he started providing tuition classes to students from class 12 onwards in Surat. He established an educational center called Vedic Village School and University in Surat, Gujarat. Some media outlets claim that he completed his B.Com degree from Navyug Commerce College in Surat, Gujarat and then became a CA.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′2″
Hair color: gray
Eye Color: Black
family
Parents and siblings
Little is known about his parents and siblings.
wife and children
On December 5, 1997, he married Mugdha Trivedi. They have one son, Jinil Trivedi.
Mitul Trivedi and his wife Mugdha Trivedi
Mitul Trivedi’s wife Mugdha Trivedi and son Jinil Trivedi
religion
His social media accounts indicate that he is a Hindu. His YouTube channel offers videos on the topic “History of the Gods” where he talks in detail about Hindu mythology and gods like Lord Ganesha and Lord Indra.
Mitul Trivedi-Impostor
On August 30, 2023, the Surat Crime Branch arrested tutor Mitul Trivedi for posing as an ISRO scientist for media interviews, claiming that he designed Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander. Additionally, Trivedi forged documents and letters to support his claims. In ISRO’s fake appointment letter dated February 26, 2022, he claimed to be the Assistant Chairman, Ancient Science Applications Department, ISRO. In another letter, Trivedi claimed to be a space research member of ISRO’s upcoming project titled ‘Mercury Power in Space’. On August 24, the day after India’s Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the south pole of the moon, Trivedi accepted an interview with PTI news agency. In the interview, he said:
We felt like we were on the moon and it was the proudest moment. “
The police took action after submitting an application to the Commissioner of Police to investigate the matter. Police revealed that Trivedi admitted that he drafted the letter to attract more students to enroll in his courses. His aim was to impress the students’ parents by showing them the forged documents. An FIR was registered against Trivedi under sections 465, 468, 471 and 419 of IPC. When Mitul Trivedi’s scam hit the headlines in 2023, he had been impersonating NASA and ISRO scientists for about 10 years. He prefixes “Dr” to his name on Facebook and YouTube and maintains that he has been associated with ISRO since 2011 and NASA since 2013. In a Facebook post on January 5, 2017, Mitul Trivedi claimed to be a “NASA and ISRO scientist, archaeologist and historian” of an incident.
Screenshot of Mitul Trivedi’s January 5, 2017 Facebook post in which he claims to be a “NASA and ISRO scientist, archaeologist and historian”
He conducts paid webinars and workshops interweaving Hindu mythology, archeology and science. He spoke on topics such as “History of God” and “How can Ramayana be useful in today’s times?” and shared his “rocket science success story with the help of Vedas.”
On January 15, 2021, Mitul Trivedi’s Facebook post uploaded a poster in which he claimed to be a “scientist from NASA and ISRO”
On October 25, 2019, he published the book “Wutong Writing and Its Glory”. The book is available on Amazon for Rs. 2,481.
Screenshot of Mitul Trivedi’s Instagram post where he shared a web link to his book “Indus Script & It Glory” on Amazon
Other books by Mitul Trivedi that are featured on Amazon include Vedic Yuddha (Dashraj War Book 1) (Hindi version), Tarakasura: The Cosmic Demon (War Trilogy Book 1) and Suvarna Lanka: The City of Ravana.
Cosmic Demon Dorakala (Book 1 of the War Trilogy)
He has been interviewed by various news channels such as News Nation in 2016. In 2017, his research was published in the journal Abhiyaan in Gujarat. In 2023, after the successful soft landing of the “Vikram” lander on August 24, he began to give interviews to local media. He claimed to have designed the lander module of Chandrayaan-3. He even claimed to be involved in NASA’s 2024 moon mission and contributed to ISRO’s Aditya L1 and Gaganyaan mission design work. Trivedi’s so-called academic achievements include BA and MA degrees in physics, research in quantum physics at Cambridge University, and doctorates in anthropology and Vedanta at Oxford University. Furthermore, he is allegedly associated with the Archaeological Survey of India and claims to be proficient in 45 ancient languages. Trivedi rose to fame after recordings of his conversations with his mentor Arjun Patel attracted widespread attention. Prior to this, Trivedi had claimed that there was a golden city called Dwarika in the sea near Orpada in South Gujarat.
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