# Arun C Michael — factual notes These notes match the public page at https://aruncmichael.com/. They do not add figures, clients, awards or capacities that the page does not state. ## Identity Arun C Michael is an entrepreneur based in Bengaluru, India. The published name is Arun C Michael. The initial C is not expanded. The page does not publish a DIN, CIN, phone number, home address, registered-office address or personal Gmail. Contact is mailto:arun@synod.in only. He describes the work as starting in 2009, with friends, from a personal biography that mentions a beginning sum of ₹40,000. That figure is his own account, not an audited statement. Engineering studies, 2005–2009, were at Mohandas College of Engineering & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. Zeeshan M P is named as a long-time co-founder. ## About Since 2009 he has built Synod Group, beginning with Synod Bioscience. The work covers biogas, compressed biogas (CBG), composting, water treatment (sewage treatment plants and water treatment plants), smart farming and software. ## Companies and products Synod Group (https://synodgroup.in) is the umbrella. Its own site sometimes says “Synod Groups”. This page uses Synod Group. Synod Bioscience (https://www.synod.in) is a firm. The page uses only the name Synod Bioscience. No legal form is stated. It is the founding venture, since 2009, working in waste management, biogas plants, composting and environmental engineering. BIOPOWER is BPG Renewables Private Limited, formed in 2023. Sites: https://biopower.co.in and https://cbg.biopower.co.in. The work is biogas, compressed biogas (CBG), composting and water treatment (STP/WTP). CBG is the highlighted line. nanoFarm is NFI SmartFarm Solutions Private Limited, incorporated in 2023 (https://nanofarm.in). AI and IoT monitoring for biogas, waste and smart farming. The company site names Arun C Michael as co-founder, with R&D and operations. emPOWER (https://empowerapp.in) is an AI-assisted ERP for manufacturers, EPC businesses and field teams. It is a product of NFI SmartFarm Solutions Private Limited, not its own company. NOVA is its permission-aware assistant: https://empowerapp.in/ai-assisted-erp-nova/. naturGas is NGC Renewables Private Limited, formed in 2023. No live website was confirmed. The card links to https://www.linkedin.com/company/naturgas-biogenics. The group site describes natural gas solutions and renewable energy infrastructure. WonderBin is Synod Group’s brand for portable biogas plants. The store link is https://synodmart.com. wonderbin.in is not linked. Synod Renewables is Synod Renewables Private Limited. It sits within Synod Group (https://synodgroup.in). No formation year is shown. No separate website is published. ACADEMY (https://academy.synod.in) is a platform by Synod Group for internships, skill development and career preparation across engineering, biotechnology, agriculture, technology and business. It is not described as owned by Synod Renewables. Sustainable Planet is part of the Synod Group ecosystem and publishes climate and energy editorial. Links: https://splanet.in and https://splanet.world. SynodMart (https://synodmart.com) is the online shop for WonderBin portable biogas plants and accessories. The shop page itself is titled WonderBin. ## Research Beyond VRAM Capacity: A Single-Workstation Case Study of Strata, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, and OpenCode on an RTX 5080. - Concept DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23945368 - Version 1.0.2 record: https://zenodo.org/records/23947052 - Code: https://github.com/aruncmichael-alt/ocf-v1-beyond-vram - Published 4 November 2026 as an author-published technical note about one workstation and one configuration. It does not claim parity with frontier models. No ORCID is published here. The Zenodo record lists the author as “Michael, Arun C” and does not include an ORCID. ## Profiles - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aruncmichael - https://www.instagram.com/aruncmichael - https://github.com/aruncmichael-alt - https://aruncmichael.carrd.co/ - https://aruncmichael.com/ ## What this page does not claim No installation counts, capacities, client names, awards, testimonials or press claims beyond a labelled company press release (EAI, Synod Bioscience’s Bengaluru branch) and his own LinkedIn reflection on a visit to the Hakki-Pikki community near Bannerghatta. A community reflection is linked; it is not an impact statistic.