# Project charter

## Identity

**Aethera - Ocean Intelligence & Digital Twin Laboratory**

An SIH-oriented engineering project sponsored and mentored by Chatake Innoworks
Private Limited through MindForgeAI, led by Shruti Hiremath of Second Year CSE,
N. K. Orchid College of Engineering & Technology, Solapur.

The confirmed team comprises Shruti Hiremath (Team Lead), Samruddhi Pukale,
Ankita Sulagadale, Shruti Pandit, Shrushti Kasbekar and Madhura Vhanmane.
Akash Shivadas Chatake serves as Industry Mentor.

## Protected boundaries

1. The earlier MindForgeAI Internship 1.0 Aethera project remains a separate
   historical/student record.
2. Reused engines and concepts are registered in `01_DISCOVERY/SOURCE_REGISTER.md`.
3. An official SIH problem-statement ID must not be added until confirmed from
   the official portal and accepted by the team/institution.
4. Simulated data must never be presented as live telemetry or an operational
   marine warning.
5. Existing production websites, DNS and repositories are outside this local
   workstream unless a later release is separately approved.
6. Original platform design, company-authored simulation code, documentation and
   branded assets are copyright Chatake Innoworks Private Limited. Student-created
   contributions retain visible authorship credit. Project ownership, publication
   and commercial-use rights follow the signed sponsorship/project agreement.

## Delivery definition

The first engineering baseline is complete when the public product explains the
problem, the 3D laboratory responds to controlled inputs, the calculation record
is reproducible, exported evidence is usable, mobile interaction works, and the
SIH/team/sponsorship documentation is available.