Experience

June 2025 - present   :  Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India. 

(Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020 # 2 in India | NIRF: 22)

Aug 2016 – June 2025 :  Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India. 

(Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020 # 2 in India | NIRF: 22)

April 2011 - July 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India. IIT Ropar, India. 

(Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020 # 2 in India | NIRF: 22)

May 2008 - April 2011   Associate Researcher (Post. Doc., Guest Researcher), System Integration Division of Engineering Laboratory, at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, gov. USA, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.

Department of Commerce, gov. USA, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

Nov 2007 - April 2008    Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India         

(Ranked #1 University in India, NIRF: 1)                          

Jan 2003 - Oct 2007    National Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India 

(Ranked #1 University in India, NIRF: 1)   

March 2007 - Oct 2007   Co-founder and Managing Director of a product design and development consultancy startup firm, ‘ODEA solutions’

A product design and development consultancy startup

Aug 2000 – Dec 2002      Development Engineer (senior design engineer), R&D Center, Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), PSU, Kolar Gold Fiends, Karnataka, India

Public Sector Undertaking, Government of India, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, India 

Aug 2020- present      Co-Principal Director of Technology Innovation HUB (TIH)- Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub (AWADH). 

Established by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India at IIT Ropar in the framework of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).