Background

Nov 2007 Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. Advisor: Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti. Submitted November 2007, defended March 2008.

Aug 2000 Master of Design, Mechanical Engineering, Product Design and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

Aug 1998 Bachelor of Engineering, Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy

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

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

Aug 2016 - present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India

April 2011 - July 2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India

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, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

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

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