Experience

Research experience

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, 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

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S.

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


Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India   

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

Industrial Experience

ODEA solutions

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


Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)

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


Other Experience

AWADH

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).