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).