My Journey

Qualification:    

Doctorate in Philosophy (Mechanical Engg.)  from National Institute of Technology Patna with thesis submitted on the topic “Circulating Fluidized Bed System Analysis for Thermo-Chemical Gasification”. A part of my Ph.D. work was carried out at Energy Research & Technology Group, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, West Bengal (2013-2018).

Master of Technology (Mechanical Engg.) from National Institute of Technology Patna with specialization in Refrigeration A.C & Heat Transfer. M.Tech thesis was on “Development of SOPOSTILL (Solar Pond cum Solar Still)” (2009-2011).

Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engg.), from Institute of Engineering and Technology, M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Uttar Pradesh. B.Tech thesis was on “Testing and Performance Evaluation of Ethanol Blended Petrol in S.I engine” (2005-2009).

Experience Summary:

Teaching Experience   

September 2023-till date: Assistant Professor (Grade-I), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat-395007, Gujarat.

Additional Responsibilities

• PG In-charge -Mechanical Engineering

• Additional FIC Gardening & Campus Beautification

• Faculty In charge (Refrigeration and Air conditioning Lab) 

• Departmental committee member for NBA (National Board of Accreditation) 

• Departmental committee member for the projector peripherals procurement and maintenance 

• Cleaning and Sanitation In charge of Mechanical Department building.

October 2019-September 2023: Assistant Professor (Grade-II), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat-395007, Gujarat.

Additional Responsibilities

• Warden of Swami Vivekanand Bhavan.

• Cleaning and Sanitation In charge of Mechanical Department old building.

• Faculty In charge (Refrigeration and Air conditioning Lab) 

• Faculty In charge (Refrigeration and Air conditioning Lab) 

• Departmental committee member for NBA (National Board of Accreditation) 

January 2018-September 2019: Assistant Professor (on contract), TEQIP-III faculty through National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU), World Bank funded project, posted at Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT, Muzaffarpur- 842003, Bihar

Work carried out at Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology:

• Taught “Sustainable Development” and “Management Information system” courses to UG 8th Sem students comprising of 70 strength.

• Taught “Engineering Graphics and Design” course for two batch of UG 1st Sem students.

• Taught “Conduction and Radiation-I” course for PG 1st Sem, Thermal Engineering branch students.

• Worked as Professor Incharge Post-Graduate/M.Tech courses of the Mechanical Engineering department of the Institute.

• Worked as Assistant Purchase Officer of the Core Purchase Committee of the institute.

• Worked as Assistant TEQIP Coordinator of the institute.

• Worked as Administrator of Online Grievance Redressal System of the institute.

• Guided 14 students in three groups for their B.Tech final year major projects.

• Four M.Tech students successfully completed their final year project under me.

 July 2017-Dec 2017: Adhoc Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode-673601, Kerala

 Work carried out at National Institute of Technology Calicut:

 Taught “Principles of Heat Transfer” subject to UG 5th Sem students comprising of 98 strength.

• Taught “Engineering Graphics” subject for two batch of UG 1st Sem students.

• Took “Mechanical Engineering Lab” for UG 5th Sem students.

• Took the charge as Assistant Warden/Resident tutor of MEGA hostel.

• One conference paper entitled “Strategy for solid waste management at NIT Calicut” was presented at International conference “RECYCLE 2018” held in between 22-24 February 2018 at IIT Guwahati. This was funded by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut.

Industrial Experience       

 June 2011-July 2013: Chargeman (Technical/Mechanical); Indian Ordnance Factory (Itarsi), Ministry of Defence, Goverment of India.

The Indian Ordnance Factories organization - a family of 41 Ordnance Factories under the aegis of its corporate headquarters Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata - possesses the unique distinction of over 200 year’s experience in Defence production. They are engaged in production, testing, logistics, research, development and marketing of a comprehensive product range in the area of land, sea and air systems. The ordnance factories form an integrated base for indigenous production of Defence hardware and equipment, with the primary objective of self-reliance in equipping the armed forces with state of the art battlefield equipment.

Responsibilities at Indian Ordnance Factory (Itarsi):

Responsible for work allocation to the industrial employees as a team leader for routine check of failures in the operating 31 refrigeration units across the various production sections at Ordnance Factory Itarsi.

• Development of new predictive maintenance with the help of my team to minimize the breakdown maintenance.

• Responsible for air conditioning maintenance of 168 units in Ordnance factory Itarsi with the help of my eminent team.

• Procurement of refrigeration and A.C spares as well as trials, commissioning and instalments of new units and condemnation of old ones.

• Exposure to practical hydraulic systems and CNC machines.

• Use of statistical tools, such as 7 QC tools, statistical inference, designs of experiments.

• Problem solving with Kaizens, TPM, TQM, 5S, etc.

• Indirectly responsible for giving the reply of right to information (RTI) & procurement related tender queries.

• Responsible member of team for internal and external audit in the Central Mechanical Maintenance section (CMM).

• Responsible for calculating cost of installation of new projects and give reply to DGM from maintenance side.

• Working in Daily works Management, Knowledge Management, Milestone Management, Risk Management, Deming, and TPM Culture.

• Responsible for improving quality maintenance.

• Responsible for coordinating with other maintenance groups like civil works, water supply, electrical maintenance etc for efficient use of the resources as per the requirement.

• Worked with Biazzi company, Switzerland in developing a new NG unit at Ordnance factory Itarsi.