PROFILE

EDUCATIONAL PROFILE

2010:     Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, USA  

2009:     PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, USA

2009:     MS, Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University, USA

2005:     MS, Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, USA

2000:     BE, Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India

ACADEMIC PROFILE

01/2024 – PRESENT: Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

09/2019 – 01/2024: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India   

10/2014 – 09/2019: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India  

INDUSTRIAL PROFILE

06/2012 – 10/2014: Senior Engineer – Engine Research & Development, Generac Power Systems, Wisconsin, USA  

08/2010 – 06/2012: Senior Design Engineer – Advanced Fuel Systems Group, Caterpillar Inc, Illinois, USA 

02/2005 – 08/2005: Mechanical Research Engineer, IGR Enterprises Inc, Ohio, USA  

07/2000 – 12/2002: Component Development Engineer, Bajaj Auto Ltd, Pune, India  

HONORS AND AWARDS (RESEARCH GROUP):

1# National Scholarship for the Undergraduate Education, Shri Bansilal Sanghvi Shikshan Prasarak Trust, Jalgaon, Maharashtra. 

2# PhD Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2009), Graduate School, Michigan State University.

# SERB financial support to Mr. Sachin Kumar Gupta (PhD Scholar) for participating in ASPACC-2019, Fukuoka, Japan.

# Institute Research Award 2019-2020 for the quality and quantity of research to Mr. Sachin Kumar Gupta (PhD Scholar).

# Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2020) to Mr. Sachin Kumar Gupta (PhD Scholar) from IIT Madras.

3# Plenary Talk, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2020.

# Institute post-doctoral fellowship to Dr Caneon Kurien from IIT Madras (Feb 23, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023).

4# Panelist, VI International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges, 2021.

# Admission to the PhD programme under PMRF Lateral Entry Scheme to Mr. Pradeev Elango.

# Institute Research Award 2022-2023 for the quality and quantity of research to Mr. Jubin V. Jose (PhD Scholar).

# SERB national post-doctoral fellowship to Dr Caneon Kurien (Jan 4, 2023 to Jan 3, 2025).

5# Panelist, International Conference on E-Mobility and Alternative Fuels (EVOLVE 2023), 2023.

# Admission to the PhD programme under PMRF Direct Entry Scheme to Mr. Soumyanil Nayek.