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I am an Assistant Professor of Strategic and Management of Technology in the Department of Management Studies at IIT Madras, Chennai. My research interests include Industry 4.0, Technology Policy and strategy, and Innovation Management. Prior to joining IIT Madras, I was an Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur, Kanpur.

I completed my Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science(IISc)Bangalore in 2021. I worked as a Research Associate at IISc Bangalore and did my postdoc at the University of Stuttgart in Germany. I was selected for a prestigious Newton-Bhabha Ph.D. Placement Exchange Scholarship funded by the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). During my Ph.D., I was awarded a prestigious "DAAD fellowship" from the German government, as well as the "Sakura Science Exchange Program in Science" from the Japanese Science and Technology Agency.

 In my free time, I play football, and cricket and take part in social activities like career counseling for underprivileged students in remote villages. 

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