I completed my Ph.D. in the domain of intelligent design of progressive dies for sheet metal industries.  A knowledge based system (KBS) was developed to automate the design of progreesive dies. 

I have also worked extensively on development of KBSs for intelligent design of other dies such as blanking dies, deep drawing dies, compound dies and bending dies.  

My three students, Dr. Vishal Naranje, Dr. Sachin Kashid and Dr. Deepak Panghal have completed their Doctoral thesis in the area of intelligent design of dies.

Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) is a dieless forming technique. It does not require a press tool for forming of sheet metal components. It is well suited for forming of small batch of highly customized sheet metal components.  It has applications ranging from Automobile Industries, Aerospace Industries, to Biomedical Applications where small batch of different parts needs to be formed. 

My two students, Dr. Rahul Jagtap and Dr. Vikas Sisodia have completed Doctoral studies in the domain of incremental forming.

Non-traditional machining processes are widely used to machine hard-to-cut materials and composites.

Composite materials have very high strength-to-weight ratio as compared to metals. They can sustain high loading under elevated temperatures and are increasingly being used in many industries ranging from aerospace industries, automotive industries to sports equipment. Machining of composites in one of the major challenges which needs to be addressed. 

My one student, Dr. Ajit Dhanawade has completed his Doctoral studies in the area of machining of carbon epoxy composite using AWJM which is one of the non-traditional machining processes. On student, Dr. Aniket Jadhav has completer his Ph.D. in the domain of laser machining.