Currently Scientist-G with NIOT, Chennai, leading indigienous development of the deep-ocean manned and unmanned scientific submersibles under Government of India's Deep Ocean Mission program. 

BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, MBA in Finance & PhD in the Techno-economics of natural gas production from gas hydrate reservoirs. 

Around 27 years of experience covering Industrial power, process, offshore & subsea domains in General Electric Power Conversion & Alstom in France ; NIOT, Aditya Birla Group and Asian Paints in India.

Experience includes development of multi-megawatt power electronic converters, control systems and energy storage for the long step out deep-water enhanced hydrocarbon recovery systems; Ocean renewable energy systems including ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), wave energy systems and subsea power grids for tidal energy farms; Subsea robotic intervention systems including deep-water work class remotely operated vehicles & manned submersible; and industrial power generation, utilization and boiler control systems. 

Indian National Societal Innovation Award

 102 publications in indexed journals

An international patent with GE-France in deep-sea hydrocarbon processing and Indian patents on Polar Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle  & autonomous underwater vehicle homing guidance.  

Member of Indian Naval Research Board, Marine Technology Society and Bureau of Indian Standards-Automation & IOT.