• Post Doctoral Fellow (Kyungpook National University, South Korea.)
• Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.)
• M.E. (Univ. BDT College of Engineering Davangere, Karnataka, India.)
• B.E. (Govt. BDT College of Engineering, Davangere, Karnataka, India.)

• March 2018 - Till Date: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, India.
• July 2012 - March 2018: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, India.
• March 2005 - July 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, India.
• March 2003 - February 2005: Post Doctoral Fellow, Particle and Grains Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
• October 2001 - March 2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
• January 2001 - October 2001: Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India.

• Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship for research on Digital Twins for Autonomous Factories, Texas A&M University, USA, 2025.
• Institute research award for the PhD student Niketh S for excellence in research, 60th Institute day, 2019.
• Key Technology Partner Visiting Fellow Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 2018.
• Institute research award for the PhD student Jagadesh for excellence in research, 58th Institute day, 2017.
• Erasmus Mundas European HERITAGE Scholarship funded by the European Commission, 2013.
• Prof C S Krishnamoorthy Endowment Prize for Shrey Ginoria MTech student for the best project in the area of Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation, 2009.
• Post Doctoral Fellowship by Korean Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), 2003.
• Brain Korea 21 scholarship, Republic of Korea (South Korea), 2004.
• Won the Best Research Paper award at the International conference on Intelligent Flexible Autonomous Manufacturing Systems – IFAMS 2000, Coimbatore, India.
• National Merit Scholarship Award, Government of India (1986).
• Second Rank in M.Tech, Kuvempu University (formerly under Mysore University), 1994.
• Won prize in Competition Success Review essay competition, India,1991.
• Won several prizes in elocution, essay writing and group discussion competitions.

• Advisor, PWD and Weaker Section, IIT Madras. (Present)
• Member, Board of Infrastructure, IIT Madras.(Present)
• Member, Board of Studies, IIT Madras.(Present)
• Member, Placement, IIT Madras.(Present)
• Head of the Laboratory, Manufacturing Engineering Section (2015-18)

• Life member, Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE).
• Member, Institution of Engineers (MIE).
• Member, Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials.
• Executive Member, Fluid Power Society of India.
• Treasurer, Single Point Diamond Tool (SPDT) Society (being registered).

Visits Abroad for Academic Collaborations

• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, August 18, 2024 – June 14, 2025, Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship (Research on Digital Twins for Autonomous Factories)
• University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA, June 2019, Research Discussions and planning for MoU.
• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, May 2019, Research Discussions.
• University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, October - November 2018 Research exchange - Key Technology Partner with UTS Sydney, Australia.
• University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA, 11 July 2008 – 21 July 2008 for Establishing Research Collaborations.
• Heriot Watt University, Edinburg, 10-12 September 2010.
• University de Milano, Milan, Italy under Erasmus Mundus European Union scholarship, and University de Torino, Torino, Italy, June-July 2013.
• Chalmers University of Technology, Goteburg, Sweden, June 2011.
• Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, July 2015 – Joint PhD student currently working

INDUSTRY CONNECT

• One week at GE Bangalore under Industry Connect Program by IC&SR, July 2015.
• Hyundai Motors, Chennai – M.Tech, Automotive Technology student project titled “Automation of car door assembly inspection & surface measurement using laser displacement sensor”, 2015.
• International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI) Hyderabad, Oct. 2016.
• Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, June 2014 – Project on Machining of Synchrotron Mirrors.
• Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) Bangalore – Project Proposal underway on “On-machine Metrology”.
• MTab Pvt. Ltd., Chennai – Project on Development of Ultra Precision Micro Machining Center.
• Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) Chandigarh, Single Point Diamond Tool Society.