Professor and Head of Department
Product Design, Acoustics and Noise Control, Solid Mechanics, Composite Structures, Vibrations, Automotive Systems, MEMS
Ph.D. (Virginia Tech), MBA (Babson College), MTech (IIT Kanpur), BTech (Univ of Rajasthan)
1996 - 1998 - Benchmark Applications Engineer, PTC, Waltham
1998 - 2004 - Senior Mechanical & Acoustic Engineer, Bose Corporation
2004 - 2008 - Engineering Manager - II, Bose Corporation
2008 - 2009 - Product Category Planning Manager, Bose Corporation
2009 - 2010 - Visiting Faculty, IIT Kanpur
2010 - 2018 - Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur
2018 - present - Professor, IIT Kanpur
2020 - 2022 - Head, Design Program, IIT Kanpur
2022 - present - Head, Department of Design, IIT Kanpur
Member, Advisory Board, J. of Development Research, 2022 onwards
Associate Editor, J. of Vibration Engineering and Technologies, 2020 onwards
Made Presentation in Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on History Textbooks, 2021.
Member, Establishment Committee of NCERT, 2021.
Chairman of NET Committee, 2022, 2023
Expert Member on NET Committee setup by UGC, 2021.
Elected Life Fellow, Acoustical Society of India
Rais Memorial Award Lecture at National Symposium on Acoustics, 2019.
Member, Management Council, Nagpur University.
Member, Board of Studies for several universities including JNU, Delhi University, BHU
MSU Vadodara, Bombay University, Central University of Himachal Pradesh
Visitor’s (President of India’s) Nominee on Executive Council of BHU (till 2018)
Visitor’s (President of India’s) Nominee on Selection Committee for Central University of Kashmir
Member, Central Pollution Control Board’s National panel on noise regulation (term over in 2016)
Member, Board of Higher Technical Education, UP Government
Member, Board of Governors, World College of Technology and Management
Five times recipient of Letter from IITK Director “exemplary” teaching courses
Life Member, SAE
Published an article in India Today on Higher Education Policy in 2015.
Invited lecture in National Symposium of Acoustic 2014
Invited lecture in National Symposium of Acoustic 2011
Invited lecture in National Symposium of Acoustic 2009
Awarded Summa-cum-laude during MBA program by Babson College
Member of Phi Kappa Honor Society
Recipient of CCMS Industrial Affiliate Fellowship
President of Council of International Student Organizations (1995-96)
Member of Order of the Gavel as a prominent student leader at Tech Campus
Member of Commission of Student Affairs of Virginia Tech
Member of Graduate Regranting Budget Board of Virginia Tech
Best B. Tech Project Award
Editor of high school and university magazines