About
I, have done my B.Tech and M.Tech in mechanical engineering, with specialization in the are of robotics & AI from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), India. Later I perused for Ph.D. in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with control systems group, Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. From the year 2002, I have worked at some of the world's best universities and excellent industrial centres for research and development. I have 10 years of experience in leading cutting-edge research and developing commercial products and solution for industries. I have also published several research papers in reputed journals and conferences and hold several patents. While working with universities, I have also engaged in close collaboration with industries where I conceptualized and completed many industrial projects—all these details are in my CV, research statement, teaching statements, technology brochures and representative publications. To pursue my entrepreneurship passion, I founded and mentored three successful start-up companies out of which two exclusively focus in area of Robotics and AI.
Professional
Appointment
Nov 2022
Chairperson, CAIR @ IITMandi (Center for AI & Robotics) IIT Mandi, HP, India
September 2021 - June 2022
Head of Robotics, DEWA R&D, Dubai
In this position I am leading Robotics team of DEWA R&D for developing Robotics solution for utility sector such as Power, Solar & Water
2019 - Present
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Eng.
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Research Interest: Robotics, AI & ML, Computer Vision, Control Systems, Electric Vehicle
2012 - 2018
Khalifa University of Science & Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2012 - 2018
The Petroleum Institute, ADNOC, UAE
Developing robotic solution for Oil & Gas Industry
2007 - 2008
Executive Engineer, Aviation Business,
General Electric, Whitefield, Bangalore, India
Developing topologocal solution
Awards, Scholarships and Grants
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IHFC-TIH-Cobotics Grant for NCM3.0
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GRC grant for multi-agent inspection
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DEWA collaborations
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PhD scholarhip from Imperial College London
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10th & 12th scholarship from UP board