currently heading the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology Campus, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is an alumnus of IIT-Madras and MIT, Chennai. He has worked in General Electrics, aircraft engines, USA (Cincinnati and Schenectady) through TATA-GE Company, Bangalore for about six months and worked for TATA-GE, Company, Bangalore, for four years. As an experienced researcher and academician, he has produced many high-impact publications and book chapters. He is a reviewer for many reputed journals in the field of Aerospace Engineering. He is a six-sigma green belt awardee and has visited US, Hong-Kong and Malaysia for research collaborations.