Our Team

B. Tech. (Hons.) (IIT-B), Ph.D (IISc), FNAE, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Dean of Engineering, IISc, is an expert in combustion and propulsion, atomization and spray formation in propulsive devices & space propulsion systems. He has over 200 research publications, 80 technical reports & several book reviews to his credit and has delivered several invited lectures. He has guided more than 50 Masters/ Doctoral students. He is entrusted with the task of developing the second campus of IISc in Karnataka. Earlier, he was the Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, the Chairman of the Earth & Environmental Sciences Division, IISc, ASTRA, EMCB Panel of Armament Board, and Coordinator of the Propulsion Panel of AR&DB and the Convener of the Space Technology Cell, IISc. He was a Visiting Scientist in the University of Leeds and Imperial College, London. He was an International Scholar in Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan and Visiting Professor at SSRC Aleppo. He has represented India in the International Society for Air-breathing Engines. ISRO, DRDO, CSIR, DST, IIST, IITs and many other institutions often seek his expertise.

B.Sc., B. E., M. Sc. (Engg.), Ph.D (IISc), FNAE, formerly Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, IISc. He has authored over 180 papers and has written over 16 books and monographs. He has been honored with the Best Metallurgist Award by the Ministry of Steel and Mines, Govt. of India and the Indian Institute of Metals in 1990. He was awarded the Metaserve International Award for excellence in electron microscopy by the Institute of Metallurgists, London, in 1980, Hindustan Zinc Gold Medal in 2000 and NALCO Gold Medal in 2006.

B.Sc., B.E., M.E. (IISc), has more than 20 years experience in managing and executing several projects in USA and India. After working with various companies in USA, he started a management consulting company called CSI in USA and successfully ran the company for 10 years. After his return from USA, he, along with others, started Antares in 1997 in Bangalore for developing software products for Indian & overseas markets. Antares offers products like Tender Wizard, Banking Wizard, SPECS & others for several verticals and provides consultancy & outsourcing services to various US clients.

B.E. (NITK), Ph.D (IISc), formerly Research Associate, Department of Materials Engineering, IISc. He has expertise in shape memory alloys, bulk metallic glasses, carbon nanotubes, hydroxyapatite etc. Several of his research findings have been published in many reputed international journals. He has had research collaborations with Rolls Royce PLC, (UK), Boeing co. (USA), General Motors, GTRE and BARC amongst others.

B.E. (Mech) She has the experience in design & development, mechanical, metallurgical, non-destructive, environmental & physical testing, AS 9100D, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC 17025, Indian Boiler Regulations, ISO 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 based Quality Management Systems, statutory & regulatory compliance, etc.

B.Sc., B.E., M.E., Ph.D (IISc), formerly with Drexel Univ., U. Conn. medical centre and a Square D company (all in USA). His areas of expertise include contract R&D; design, development & fabrication of production machinery; dissimilar metal welding; electro foil manufacturing; failure analysis & accident investigation; high velocity impact behavior of steels; materials testing & characterization; mechanical behavior of materials (-186°C to 1200°C); product benchmarking & documentation; prototype development, assessment, validation & pilot production; reliability, safety & service life assessment; remnant life assessment (RLA) and litigation & claims related testing; simulation studies; thermo mechanical processing of ß-Ti alloys; type testing; unidirectional solidification; waste utilization & others. His projects on ß- titanium alloys, development & fabrication of manufacturing machinery and several failure analysis & others have resulted in several benefits- the development, manufacture & use of dental implants, development and manufacture of superior quality production machinery and helped companies reduce defects, rejects & waste, improve quality & productivity, thus save time and money for customers.