Fellow, Institute of Engineers (FIE) (Membership No: F-1197203)
Senior Member (SMIIE: 10316 (99)), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Navi Mumbai.
Visits Abroad
Visited Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS)/Technology Management and Supply (TMS), University of Twente, The Netherlands as a
Visiting Faculty as part of the University Immersion Programme of BITS Pilani for eight weeks commencing from 22nd May 2019.
Attended “Block Chain in Procurement lectures: Blockchain Initiatives Procurement (IBM with client); Blockchain and Procurement @KPMG and
Blockchain our view @IBM” lecture at IBM Research Center, Karl-Arnold-Platz 1a, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany, 10th July, 2019
Invited and presented a paper entitled “Customer status and supplier behaviour: A question of culture?” TM/S Research Retreat 2019, Insel Hombroich, Germany, 10th-12th July 2019.
Visited SINTEF, Trondheim (Norway) related to Revalue Project Progress meeting and also attended the Revalue Open Day: Challenges and trends related to Resource utilization in food value chains, 17th- 20th September 2019.
Visited Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim (Norway) on 19th September 2019.
Visited University of Twente, The Netherlands as a member of graduation committee for Doctoral defense in December, 2018.
Visited BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus for attending the International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technologies in November, 2017.
Administrative Responsibilities
Current Administrative Responsibilities:
HoD (Mechanical Engineering Department)
Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Academics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Ex-officio member and Chairperson, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Department Level Short-listing Committees (DLSC) member
Previous Administrative Responsibilities
Associate Dean (Student Welfare Division)
Associate Dean (Instruction Division)
DRC Convener, Mechanical Engineering Department
Professor- In Charge (Instruction Division)
In-Charge, Recreational Activity Forum (RAF)
Member of Sub-committee of Examination Pilani Campus
Nucleus Member: Instruction Division
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS, Pilani
Warden: Shankar Bhawan
Non-Resident Warden: Gandhi Bhawan
Mission 2012-Task Force Member (Alumni Affairs)
Senate Member 2013 onwards
DRC Member, Mechanical Engineering Department
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS, Pilani
Member: Academic Counseling Cell
Faculty Advisor: ASME BITS-Pilani Student Chapter
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS, Pilani