Educational Background:

          Ph.D. :  Department of Mechanical Engineering,

                       State University of New York at Stony Brook, U.S.A.,

                       September 1980 to August 1985.

          B.Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering,

                       Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,

                       July 1975 to May 1980.

 Experience after Ph.D. :

Post-Doctoral Fellow : Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,

                                     Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.,

                                              September 1985 to August 1987.

Visiting Asst Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering,

                                        State University of New York at Stony Brook, U.S.A.

                                                  September 1987 to June 1988.

         Assistant Professor: September 1988- December 1995

         Associate Professor: December 1995- December1999

          Professor: December1999 -

                            Department of Mechanical Engineering,

                            Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,

                            Kanpur - 208016, India.