Academic Experience

Professor-   Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1999 --
Invited Professor-   INSA Lyon, France, 2005
Associate Professor-   Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1994–99
Visiting Professor-   National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan, 1996
Indo-US Fellow-   Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 1994.
Assistant Professor-   Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1987-94.
Apprentice Engg-   Godrej & Boyce Mfg Company Pvt. Ltd, Bombay, 1980 - 81.
Visiting Professor-   Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 2013, 2014
Visiting Professor-   University of Mauritius, 2013-2017
Visiting Professor-   City University of Hong Kong, 2018
Visiting Professor-   Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China, 2018

Responsibilities

Chairman -   Technology Mission for Indian Railways (TMIR), May, 2015 --
Vice Chancellor-   Rajasthan Technical University, 2013 - 15
Member Board of Governors-   IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Jodhpur, 2014 -2018
Member Board of Governors-   MNIT (Malaviya National Institute of Technology) Jaipur, 2015 - 2018
Member Executive Committee-   AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), 2014 - 2018
Member Board of Governors-   J L Nehru Aluminium Research, Design & Dev Centre, Nagpur, 2016 --
Chairman PARC-   Technology Systems Development Program (TSDP), DST, 2016 - -
Chairman PARC-   Technology Enabling Centres, DST, 2018 --
Chairman PARC-  AGRO-Tech Program, DST, 2019 - -
Member Advisory Committee -  Common Res & Tech Development Hubs (CRTD-Hubs), DSIR, 2020--
Member-   Advisory Group of Experts (AGE), ‘Make in India’ in Railways, NITI Aayog, 2015 --
Member-   SHRI, Science Heritage Research Initiative, DST, 2017--
Chairman-   Expert Group on Smart Mfg - Automation & ICT Advanced Robotics (AR) & IoT, DST, 2016
Head-   Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 2008-11
Head-   Nuclear Engg & Technology Program, IIT Kanpur, 2008-11
Head-   Centre for Robotics, IIT Kanpur, 2008
Mission Coordinator -   Technology Mission on Railway Safety, Govt of India, 2005-09
Chairman -   Automotive Parc, National Program on Micro & Smart Structures, NPMASS, 2006 - 2015
Project Coordinator-   Nano-Satellite, JUGNU Project with ISRO, 2009 – 2012.
Project Coordinator-   Rural Technology Action Group, RuTAG @ IITK, Office of the PSA, GoI, 2013
Consortium Leader-   Electronic Stability Program, Core Group on Automotive Research, DST, 2006 -09
Member-   Expert Task Force on IVHM of LCA (Light Combat Aircraft), Aeronautical Defense Agency (ADA), 2014
Founding Head -   Innovation Lab – 4i Lab, IIT Kanpur, 2003 – 2009
Founding Director-   International Society for Engg Asset Management, Australia, 2006
Editor-   Journal of Rail & Rapid Transit, 2018 --
Editor-   Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technology, 2016--

Editor (mid-Asia)-   International Jnl of Engineering Asset Management, 2005-10
Editor-   ISSS Journal (International Society of Smart Systems), 2008 - 13
Editor-   Advances in Vibration Engineering, 2008-12
Editor -   Intln Jnl of Condition Monitoring & Diagnostic Engg Mgmt (COMADEM)
Member-   Indo-US Task Force on Embedded Systems, 2012
Member-   Working Group on Energy Research, Planning Comm., 2000.