Experience

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  Luman Automotive

  • Uttarakhand, India

  • Head Development & Quality

    • Jun 2023 - Present
    • Uttarakhand, India

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  Devilog Systems India (DSI),

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Head Operations / Product Development

    • Feb 2021 - May 2023
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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  BD Analytics Startup

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Technical Consultant

    • Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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  MANN+HUMMEL Group

  • Germany
  • Environmental Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Manager-Digitalization

    • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Testing Network Coordinator- APAC / Adv. Development

    • Dec 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Senior Manager - R&D Validation (Automotive OEM)

    • Apr 2012 - Nov 2016

    * Responsible for the complete testing and simulation (CFD/FEA) of new products and product homologation with certifying agencies. * Established relationships with other M+H locations to support testing and simulation activities for the target revenues of 0.5 Million Euros. * Steering the activities of a team of engineers for the assigned projects in the area of testing and simulation in the R&D/Engineering department in the business unit.* Review the reports on the performed activities, analyze the results and provide recommendations for further improvement of the issues in projects.* Development of custom-made test rigs for the automotive products in collaboration with Mann & Hummel GmbH for cost reduction.* Development of MAF sensor setup for the measurement of MAF signals in the vehicle using Frequency counter.* Responsible for developing fundamental programs for testing various automobile products according to test specifications and conducting the validation.* Coordinating the cross functional team in terms of R&D, Marketing and purchasing for SWOT analysis of products.* Conducting the functional reviews regarding the validation activities to verify the design concept of each product.* Coordinating the product development including prototype development and testing activities.* Established relationships with 2 academic universities to work on various topics in terms of research projects and simulation topics.

  • Manager R&D Validation

    • Jun 2009 - Mar 2012

    * Setting up the R&D Validation lab which includes functional testing of products and Vibration lab with an investment of 1.5 million Euros. * Design and development of test rigs according to the customer requirements for the automotive products like Coolant circuit test rig, pressure pulsation & composition durability test rigs.* Investigations of failure and root cause analysis of products like intake manifold, cylinder head cover, air cleaner and CCV systems. * Participating actively in the localization of projects by validating the components according to the test specifications.* Benchmarking of products like air cleaner & intake manifold were carried out in coordination with other M&H locations.

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  MAHLE Filter Systems India

  • Gurgaon, India

  • Manager R&D (New product development)

    • Oct 2005 - Jun 2009
    • Gurgaon, India

    * Spearheading and making noteworthy contributions to the research oriented projects related to alternative fuels and new products. * Successfully implemented the design and development of test setup for generation of nanofibers in multilayer filtration media of automotive filters in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. * Contributed to the design and actively participated in the development of Low/High pressure CNG fuel filter.* Coordinated with the testing team and developed the software for the prediction of pressure drop in oil & fuel filter.

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  Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  • Chennai

  • Project Officer

    • Apr 2004 - Aug 2005
    • Chennai

    Actively involved in an Indo German Project (Volkswagen Foundation, Germany) in the area of abrasive water jet machining at Manufacturing Engineering Section, IIT Madras, Chennai funded by ISRO. The nature of work involves performance optimization and development of strategies using soft computing techniques to optimize the process in the area of intelligent control in abrasive water jet machining process.