Associate Professor in Mech. Engg. at National Institute of Tech., Raipur, India. Did Post Graduation from IIT, Kharagpur in 2003 and Ph.D. from Pt. R.S. University, Raipur in 2010. Developed an inexpensive rolling element bearing test rig & an experimental setup for determination of electrical resistivity of liquid lubricants. Teaching from 1988.