Professor of Practice

Office: Room No: MSB 314, Mechanical Sciences Block
Tel: (O) : +91 44 2257 4727
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Professional Education

• PhD ( Mechanical Engineering ), Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
• Post-graduate Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
• Graduate in Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College MIT Muzaffarpur

Administrative-cum-Research Appointments

• General Manager , Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL ) Lucknow : 2010-12
• Chief Designer , Research & Design Center HAL Lucknow : 2008-10
• Head, Research & Design Center , HAL Lucknow : 2001-12
• Design Engineer, Research & Design Center , HAL Lucknow : 1976-2000

Academic Appointments

• Professor of Practice, Indian Institute of Technology Madras : Part-time October 2020 – Continuing
• Visiting Professor , Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur : Full Time 2013-14
• Director & Professor , Institute of Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Lucknow: 2014-19

Honours and Awards

• Senate Member , Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur : 2010-12
• “Excellence in Design” award from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at Aeronautics R & D Seminar Bangalore: 1998
• General Chair , International Conference on Cutting-edge Technologies in Engineering – 2019 ( ICon-CuTE-2019 ) held in technical Co-sponsorship of IEEE :2019
• Lecture on Product Design, Development & Certification for Aerospace Applications at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay : 2018
• Lecture on Supply Chain Management in context of R & D Projects at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow : 2013
• Lecture on Small Turbines at Indian Institute of Technology Patna : 2012

Boards , Advisory Committees , Professional Organizations

• Chairman, Design Review Board, DRDO Project: 2020
• Member-Preliminary Design Review (2006) and Critical Design Review Committees (2006) for Design & development of Wheels & Brakes at HAL for Heavier and Lighter Aircraft of Israel Aerospace Industries(IAI), Israel
• Member – Review Board for Bureau of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BNRS), Projects at BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre), Mumbai, 2000 for Design & development of high speed turbo-expander for Helium Liquefaction Plant of BARC by Prof Sunil Sarangi, IIT Kharagpur
• Member – Aircraft Systems Panel of AR&DB, Directorate of Aeronautics (D – Aero), Ministry Of Defence, New Delhi, 1998
• Member – Review Committee of LPSC (Liquid Propulsion System Centre), ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, 1996 for Technical Evaluation of Software for Turbo-machines
• Member – Review Board at CABS (Centre for Airborne Stores), Bangalore, 1995 for Cooling System Project for Airborne Early Warning (AEW) System
• Member – Review Board at National Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam, 1990 for Design & development of Turbo-power Pack for under-water application by NAL (National Aerospace Laboratories), Bangalore.
• Member: Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review Boards for Joint Design & development of Flight Control Actuators for Helicopters by HAL- Lucknow & M/s APPH, UK
• Member: HAL-IIT-Kanpur Aircraft Systems & Technology Development Cell

Research, Design & Development: Summary

• Design and development of more than thirty mechanical system products that are flying in various aircraft
• Design work at Dowty Fuel Systems, UK for six months
• Head of Research & Design (R&D) Centre of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Lucknow for 11 (eleven) years at a stretch and guidance of the items that were developed, during this period
• Successful organization of International Conference on Cutting-edge Technologies (ICon-CuTE – 2019) in technical sponsorship of IEEE
• Presentation of technical papers in journal and conferences

Product Design and Development Projects Completed (Representative)

• Engineering Design Work for aircraft engine at M/s Dowty Fuel System, UK. Duration: 6 months, July’ 86 to Jan’87
• Design & development of complete Environmental Control System of Light Combat Aircraft. Sponsored by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bangalore, 1988-95 (7 years), Amount Rs. 1904.81 Lakh, Co-investigators: Sri N M Ingle & Sri G. Bhawani Shankar
• Design and development of Foil type Air Bearing Technology for an Air-Cycle Machine of MiG 27 Upgrade Aircraft. Sponsored by Design Policy Committee, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, 2005-07 (1½ years), Amount Rs. 47.00 Lakh, Co-investigators: Sri Arup Sarkar & Sri PK Jena
• Design and development of High Speed Air Cycle Machine used in Environmental Control System of Aircraft. Sponsored by Aeronautics Research & Development Board, 2007-09 (2 years), Amount Rs. 6.18 Lakh, Co-investigators: Sri Arup Sarkar & Sri PK Jena
• Design & development of Temperature Control Valve for IJT, Sponsored by Design Policy. Committee, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, 2008-10 (1½ years), Amount Rs. 100.80 Lakh, Co- investigators: Sri Arup Sarkar & Sri PK Jena
• Design & development of Ejector Shut Off Valve for IJT, Sponsored by Design Policy Committee, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, 2008-10 (2 years), Amount Rs. 98.85 Lakh, Co-investigators: Sri Arup Sarkar & Sri PK Jena
• Design & development of Seal Inflation-Deflation Valve for IJT, Sponsored by Design Policy. Committee, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, 2008-10 (2 years), Amount Rs. 121.55 Lakh, Co-investigators: Sri Arup Sarkar & Sri PK Jena
• Design of Cabin Pressure Control System for Light Combat Aircraft , Sponsored by HAL Lucknow , 2014-19 , Amount Rs. 17.5 Lakh Co-investigator: Prof Bishakh Bhattacharya, IIT Kanpur

Teaching

Product Design, Development and Certification

• Manufacturability- of – Design
• Building Quality – in – Design
• Prototype Manufacturing through Outsourcing
• Concurrent Engineering
• Product Life Cycle Management

Thermal Turbomachines : Aerothermodynamics and Design

Publications and Conference Proceedings

• Dynamic modeling of a Cabin Pressure Control System, Proceedings of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Part G; Journal of Aerospace Engineering: 2019
• Experimental Study of a Partial Admission Turbine with Low Aspect Ratio Blade, Proceedings of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Part G; Journal of Aerospace Engineering: Jan2014
• Design & Development Capabilities for Aircraft Systems and Equipment R&D Center, HAL Lucknow, SIATI Conference, Bangalore, Feb 2003
• Environmental Control System for Military and Civil Aircraft: Technological Challenges, SIATI Conference, Bangalore, April 2002
• Design & Development Through Concurrent Engineering for HAL’s R&D Centres :
  Evolved the project in the context of the restructuring of HAL’s design departments by guiding a team of Management Trainees, 1998
• Design & Development of High-Speed Turbo-Machines for Aircraft Cooling System, IV National Conference on Air Breathing Engines (NCABE), IISc Bangalore, 1998
• Engineering & Technological Achievements in the 50 yrs. of Independence and Perspective Plan for the future. Technical seminar organized by the Institution of Engineers, Lucknow on 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence, 1997
• High-Speed Turbo-machines in Aircraft Cooling Systems, Workshop on Small Turbines & Allied Machinery. Organized by BHEL, Corporate R&D, Hyderabad: 1994
• Design & Development of a Centrifugal Compressor using CAD & CNC machining, National Conference on CAD/CAM at PSG Technology, Coimbatore, 1989