AWARDS


  • Member of the winning team Multifun, UNESCO-Airbus biennial innovation challenge, Fly Your Ideas (FYI) at Hamburg, Germany, May 2015
  • Erasmus Mundus Faculty Fellowship, 2010
  • Biographee, Marquis Who's Who in the World, Silver Jubilee Edition, 2007 to 32nd Edition, 2014
  • American Biographical Institute's Great Minds of the 21st Century
  • Marquis Who's Who in America, 110th Edition, Nov 2007
  • Cambridge International Professional of the Year 2008
  • IBC Foremost Professional of the World 2008
  • Twice nominated for INSA best teacher award
  • USA Seva Award 1999
  • US Army Grant Scholarship 1994-1997
  • Govt. of India Scholarship 1992-1994
  • National Rotorcraft Technology Center Grant Scholarship 1997-1999

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES


  • Regular member/convener, interview committees for both research & course admissions (including regular, QIP & ERP), 2001-2014
  • Senate Nominee, many PhD comprehensive exams; Examiner, number of ME dissertation defences
  • Set entire Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering XE paper in structures during 2006; Part of GATE (Aerospace Engineering) stream paper-setting/vetting/review con-ops teams (including as chief paper setter), 2010 – 2014
  • Member, review committees for INSAT series satellites, ISAC, ISRO, Bangalore
  • Member, departmental web & email server, infrastructure & IISc Aerospace Department Golden Jubilee committees
  • Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee (DCC)
  • Regular member, interview committees for both DRDO- & ISRO-sponsored research & course admissions
  • Mentored and provided lab facilities to undergraduate and masters students from many engineering colleges
  • Department Expert, multiple PhD comprehensive exam committees
  • Invitee of French Embassy in India to LMT, ENS de Cachan, France, 2007
  • Editor, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Serials Publications, ISSN: 0974-584X
  • Editor, Advances in Aircraft and Spacecraft Science, An International Journal, Techno Press, ISSN: 2287-5271 (Print) and 2287-528X (Online)
  • Reviewer, multiple manuscripts for various journals
  • Member, International Scientific Committees, Conferences such as Engineering Optimization 2010, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Session Chair, various international conferences conducted by SPIE, ISTAM, ISAMPE etc
  • Academic Representative & Invitee, Indo-French Technology Seminar on Aeronautics and Space, 2011
  • Professeur Invité, Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie (LMT), Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Cachan (2007 - 2008)
  • Professore Invitato, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy (2010)
  • Symposium Organizer, 49th Annual Technical Meeting of Society for Engineering Sciences (SES), Atlanta, USA
  • Exclusive Academic Representative & Invitee, Indo-French Technology Seminar on Aeronautics and Space, 2011
  • Visiting Professor, ENS de Cachan, France, 2007-08; PoliMi, Italy, 2010; PoliTo, Italy, 2012
  • Professore Invitato, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2012)
  • Co-authored journal articles have frequently appeared in the Top 25 and hottest articles listings of various journals
  • Gastprofessor, Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS


  • Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA), European Mechanics Society (EuroMech), American Helicopter Society (AHS), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), Institute for Smart Structures & Systems (ISSS)
  • Founder Charter Member, American Helicopter Museum & Education Center (AHMEC)
  • Governing Board Member, Indian Society for Advancement of Materials & Process Engineering (ISAMPE), Bangalore Chapter & Member, Executive Board, ISAMPE National