B.E. (Mech. Engg); M.E. (Prod. Engg); Ph.D. (Indl. Mgmt)

He has over four decades of academic and Industry Experience in India, Belgium, Brazil and Canada. He taught at University of Toronto (Canada), PUC, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and College of Engineering Guindy (Anna University), Chennai. He has been Visiting Faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Indore; IIT Bombay; National Institute of Construction Management & Research, Pune; SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior; IBS, Mumbai; and Goa Institute of Management, Goa. He completed 30 Industrial Consultancies and 40 Management Development Programmes. He organized 10 National/International Conferences and published 80 papers in National & International Journals and Conferences. He provides research support as reviewer to IJOMAS, IE Journal, Udyog Pragati, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research and Journal of Operational Research Society of India. He setup CAD/CAM Lab and Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence under Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of Science & Technology (FIST). He is Chairman of All India Board of Management Studies for six years from December 2009. He is the recipient of Life Time Excellence Award in recognition of outstanding service to the field of Industrial Engineering, Outstanding Management Teacher of the Year Award (2007-2008), Best Professor in Operations Management Award (2010) and Director’s citation for the Exemplary Service at NITIE. He is also Recipient of FELLOWSHIP Award from IIIE. He has been in Administrative & Policy making Services as Deputy Director, Dean (Academic), Dean (Programme & Consultancy), Dean (Research) and Chairman Board of Research. He Guided 6 Ph.Ds, 500 PG projects and guiding 2 more Ph.Ds. Currently, he is the Pro Vice Chancellor at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai (India).