Professional Experience

Teaching Assistant — IIT Dharwad

2020 – Present · 10 Semesters

Laboratory Courses

• Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery Lab — demonstrated experiments, guided students through engine balancing and bearing analysis
• Strength of Materials Lab — curved beams, membranes, photoelasticity, hardness, tensile testing, torsion, bending
• Engineering Graphics and Solid Modelling Lab — 2D/3D drawing conventions, CAD fundamentals in SolidWorks

Theory Course

• Introduction to Programming — delivered lectures to B.Tech and M.Tech students covering C++, Python, and MATLAB from first principles; designed and graded assessments

Courses Capable of Teaching

Strength of Materials · Engineering Graphics · Machine Design · Computational Methods · Introduction to Programming (C++/Python/MATLAB) · Computer-Aided Geometric Design · Medical Image Processing · Machine Learning for Engineers · Finite Element Analysis

Research Assistant — Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru

July 2018 – August 2020

Project: RRI Efficient Linear array Imager (ELI) — a novel method to image the galactic plane in the frequency range 10–30 GHz, aimed at reducing primary area while increasing instantaneous field of view.

• Concept generation and evaluation of radio telescope support structures
• 3D modelling and FE analysis using Autodesk Inventor and ANSYS Workbench
• Managed fabrication vendor pipeline; resource and financial oversight
• Oversight of radio observatory operations at Gauribidanur, Karnataka

Operations Engineer — BMM ISPAT LTD., Hosapete

October 2014 – August 2016 · Bar Rod Mill

• Supervision of erection and commissioning of mill equipment
• Commissioning of mill, cooling bed, stacker, and handling systems
• Optimising rolling processes for rebars, rounds, and RCS
• Implementing lean manufacturing and SOP development