Prior to that he was working in Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune since 2013. He received his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Madras in 2004. From 2004 till 2007, he worked as scientist/engineer in the Aerodynamics R & D division of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO. He received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2013. His research interests include Aeroelasticity, Computational Mechanics, Warhead Mechanics and Aeroacoustics. He has worked on the structural- acoustic coupled response of aircraft panels, aeroelastic analysis of composite and delta wings. He is also interested in the numerical algorithms for Multiphysics simulations. In collaboration with Armament R&D Establishment, Pune, he is investigating explosiv