He graduated in 1989 from the College of Engineering and Technology (CET), India, in Mechanical Engineering. He received the master degree in Dynamics and Control and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering (Rotor Dynamics) from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, in 1991 and 1996, respectively. From 1996 to 2001, he worked as a Project Manager for HighTech Consultants. From 2001 to 2004, he was a research scientist at Université des Sciences et Technolgies de Lille (France). He is an author of bond graph modelling software SYMBOLS and also the editor-in-chief of the bond graph forum at