Career Guru For You: Mentors

More than twenty-five years of experience in Research in the core engineering sector, as well as in academia. With a Gold Medal from NIT, Surat in Bachelor’s degree and has completed a Master’s and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. 

He has worked with General Electric, Siemens, Larsen and Toubro and the Aeronautical Development Agency. Over the last seven years, have moved to Education Sector with a focus on the development of Green Field Universities and enhancing Research and Innovation.

At present, working as a volunteer for three organizations.

Working as a mentor for college students with the SBA Emerging Youth Scholarship and Mentoring Scheme (www.sbahp.org/our-team/). At any given time, have been consistently mentoring three scholars for the last two years. 

Panel member for Reliance Foundation in the evaluation of PG scholarships that are awarded each year. Conducted Master Class on R&D Projects – Initiation to Prototype in March 2023 and Career Development in Tech World in November 2021, as part of Fire-Side-Chat series for the scholars.

IUCEE (www.iucee.org/who-we-are/) is the third organization where voluntary services are provided as a Global Expert. Have been largely involved with activities related to the improvement of quality of teaching in particular and technical education, in general.

Have accumulated significant experience on both sides of the aisle – as a mentor, as also as a mentee. Have benefited tremendously from mentors to come up the learning curve in the professional organizations, mentioned above. Similarly, improved my mentoring skills in various leadership roles over the tenure of my professional experience and lately, as a formal mentor.