PhD in 1994 from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Research expertise in both theoretical and experimental analysis of thermoacoustic instabilities. Credited with the discovery of non-normality in thermoacoustic interactions, and the Rouelle Takkens and Frequency locking route to chaos in thermoacoustics. Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Swarnajayanti Fellow of DST, Hans Fischer Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) of the Technical University of Munich. 70 refereed journal publications and 116 conference papers. Associate Fellow of the AIAA; 12 years supervision experience. Cumulative research funding: Approximately 2 Million Euros.

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