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Work Experience:
2015-present:
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2011-2015:
Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2004-2011:
Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay


Institute Administrative Positions:
2023-   : Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay
2019- 2022: Associate Dean (Research and Development), IIT Bombay
2017-2019: Interim Director, Centre of Propulsion Technology, IIT Bombay

Education:
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2000-2004)
M.Tech.: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (1998-2000)
B.Tech.: Calicut University (1994-1998)

Awards:
  • Gold medal for the best paper in Aerospace Engineering Division during 2003-2004, by the Institution of Engineers (India)
  • SAFRAN-French Embassy second prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in Aerospace Engineering published during 2002-2007
  • 2021 Donald Julius Groen Prize from Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE, UK) for the paper:
    Manas, MP and Pradeep A M, "Stall Inception Mechanisms in a Contra-rotating Fan Operating at Different Speed
    Combinations",     Proc. of IMechE, Part A, Journal of Power and Energy, V234, pp1041-1052.
  • Departmental award for excellence in teaching, 2019
  • Hotchand & Jamunabhai Lala teaching award, 2019, 2023
  • Prof. S P Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023