I was born in Mumbai (Bombay), India in 1981. I finished my secondary school from Indian Education Society's English Medium School, Dadar in 1997, and higher secondary education from R. Ruia College in 1999. I then joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay and received a Dual Degree (B.Tech. and M.Tech.) in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Computer-aided-Design and Automation (CADA) in 2004. After a brief industrial experience with General Electric's India Technology Center, I joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara in Fall 2005, where I am currently working towards my Ph.D. in Dynamics and Control. In the summer of 2008, I was an intern with UtopiaCompression Corporation in Los Angeles, CA.

 Scholastic achievements

5. Academic Prize, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2002.

4. Gold Medal (among top 30 country-wide) at the Indian National Physics Olympiad, 1999.

3. Ranked 11 in the Higher Secondary School Certificate examination in Mumbai division, 1999.

2. Among top 30 country-wide at the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad, 1998.

1. National Talent Scholarship Award, 1997. Awarded to top 750 students country-wide.

Teaching Assistantships

2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
         Spring 2008 and Spring 2009, ME 155A - Control Systems Design. Instructor: Prof. M. Khammash

         Winter 2006, ME 160 - Vibrations. Instructors: Prof. I. Mezic and Prof. K. J. Astrom

         Fall 2005, ME 155A - Control Systems Design. Instructor: Prof. F. Bullo

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

         Autumn 2003, ME 309 - Automatic Control. Instructor: Prof. B. Seth

         Spring 2004, ME 604 - Robotics. Instructor: Prof. B. Seth

Graduate Courses Taken

2. At UCSB:

Optimal Control, Numerical methods for Partial Differential Equations, Non Cooperative Game Theory, Cooperative Control, Differential Geometry, Hybrid systems, Random and Stochastic processes, Measure Theoretic Probability, Modeling and Control of Distributed dynamical systems, Dynamic Optimization, Linear Systems II, Nonlinear systems, Applied Dynamical Systems II, Linear Systems I, Matrix analysis and computation, Applied Dynamical Systems I.

1. At IIT Bombay:

Multivariable Control, Robotics, Nonlinear systems analysis and control, Automobile Engineering, Finite element methods, Fatigue Fracture and Failure Analysis.