This individual graduated from Viswesvaraya College of Engineering in Bangalore and has over 30 years of experience in the aerospace industry. They received training at Dornier GmbH in sheet metal forming and have wide exposure to aerospace technologies including machining, tooling, sheet metal, welding, and structural assembly. They have served as program manager for technology transfer of the Hawk aircraft and major programs such as Airbus doors and Boeing 737 cargo conversions, and executed the greenfield project of manufacturing Gulfstream G150 rear fuselages for IAI.