Lead - IoT R&D & Smart Product R&D1) Develop IoT Roadmap with Product team, execute & own E2E (Concept to commercialization) with budgeted efforts, timelines & cost in IoT Home Automation & Surveillance segments.2) Manage & develop stakeholder and partner ecosystem for Digi-mech developments. KRA: Feature & spec Finalization, Hardware - High level architecture & Software - App screen development, SRS; Test Plan finalization.3) Product design & development lead for IoT Devices using Jio Smart Living Platform (Reliance) Home Automation -: Video Door Phone/Bell, Digital Door locks, Touch Panels, Smart Plug, LED Driver, Gateway (Wi-Fi-BLE; BLE Mesh) etc. Surveillance -: CCTV (Wi-Fi, IP, HD, NVR, XVR/DVR), Video door phone.4) Launched Smart Products - Smart RAC (BPL & Kelvinator), Smart Bulb, Smart Batten. Currently developing various smart IoT enabled products in REF /WMC /RAC/Fan / Geyser etc. categories. Using Experience and skills in setting-up a complete Indian ecosystem of “Make in India” Products by developing products from local Indian OEM / EMS partners.5) Launched IoT Apps -: BPL-Connect Smart & Kelvinator-Connect to Comfort with Jio Smart Platform. Works with Alexa and Google Voice Certification for Smart / IoT products. PBG side ownership of App, with continuous improvement in App UI/UX and product addition.

Worked for Control part development , NPD leader & VI Leader for MWONew Product Delivery (NPD) - Concept planning via Market surveys with Product planning & ID. - PRM & Spec Finalization for New Launch Y + 1 with HQ and Marketing Team for Clear launching plan. Major Achievements/Projects in NPD were as follows 1) Launched NeoChef Platforms (28L & 32L) as project leader which helped MWO capture profitable growth via premium model dev. & USP creation – Helped ascend LG to highest Market Share (>45% as per GFK) & highest Profit (~10 M$) in 2021 .28L NeoChef LG Website Link : https://www.lg.com/in/microwave-ovens/lg-mjen286uf/2) Launched Europe (France) Export model in Q1'22. Received French NF certification – 1st Home Appliance to receive certification in India export. Value Innovation(VI) - Idea Dream Team (IDT) task leader for part cost reduction while maintaining the same value for costumer.- Localization of items, Design optimization, teardown of competition models for innovative ideas.1) Completed 3% BCI (Y'21 & Y'22) or ~1M$ annual savings .2) Spec optimization & Multi-source dev. of HVT ~350K$ VI3) Localization & spec optimization of PCB’s ~200K$ VI.4) Wire Harness re-design for all MWO ~85K$ VI. - Received Best Cost reduction Idea award for MWO at 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022.- Received HQ award for Best VI Task in 2022 for 7% BCI reduction .Others 1) Won 2020 Best of Best Junior board award for enhancing LG culture via VOE, Heath & Wellbeing activities, Inter team Bonding & reshaping existing HR policies. 2) Won Annual Best Practice Awards (2020: 2nd Prize – Biz Improvement, 1st Prize – Culture Imp. , 2022- 1st Prize Team award Biz. Imp.) 3) Master Trainer for LG - Trainer of Idea Generation Methodology (IGM) - Cultivating Innovative Improvement Ideas & Skill Dev. through Creative Thinking. - Granted honor to be Role model Trainer for New Employee orientation. - Quarterly session for MWO technology for new joiners.

Assistant Manager in Microwave R&D (Cooking &Cleaning -Development), LG India.1) New Model Development - Domestic Development of 21L/28L Convection models etc. - Project Leader/Development Engineer of Export Models – Gulf, Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc.- Market survey of Thailand Market & Domestic market to understand market need for USP creation and new model development strategy.2) Control Part Development- PCB (Convection Microwave) Localization from China to ILJIN, India- PCB Design improvement in Solo/Grill/Conv Models as per Indian electrical conditions.- PCB debugging and circuit upgradation for line and field issues.- Filter Circuit development for surge/spike protection of Microwave oven.- Transformer development to provide high voltage to Magnetron.3) Cost Innovation - Project Leader for 20/21/23L domestic Microwave (4 $ RMC)-Wire Harness design for 21 and 28L Microwave oven.- Other projects like part spec optimization, size reduction etc.4) Quality Engineering /FFR- Task Leader for Microwave field quality improvement: Part & Return for 2015-16. Successful completion of Task with 167% achievement.- Extensive analysis and field simulation to improve part quality.- Major improvement done in Electrical parts- MGT, PCB, HVT, HVD, Lamp.

Senior Engineer II in Microwave R&D (C&C -Development), LG India.1) Involved in domestic and export model development .2) Development of EMI Filter,SMPS Design,Relay Control etc of Microwave Oven.

Worked as EMI/EMC Lab Head for NABL Certified Philips Lighting Lab in Philips Lighting Innovation Center, NOIDA (Technical HQ for Philips Lighting Division, India) 1) Design assistance in debugging of products to analyze failure cause and improvement. (EMI Filter designing and Transient Immunity Designing)2) Perform design iterations for EMI/EMC scope in new product introduction cycle as well as Finished Goods testing.3) Ownership of EMI/EMC Lab including Management of overall equipment’s testing in EMI/EMC Lab and maintaining their calibration status4) Input circuit develop of LED Driver, LED lamp, Electonic Ballast for EMI/EMC Compliance & better reliability.Program ManagerMade Philips Lighting Laboratory (In-house Philips lighting lab) -NABL accredited for cost saving, design & testing excellence.1) Maintain the NABL Accreditation status by continual improvement of lab including preparing documents for ILC, Intermediate Checks of all equipment’s etc.2) Perform Standardized testing for NABL Approbation as per ISO/IEC 17025 for CE and BEE Certifications.

Graduate Engineering Trainee in Philips Lighting Innovation Center (Technical HQ for Lighting Divison).Project I - Assigned for BEE Energy Star labelling Project for Ballast and Drivers. Philips became the first company to get BEE Energy Efficiency label for Ballast in India. Project II - Assistant Project Manager for National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) Project.Performed Testing and Measurement in Electrical Performance Lab and EMI/EMC Lab for Development for professional lighting, LED driver, Ballast , LED Lamp.

Attained First Division in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Hons) with specialization in RF.

For my Summer Internship i was selected to work with Integrated Test Range(ITR),Chandipur,Odisha a divison of DRDO which deals with Missiles and RADAR.I worked in RADAR Department under Top RF Scientists (Mr Anil Sahu, Niladri Roy and Arun Kumar).I was assigned to design a Boresight antenna for C-Band RADAR used in ITR.After much encouragement and co-operation of ITR scientists i made 1) An Ultrawideband Dual Ridged Horn Antenna with Range from 4-17 GHz to replace the existing Rohde and Schwarz HF 9062) Wideband Rectangular Inset Fed Patch Antenna for Boresight Application with bandwdth of 700 MHz