Chinmay Kshirsagar Email & Phone Number

Pune, Maharashtra, India

H2ICE - Developing controls system for Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2ICE)

Pune Area, India

*CNG BSVI DEVELOPMENT (AUTO)*Lead performance and emission development for 6 variants of heavy duty CNG engines to meet BSVI emission (Euro VI equivalent). Collaborated with fuel system supplier, emission system supplier, technical consultants and internal teams.Domain expertise include engine calibration for performance, emissions and OBD. Key responsibilities include, track and review project status with higher management, develop calibration strategy, engine calibration, OBD, parts selection & optimization, testbed as well as vehicle development & validation, support manufacturing plant activities, provide inputs to design teams, preparation of homologation documents, conduct type approval, train engineers in CNG calibration.*NG NON-AUTO*Interaction with customers, suppliers and internal team for preparing new project proposals. Lead performance and emissions development. TA / COP activities at certifying agencies (e.g. ARAI, ICAT)*ALTERNATE FUELS*Methanol: Combustion development of M85 and M100 engines. Successfully demonstrated M85 and M100 engine for Power/torque targets. Hydrogen: Engine calibration activities for Hydrogen powered engine. Successful engine firing and performance demonstrated. Participation in ongoing H2 ICE development.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Project manager for engine localization project. Co-ordinated project activities at overseas technology partner, internal organization and customer.Feasibility successfully demonstrated to top management.Successfully demonstrated indigenous capability of emissions development. It helped in reducing external development cost of ~INR 10 Cr.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Selected as emerging leader through multi stage evaluation process. Assigned to lead cross functional team consisting members from product development, supplier quality, manufacturing, field quality and supply chain to improve engine reliability.Applied Advanced Problem Solving (APS Six Sigma) principles to improve engine reliability. Achieved INR~1.5Cr/Annum in warranty cost reduction.Received Chairman’s award for the contribution.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Complete in-hose development of lift axle system. Responsibilities included design calculation, prototype development, prototype testing, supplier development. INR ~1Cr/Annum production cost reduced compared with earlier bought out lift axle system.Prepared design guidelines for leaf and parabolic suspension design. Used in development of modular vehicle platform.Designed new trailing arm air suspension system. Patent granted for the system. (Indian Patent no. 360839)

Chennai Area, India

Feasibility study of using Hydrogen powered Fuel Cell auxiliary power unit to meet auxiliary power demands of commercial vehicles.Collaborated with Fuel Cell suppliers, investigated available FC technologies like PEMS, SOFC etc. Studied hydrogen availability in India and possible storage technologies.Modeled the system in Matlab - Simulink to optimize FC rating using fuel cell –battery hybrid type system. Prepared project concept proposal.Published SAE technical paper " System level modeling and optimization of Fuel Cell powered auxiliary power unit (APU) to be used in commercial vehicles" (SAE paper no. 2015-26-0116)

Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany

M.Tech. Automotive project on “Determination of thermal contact conductance between valve and cylinder head of high power density 2L TDI Engine”

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Industry internship as part of M.Tech. (Automotive Technology) curriculum.Worked on field failure analysis and resolution.

Worked in Sales and Management

B.E., Mechanical Engineering

M.Tech., Automotive Technology