He earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Durgapur followed by a Masters’s degree in Machine Design from NIT Rourkela and a Post Graduate Certificate in Condition Based Maintenance, Maintenance Management & Manufacturing Systems from the U.K (University of Manchester and Swansea College of Technology) and a Certification in Training from Milton Keynes, U.K.During the past 43 years, he pioneered the introduction of Condition Based Maintenance, Design Out Maintenance, Computerised Maintenance Management System, Reliability Centred Maintenance and Improvement of Reliability of Engineered Systems in India, which changed the engineering practices in India. So far, he has worked with more than 100 clients – the best in class of Indian Industries.However, once the improvements in reliability are done, organisations continue to gain on-going benefits for years in terms of improved Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety, which translates to sustained improvement in Productivity, Performance, Profitability of a manufacturing Organisation.7 Best unsolicited Appreciations:1. “If you want a theory go to a Professor but if you want to have a real solution backed by the simplest theory go to him. He has always been able to use outside-the-box thinking to develop innovative solutions” – Dr. Ian Kennedy, M.D. WM Engineering, U.K.2. “The best resource for improving Reliability in Industries” – Rajesh Kundu, President, HZL3. “Every page of your report saves me Rs 40 Lakhs” — G.D. S Sohal, Ex-Director, Jindal Steel4. “What lies behind such spectacular improvements is ‘out of the box’ thinking of a brilliant mind” — Harsh Jha, M.D. Tata Metaliks5. “You have been such a brilliant coach, mentor, guide and friend that all Engineers / Managers getting in touch with you , gets enlightened. I have plenty of such success stories from my side as well. Your clarity of engineering concept makes you unique and positions you poles apart.” — Parveen Kumar Singh, M.D & CEO at IPP Group.6. “I admire you because of our out of box thinking. I acknowledge you as one of my Gurus as you have opened up my mind for logical reasoning involving the basic engineering for complex problem solving. I met you in Tata Metaliks during certain projects but your method of looking at problems have amazed me and helped me become a good engineer.” – Sumanta Roy Choudhury, Sr. Manager, Siemens