A passionate and prolific inventor with deep knowledge, skills, and 25 years of experience in both fundamental and applied aspects of PEM fuel cells, Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEA), advanced materials engineering and manufacturing. I also have strong expertise in intellectual property and strategic core technology development with good leadership and management skills. I have spent my career in prestigious institutions, labs, and commercial organizations such as Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Ballard Power Systems, Great Wall Motors, and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies. I tenaciously lead product-oriented innovation to drive the competitive edge and to reduce the cost of fuel cells for wider commercial acceptance. I also served as a panel member in international conferences and program committee and earned numerous awards and has over 20 patent (granted/published/pending) applications. Some of my specific awards include Director’s postdoctoral fellow award from LANL, Best postdoctoral publication prize in Experimental Science for the paper published in “Nature” in 2006 at LANL, Ballard’s Technology and Product Development Excellence award in 2012, Ballard’s Prolific Inventor Award for the year 2015, 2016 and 2018 and Ballard’s Genius Grant Award in 2014, 2016 and 2017.I graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry with “Langmuir Prize” for best Thesis Award in 2002 in fuel cell research.