• Energy industry professional with Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras. • 20+ years of rich hands-on leadership experience in leading and driving technical sales/proposals, business development, customer negotiations, engineering, and research & development.• Extensive experience in both fossil (coal, gas, CO2 capture) and renewable (solar, fuel cells, green hydrogen) power generation technologies covering system design, techno-economic optimization, and Environment Impact Assessment (EIA). • Proven track record of developing solutions and services in the power generation industry covering entire lifecycle including equipment retrofits/upgrades, performance testing and risk mitigation, diagnostic/prognostic tools, and performance monitoring solutions (digital twins).• Innovation focused professional with peer reviewed globally top read publications in reputed international journals, trade secrets, and patents. Unique combination of deep domain energy expertise and its applications using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). • Passionate people leader and talent development coach having independently led teams of over 35 member (covering both hardware and software capabilities) and closely mentored more than 100 individuals from interns to seasoned professionals. • Certified Energy Auditor, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India.