He received his B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D. degrees all in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1992, 1995, and 2000, respectively. He worked in the R&D section of GE, TRW and GM for four years. His research interests are in the following fields: rotor dynamics, rolling element bearings, impact damping studies, estimation theory, fault diagnosis and drill wear monitoring.