His interests are in Model Driven Software Development (MDSD) based on Eclipse platform. He has over 12 years of software development experience in different domains such as Automotive, Aerospace and Telecommunication. He has been using Eclipse right from its beginning. He is an expert in Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and takes every opportunity he gets to promote it. Before joining Robert Bosch, Nirmal Sasidharan worked several years with itemis providing consultancy on several topics and as a committer for Eclipse RMF Project. He works and lives in Stuttgart, Germany.