Airbus India (Leading global aerospace and defense manufacturer) | Bengaluru

• Project Lead - Aircraft Structures

  • Lead technical execution and project coordination for three concurrent engineering projects with a combined budget of USD 165K, balancing delivery quality, stakeholder needs, and schedule adherence.
  • Act as Global Coordinator for a multi-team activity involving 15+ stakeholders across 5 European R&D teams, ensuring seamless communication, requirement alignment, and on-time delivery.
  • Develop and maintain annual activity plans, defining milestones, workstream roadmaps, and addressing priorities to meet cross-functional expectations.
  • Establish project governance standards, including aircraft simulation model numbering and nomenclature conventions, quality checklists, and weekly cross-team working sessions.
  • Drive execution using daily stand-ups and structured tracking (GANTT charts, RAID logs, and checklists), improving on-time deliverables by ~8-10% and reducing coordination gaps.
  • Serve as primary subcontracting point of contact: own supplier onboarding, performance monitoring across multiple projects, budget tracking, billing forecasts, and representation in organizational supplier review meetings.
  • Execute key technical responsibilities including integrating FE models across aircraft sections, applying loads and boundary conditions, and conducting interface sensitivity studies to support structural behavior assessments and project decisions.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (Leading Indian automotive and mobility conglomerate) | Chennai

• Senior Engineer - Product Development

  • Led on-ground execution across multiple locations to resolve a critical rear-axle and propeller shaft vibration issue on the Scorpio-N program during final validation before launch.
  • Coordinated the workflow with production, quality, logistics, assembly, and validation teams to ensure the timely movement of modified components through manufacturing and vehicle-level testing.
  • Managed vendor coordination and turnaround tracking for critical components, ensuring part availability against aggressive pre-launch validation timelines.
  • Drove the successful implementation of the solution and helped avoid an estimated ₹2 Cr redesign and tooling cost impact by enabling rapid end-to-end execution.

• Airbus Annual Award — Led architecture modifications for a future wide-body freighter aircraft.
• Airbus Quarterly Award — Optimized an aircraft part for a future single-aisle freighter, achieving weight reduction.
• Airbus Spot Award — Built automation scripts for a new competency initiative, cutting manual repetitive work
• Airbus Technical Conference Award — Authored a paper on the project's future scope, adopted for reference across Airbus globally.
• Mahindra PGET of the Year 2021 — Top performer among 55 PGETs for induction, training, and capstone performance.
• Mahindra Excellence Award (twice) — Recognized twice for cross-functional stakeholder collaboration in resolving the Scorpio-N rear-axle issue ahead of launch.

• M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), IISc Bengaluru
• B.E (Mechanical Engineering), University of Mumbai

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, KPMG
• Google Project Management Professional Certification
• Excel Skills for Business : Advanced, Macquarie University

• Led a team organizing the departmental Airbus Roadshow, showcasing ongoing projects to the wider Airbus India organization
• Active mentor, PIF Mentorship Initiative, IIM Ahmedabad
• 3 Gold Medals, Intra-IIMA Football tournaments
• Captain and Convenor, IISc Football Club (2021)
• Gold Medals, Inter-College Football (2021) and Hockey (2020) championships at IISc Bengaluru