DESIGN MIND IN ME: Professor by Profession, Mentor by Passion Harvard certification: Design thinking and Innovation. IPRs: Received 3 Design patent Grants for Solar Smart Bench, Solar Powered Refrigerated Vending Cart, and Portable Wind Turbine. Received Copyright grant for Smart Yoga Instructor device. Journals & book Publication: 80 International Journal Paper and National Research papers. Also presented Research papers and won outstanding paper awards in International conferences held abroad and in India. Also a part of BoS, BoE-VTU University, Advisor-Gopalan Skill Academy, Advisor & Trainer- Fiscal Policy Institute, GoI, Member-FKCCI MANTHAN. Entrepreneurship Cell Grants : The E-Cell aims to motivate, guide, and mentor E-cell members toward Entrepreneurship and to have 5 start-ups each year. We do Mentoring, Counselling, and Train the students to enhance their Enterprising skills. Government Grants: 1. DST – NewGen IEDC ( New Generation Innovation Entrepreneurship Development Centre) 2017- 2022 – INR 2,87,50,000/- for students' project prototype development. 2. DST – NIMAT(National Implementing and Monitoring Agency for Training) Project 2018– 2019 – INR 2,00,000/- 3. DST – NIDHI Project 2018– 2019 – INR 10,00,000/- 4. DST – NIMAT(National Implementing and Monitoring Agency for Training) Project 2017 – 2018 – INR 1,00,000/- 5. DST - NIMAT(National Implementing and Monitoring Agency for Training) Project 2015 – 2016 – INR 40,000/- Ph.D. Guidance: Three of the Ph.D. research scholars are awarded Doctorates under VTU and two are on the verge of submitting their final thesis in the areas of Stress, E-Governance and change management, Leadership, Role Efficacy, and Locus of control areas. Journal Editorial Boards: Member of scientific Technical committee and editorial Board on Arts, Management and social sciences assisted by King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, Advisory editor of Mustang Journal of Law and Legal Studies, USA, Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Social Science Research, USA, AMC Indian Journal of Entrepreneurship, Reviewers committee in International Journal of Human Resource Management, FOREX –Technical Journal, CMS Journal of Management –India. Specialties: Networking, Persuasion, Communicator, Negotiator, Mentor, Researcher, Self-motivator, Positive soul.