Mohan C B has a Ph.D. in lubricant tribology from NAL-VTU, Master’s in manufacturing and Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. He has 30 years of academic and research experience. His areas of interest include coolant tribology, development of additives, optimization of oil groove geometry, materials and manufacturing for use in autonomous and energy systems. He has several research publications in international journals and conferences to his credit. He is a life member of ISTE and TSI, Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE) and IIPE. Subjects that interest him are control engineering, theory of elasticity, theory of machines, metrology and measurements, non-conventional energy systems, and friction and wear of metals. He has guided many projects at post graduate and graduate levels. Mohan has been a consultant for the companies M/s Magnum Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, and M/s APRO Lubes Ltd. At M/s Magnum Engineers Pvt. Ltd., he was involved in the design and development of linear reciprocating tribometer for lubricants and coolants characterization. He was involved in the development of new additives for lubricants for slide way applications at M/s APRO Lubes Ltd. He was the coordinator for the student team, from Jain University, that participated in the SAE Aero competitions held at USA. Mohan is also a technical advisor to NDRF-IEI and worked on the development of a VTOL system funded by DRDO being the PI. Apart from academics and research activities, he also participated in extracurricular activities. His hobbies are music and
reading books on philosophy.