Principal Chief Engineer (Sr. Vice President) & Head - Engineering Analysis & Vehicle Development (Safety & NVH) , Mahindra & Mahindra Limited ,Automotive Division
Dr. Sarma Akella has been with Mahindra & Mahindra since March 2015, currently working as Senior Vice President, Heading ‘Engineering Analysis & Vehicle Development (Simulation & Testing)’ in Product Development for Auto and Farm sectors at Mahindra Research Valley, Chennai.
Prior to this, he was with Ashok Leyland for 7 years, worked as General Manager – ‘Product Verification and Benchmarking’ in Product Development, Technical Center, Chennai.
In his earlier career, Dr Akella worked with Eaton India Engineering Center – Pune as Engineering Manager for Modeling and Simulation CoE (Center of Excellence), Prior to this, he had also worked with General Electric as Product Specialist in GE Industrial Systems.
Completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Masters in Gas Dynamics from Aerospace Engineering, IIT, Madras and PhD in Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Madras.
He did his Post-Doctoral research at Cranfield University, U.K on Aircraft Icing predictions and anti-icing methods.
He has about 28 years of total experience in the field of CAE simulations & Product Development for Automotive / Industrial.
He has four publications in refereed International journals and several conference papers in the field of Fluid Mechanics / Gas dynamics / Durability analysis / Materials/Combustion. He has guided 2 students so far for Ph.D. in the fields of Combustion and Light Weight Materials
He is actively participating in evaluating technical papers for SAE and officiated as judge for several conferences in selecting the best Technical Papers in the fields of Simulation & Testing.
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