Dr.Srinivasa Pai P. is currently working as Professor & Head in the Dept.of Mechanical Engg. and also as Deputy Dean Academics at NMAMIT, Nitte, Karnataka. He obtained his B.E. in Industrial Production Engg., from NMAMIT, Nitte in 1993 and M.Tech in Maintenance Engg., from SJCE, Mysore in 1996. He obtained his Ph.D in Mechanical Engg., from Mysore University in 2004. He has 29 years of teaching and research experience. He has 232 papers in various National and International Journals and Conferences. He is a life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, Associate Member of The Institution of Engineers (I), Life Member of Tribology Society of India and Life Member of Condition Monitoring Society of India. He has conducted several National level Conferences and Workshops with funding from AICTE, New Delhi, TEQIP and ISTE, New Delhi. He has completed three funded projects from AICTE, IE(I) and VTU, Belagavi with a funding of Rs.24 lakhs. He recently completed a DRDO, New Delhi funded project entitled “Surface integrity studies during milling of magnesium aluminium alloys used in aerospace applications for improved functional performance”. He has successfully guided eight PhD scholars and three are working under him currently.