BE,ME AND PhD DEGREES FROM INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE. Coauthor of a book on INSTRUMENTATION: DEVICES AND SYSTEMS (by Rangan, Sarma, Mani). Was a scientist at National Aero Labs, bangalore for 15 years, post doctoral. Over total of 50 years experience in signal processing, low level amplifiers, microcontrollers, process control, op amps, signal conditioners, telemetry, signal analysis, power supplies and avionics.Highly interested in educating younger generation in technical aspects of electronics with partcular focus on causes of failures. Was MD of a firm manufacturing electronic weighing systems for process industries.