Dr. Rajiv Nandan Rai

Experience

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  Frontline Fighter Base, Indian Air Force

  May 1995 - Jul 1999

  Engineering Officer, Nature of Experience (Industry)

  - Undertook First line ('O' Level) and Second line Maintenance ('I' Level) of xxxx fighter aircraft. Led a team of more than 250 technicians. Managed floor level activities in servicing hangar.- Planned for training, skill development, performance appraisal and build team spirit and cohesion for my team to meet operational commitments 24x7.

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  Aircraft Maintenance Certification Unit, Indian Air force

  Jul 1999 - Jun 2000

  Commanding officer (CO), Nature of Experience (Teaching)

  - Undertook classes on Airframe, Aero engine systems and Aerodynamics for pilots, engineering officers and technicians.-Trained pilots, engineering officers and technicians on First and Second Line Maintenance on Mig-25 aircraft. Drafted syllabus, prepared lesson plans, training notes, question banks and slides.

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  Frontline Fighter Base, Indian Air Force

  Jun 2000 - Nov 2006

  Senior Engineering Officer (SEO), Nature of Experience (Industry)

  - Managed Second line Maintenance ('I' Level) of fighter aircraft. Managed a team of 250 technicians involved in aircraft maintenance.- Played a key role in maintaining excellent operational and safety record by providing interruption free aircraft availability for training and operational flying. Collaborated with HAL for undertaking any special repairs on aircraft of the station.

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  MRO, Indian Air Force

  Oct 2006 - Jul 2008

  Chief Engineer (CE), Nature of Experience (Industry)

  - Instrumental in Fourth line (Repair and Overhaul) at an aero engine MRO facility involved in repair, reclamation, servicing and overhaul of Western and Russian origin gas turbine aero engines.- Handled indigenization and manufacturing of spares of various aero engines and aircraft in consultation with CEMILAC at the aero engine MRO Facility.- Responsible for the quality assurance and introduced statistical quality control tools in achieving targeted quality production.- Carried out the Process audits, Root cause Analysis, FMEA, and Reliability and Maintainability Analysis. Show less

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  Central Servicing Development Organization, Indian Air Force

  Jul 2010 - Apr 2013

  Chief Project Engineer (CPE), Nature of Experience (Research)

  - Involved in reliability centric studies for optimal assets availability and carried out reliability analysis (both qualitative and quantitative) of field failure data of various aero engines and other aircraft components.- Efficiently identified high failure rate components (HFRC) and developed various models and methodologies for reviewing maintenance policies for HFRCs.- Undertook Failure Modes and Effects analysis of HFRCs.- Involved in the preparation of Online Reliability Module for entire Indian Air Force. Show less

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  ASV Maintenance Certification unit, Indian Air Force

  Apr 2013 - Oct 2015

  Commanding officer (CO), Nature of Experience (Teaching)

  - Conducted first and second line training of pilots, engineering officers and technicians on aircraft, aero engine systems and sub-systems and Aircraft support vehicles.- Organized classes on Airframe, Aero engine systems and Reliability Engineering. Drafted syllabus, prepared lesson plans, training notes, question banks and slides. Undertook various projects and series of innovations.- Recognized for transforming people from diverse background to a cohesive unit with total commitment to organizational goals.- Maintained close liaison with unit functionaries and higher formations to ensure efficient administration of the unit. Show less

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  Indian Air Force

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2016

  Senior Engineer (Mechanical) , Nature of Experience (Industry)

  - Ensuring smooth functioning of all First Line ('O' Level) and Second Line ('I' Level) maintenance activities related to Aircraft, Armament, Refuelling and Workshop.- Responsible for high serviceability and availability of aircraft, weapons, and all associated mechanical equipment. Ensured effective liasoning with various authorities for any administrative support for smooth functioning of the mechanical support services in the Base.- Handling existing infrastructure and facilities thereby ensuring equipment in perfect working condition with annual maintenance contracts wherever possible. Show less

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  Manav Rachna University

  Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

  Professor and HOD (ME)

  Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering Was Heading Mechanical, Aerospace and Automobile Research , Innovation and Incubation ClusterPrimary Jobs included Teaching, Research, Administration, Projects, Innovations

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  Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  May 2017 - now

  Teaching Quality and Reliability Engineering Subjects.Guiding five Research Scholars in the field of Reliability Analysis of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Systems, Quality Engineering , Diagnostics and Prognostics

  • Associate Professor

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Faculty

    May 2017 - Jun 2023