Maheswar Y

Conscientious and experienced professional with an experience of around 20 years in Industry and Academia. Seeking a position in a reputed organization wherein my skills, potentials and experience and capabilities are utilized for the growth of both the organization and self while being resourceful and innovative.

Director at Solgrov Agritech Solutions Pvt.Ltd (2025-08 – Present)

• Production and Installation
• Stakeholders Managemnt
• Funding proposals
• Talent acquistion management

Consultant at Ansrsource India Pvt. Ltd (2024-11 – 2025-03)

• Solved the problems related to Thermal Engineering in the portal.
• Identified the errors related to formula, units and final answers and update the same in the sheet provided for the same.
• Attended the meetings to get updated regarding the platform related modifications, reporting issues etc,
• Submission of the documents related to solutions, corrections identified and modifications to be incorporated.

Assistant Professor at SKSVMACET (2011-08 – 2024-10)

• Developed and implemented creative instructional methods for teaching and learning processes.
• Developed professional logistics to improve the teaching and learning processes keeping with focus on student development at large.
• Designed the lesson plans as per the curriculum and developed pedagogical approaches with focus on attaining the learning outcomes.
• Mentored students on academic progress by identifying the areas of improvements and suggesting corrective measures,
• Guided students in executing academic projects by suggesting them to work on thrust areas.
• Facilitated students to participate in paper presentations and symposiums.
• Set goals for the department and motivated and led the team in achieving the same.
• Crafted the strategies to improve the departmental status in terms of academics, curricular, placement and co-curricular aspects.
• Trained the students on soft skills, and personality development aspects, so as to keep them updated with corporate requirements.
• Trained the students on presentation skills interviewing skills, and group discussion.
• Published research articles in reputed journals.
• Prepared research proposals and communicated to the respective funding agencies,
• Conducted parents meeting to communicate the academic progress of the students.
• Involved in admission promotion activities by participating in education expo to boost admissions.
• Conducted Industry-Institute interactions to reduce the gap between Industry and academia.
• Conducted Alumni interactions with the students to boost the confidence of the students and to improve the rapport with Alumni.
• Monitored the progress of all the stakeholders at regular intervals keeping in mind address areas of improvements if any.
• Review, assess and evaluate the progress of the students at all levels and resolving the issues as and when they occur.
• Worked as Head of the Department from 28/06/21 to 02/01/23
• Received a funding of Rs 20 Lakhs from VGST under K-FISTL1Scheme2022-23; Title: A study on fluid behaviour in Vertical Centrifugal casting-Co-Principal Investigator.
• Sanctioned with Rs. 5,00,000=00 for the project entitled “An Investigation of Fluid Behavior in Vertical Centrifugal Casting” as a Co-Investigator by VTU, Belagavi under VTU- RGS Scheme
• Published a patent on ‘Novel Approach of Design of Multi-Spindle Drilling Machine’
• Received funding for Final year students project from VTU in the academic year18-19.
• KSCST funding for final year students projects for Academic Year20-21.
• Recognized as a Ph.D guide in Mechanical Engineering Department by VTU, Belagavi
• Recognized as NPTEL Motivated Learner for the term Jul-Dec2021 by IIT Madras.
• Recognized as NPTEL Discipline Star in Humanities and Social Sciences for the term Jul-Dec2022 by IIT Madras.

Lecturer at VDIT (2011-02 – 2011-08)

Lecturer at REC (2007-08 – 2011-02)

Lecturer at HMSIT (2007-02 – 2007-08)

Lecturer at Shree Amareshwara ITC (2002-08 – 2004-09)

Production Engineer at B S Fab Tech (1999-09 – 2002-08)

• Designed the production plans and maintenance schedules.
• Assessment of the resources in terms of materials, tools and machine requirements if any based on the project requirement.
• Applied the SQC techniques such as control charts to keep the process in control and identified the deviation and suggested the corrective actions.
• Applied cause and effect analysis, why why analysis for production and customer related problems and resolved by taking timely corrective measures.

Project Manager and Mentor (Freelance) at Pequrel Technologies (2019-08 – 2025-05)

• Prepared the documents related to outreach programs (sequence of the program flow)
• Conducted outreach programs to educate farmers, Farmers Produce Organization (FPO) and other stakeholders on the product (A3S) in terms of quality of dried products, process of drying in A3S and its advantages in the long run.
• Involved in experimentation on puffed rice drying using smaller units designed for this purpose and demonstrated the effectiveness of our drying unit to the puffed rice unit owners in terms of operational time, quality of puffed rice and safety parameters.
• Guided in assessing and optimizing the temperature, humidity and air flow parameters involved in drying process of chillies.
• Prepared script and questionnaire as a means of getting customer feedback.
• Analyzed the data for results and documented the same.
• Mentored team on team dynamics, soft skills, presentation skills, case study analysis.
• Guided team on pitching for funding and on customer interactions.
• Guided the team on splitting the project into simple steps and working on priority.
• Monitored the team on time lines and assessed the team based on their performance in achieving the timelines.
• Involved in discussions with FPOs, farmers and demonstrated the long term benefits of using the product in terms of climate change, sustainability, carbon credits etc.
• Based on understanding of role of stakeholders a Customer Relationship Model was designed.

Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering – Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi (2019)

M.Tech in Energy Systems – Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi (2007)

B.E in IPE – Gulbarga University (1999)