The author was born in 1947 in India. He received BEE and MEE degrees from M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara in 1971 & 1974 and Ph. D. from McMaster University, Canada in 1986. He worked as a scientist in National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore from 1975 to 1981 and 1986 to 2007. He has been fellow/senior member/ member of many professional societies/bodies and has served on many administrative/technical/review/ interview/examination committees. He has reviewed papers for several International Journals and visited several countries on deputation. He has guided many Master & Doctoral level scholars. He has guest-edited 4 special issues (two of ‘Sadhana’ from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, and two of Def. Sc. Jl., New Delhi). He has (jointly) authored four technical books (one published by IEE/IET, London, 2004, www.theiet.org; and three by CRC Press, Florida, USA, 2009, 2010, 2012, www.crcpress.com) in the area of his work and specialization. He has also published 160 papers & reports. He has authored i) ‘Poetry of Life’ (Trafford Publishing, IN, USA, 2009, www.trafford.com), ii) ‘Sandy Bonds’ (www.pothi.com, India, 2010), and iii) ‘Timeless Quest: Free Verses and Thoughts – In search of Meaning of Life (www.pothi.com, India, 2012). His research interests are mathematical modelling, system identification, filtering, parameter estimation, multisensory data fusion, flight mechanics modelling & analysis, fuzzy logic/systems, genetic algorithms, neural networks and robotics. Presently he is Professor Emeritus (Dept. of E&CE) in MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, a private college in Bangalore. His reading interests are science, evolution and philosophy.