Dr. Sudheer. A. P is currently an Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC). He is in teaching, research and academic administration for the last 23 years. He has nearly 80 publications in International and national journals and conferences. He is guiding M.Tech and PhDs students. He has filed for four patents in the area of robotics. His research interests are kinematics, dynamics and control of robotics, mobile robotics and vision systems. He is a member of "The Robotics Society-India"(TRS-India) and ISTE. Presently he is the editor of TRS-India.He is a reviewer of various technical journals. He is a member of board of studies in various engineering Institutions/universities.