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MUNISHWAR AHUJA
275, RPS Flats, Sheikh Sarai,
Phase I, New Delhi-110 017, India
Phone No.: +91 11 6445523 (Ext. 422), +91 11 6016826 (Residence)
E-mail: munishwarahuja@yahoo.co.in, munishwarahuja@rediffmail.com
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Objective
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To direct my skills, knowledge and effort for the benefit of mankind and environment. I am committed for doing research to develop new technologies and implementing the ideas that would help company cater to challenging problems in a fast-paced environment. My area of research, strong engineering foundation and my passion for improvement and innovation represent the foundation for realizing my objectives.

Work Experience
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Working for past one year as Deputy Manger, Engg. Systems, in Center of Excellence, Eicher GoodEarth Ltd., India leading manufacturing company of Heavy, Medium and Light Commercial Vehicle (Eicher Motor Ltd., Indore), Tractors (Eicher Tractor Ltd., Faridabad), Two Wheelers (Royal Enfield Motors, Chennai).
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (Eicher Group Office, New Delhi) is a common resource, which cater to the needs of all business units in the field of Computer Aided Engineering and Networking System.

Job Profile
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-->To reduce the Product Life Cycle Time by the means of Virtual Prototyping and Finite Element -->Analysis Techniques and to achieve a World Class Quality Product at minimum cost.

Responsibilities
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==>To reduce the Product Life Cycle Time.
==>To reduce the overall Testing time and cost.
==>To ensure that maximum design requirements are achieved at the concept stage.
==>To ensure system and component design safety on structural strength basis.

PROJECTS COMPLETED
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-->Ride Comfort Analysis of HCV Cabin to measure the acceleration levels at the driver and co-driver seats, lower and upper sleeping berths using ADAMS (AVIEW, AFLEX, ALINEAR), ANSYS (Mechanical), PATRAN, PRO/ENGINEER.

-->Full Vehicle Simulation of HCV for dynamic stability during turning, braking and to study the leaf spring characteristics at different speed, load, and operating conditions using ADAMS (AVIEW, ADAMS Leaf Tool Kit, ACONTROLS), MATLAB, PRO/ENGINEER.

-->Steering System Analysis of HCV to analyze the turning radius, loads in the tie rod and drag link under severe operating conditions and to optimize the steering geometry using ADAMS/VIEW & PRO/ENGINEER.

-->Optimization of Wiper Mechanism for MCV using ADAMS (AVIEW), PRO/ENGINEER.

-->Prediction of Bearing Loads for Power Train and Gear Train of 242 Tractor required for FEM analysis using ADAMS (AVIEW), PRO/ENGINEER.

-->Dynamic Analysis of 242 Tractor for various field application and condition to see the load variation on trailer hook, transmission housing, rear and front axles required for FEM analysis using ADAMS (AVIEW), PRO/ENGINEER.

Worked for two years as Section Engineer in Computer Aided Engineering Deptt. with Mahindra & Mahindra (FES Division, Mumbai) India, leading and largest Tractor manufacturing company for past 15 years.

Job Profile and Responsibilities
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==>Design and Analysis of Overall Tractor Performance parameters, including Stability, Controls.

==>Design and Analysis of Tractor Hydraulic System, including Hydraulic circuitry, Internal Linkage, Three-Point linkage, and structural components.

Projects completed
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-->Kinematic Linkage Synthesis and optimization for Compound Four-Bar and Slider Crank mechanism using ADAMS (AVIEW), IDEAS (MS 7), MATLAB.
-->Design and Analysis of low cost and simplified Position Control linkages by replacing Cam and Roller by Four-Bar mechanism using ADAMS (AVIEW), IDEAS (MS 7).
-->Design and Analysis of low cost simplified Draft Control Linkages by replacing Coil Spring Feedback, Safety chain by Torsion Bar Feedback, and safety spring using ADAMS (AVIEW), IDEAS (MS 7.0), MATLAB.
-->Lost motion analysis due to clearance, dead-band in Tractor Hydraulic System using ADAMS (AVIEW), IDEAS (MS 7).
-->Development of Customized and Parametric model of Three-Point linkage in ADAMS (AVIEW) to analyze the effect of design variables on Instantaneous Center of Location, Lifting Capacity, and Stability.
-->FEA of hydraulic structural components including VTU, lift arm, rocker arm, lift linkages, bell crank and torsion bar using IDEAS (MS 7).
-->C++ code development to simulate the effect of design variables on the performance of Pressure Compensated Control Valve.
-->LAB testing of hydraulic control valve and data analysis using NCODE.

Software skills
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CAE Package: ADAMS 11.0 (AView, AHydraulics, AFlex, AControls, AVibration), ANSYS (5.7 Mechanical), IDEAS (MS 7.0), PATRAN (2001 r2a), PRO/ENGINEER (2000i2), MATLAB (BASE MATLAB, SIMULINK, Controls toolbox) (5.3.0 R11)
Data Acquisition and statistics Package: NCODE, Systat
Operating system: UNIX (SUN SOLARIS, IRIX, HP-UX, LINUX), WINDOS-NT
Programming tools: C, C++, Fortran, Unix and DOS shell script, PERL

Educational Qualification
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M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur, FMP, JAN 99 OGPA: 8.38/10
B.Tech, PAU Ludhiana, FMP, JULY 97 OCPA: 7.14/10

Relevant Courses
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Computer Graphics and Visualization, Finite Element Methods, Experimental Stress Analysis, "Instrumentation, Digital Signal Processing and Control Systems", Statistical Data Analysis and Numerical Methods, Vehicle Dynamics, Mechanics of Pneumatic tires and Terramechanics, Hydraulic Systems Analysis, Machine Design, Theory of machine and mechanisms.

Project Skills & Methodologies
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==>Quality Function Deployment
=>Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis
==>Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis
==>Robust Design using Taguchi Method
==>Good oral and written communication skills and the ability to lead, delegate and work in a team

Personal Profile
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Name MUNISHWAR AHUJA
Fathers Name Dr. A. K. AHUJA
Date of Birth 7th April, 1975
Nationality Indian
Marital Status Unmarried
Permanent address 361, Phase I, Urban Estate, Dugri Road, Ludhiana-141002, Punjab, India Phone No.: +91 161 490551
Passport Details
Passport No.: A6157668 Date of issue: 04/09/1998 Date of expiration: 03/09/2008