Dr. S.S. Thipse has done his Masters in Thermal sciences from Bradley University, USA and his Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology in the field of Alternative Fuels Combustion. He has Research experience of over 20 years in the development of Alternative Fuel engines and vehicles and has been working at ARAI since 2004. He is currently handling the development of CNG, LPG and HCNG engines in the capacity of Deputy Director at the Power Train Engineering Laboratory at ARAI. He has completed successfully several alternative fuel engine and vehicle projects for major OEMs.