Sharath Shirsi is a Mechanical Engineer, his interest towards Innovation and improvement in products and services led him to pursue a Master degree in Product Design and manufacturing, with a complete sponsorship from Institution of Engineers GTRE, Bengaluru, he completed his M.Tech, thesis under the guidance of Additional Director, Dr. U Chandrasekhar, GTRE. He joined MS Ramaiah University of applied Sciences as Assistant Professor in Industrial Product Design Department, where he was also part of Corporate training program, he has successfully conducted over 18 corporate trainings in the field of Design for Manufacture and Assemble for some reputed Design and manufacturing companies across India, He also has extensive experience in the field of Product Life cycle management and Manufacturing operations management from his previous experience as Platinum partners to Siemens, India.