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Sachin Kumar Jain

Deputy Director, Noise Vibration & Harshness (NVH) Laboratory

Noise Vibration & Harshness (NVH) Laboratory, The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

Pune, India

About

Sachin Kumar Jain is Deputy Director of the Noise Vibration & Harshness (NVH) Laboratory at the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune. He has 22 years of experience in the analytical and experimental analysis of noise and vibration problems in automotive and non-automotive fields. He developed ARAI's NVH laboratory into a pioneering facility in India offering end-to-end solutions for acoustic materials characterisation, testing, design and simulation to the automotive, genset, building, railway and aerospace industries. He has published and presented more than 30 technical papers at international conferences including ICSV, SIAT and NSA, has guided 15 M.Tech students, and received the Sir C. V. Raman Award from ASI.

Research

Areas of interest

  • Noise, vibration and harshness (NVH): analytical and experimental analysis
  • Acoustic materials characterisation, testing, design and simulation
  • Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems (AVAS) for electric vehicles
  • Building and room acoustics
  • Road noise barriers: laboratory and site testing, and design simulation

Career

  1. Deputy Director, Noise Vibration & Harshness (NVH) Laboratory

    The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune, India

    Developed ARAI's NVH laboratory into a pioneering facility in India offering end-to-end solutions for acoustic materials characterisation, testing, design and simulation, serving the automotive, genset, building, railway and aerospace industries.

Key achievements

  • 22 years of experience in NVH, covering analytical and experimental analysis of noise and vibration problems in automotive and non-automotive fields
  • Published and presented more than 30 technical papers on NVH and on acoustic materials simulation, design and development at international conferences including ICSV, SIAT and NSA
  • Guided 15 M.Tech students on NVH test rigs and methodology development
  • Established major NVH and EV diversification facilities at ARAI: large reverberation chambers with impact isolation, a large anechoic chamber, and a BSR (buzz, squeak and rattle) facility with an anechoic room
  • Room acoustic and outdoor testing capability
  • Expanded NVH services to metro, genset, CEV, building acoustics and aerospace
  • AVAS (EV) development and testing

Awards & recognition

Sir C. V. Raman Award

Awarded by ASI