Dr. C P Paul is presently heading Laser Additive Manufacturing Laboratory at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT). He is also Dean - Students' Affairs at Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) (Deemed to be University of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India) at RRCAT. He is also facilitating the transfer of RRCAT-developed technology to industries as Head, Technology Transfer Cell and Convener, Incubation Centre-RRCAT. Prior to joining RRCAT, he graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Vikram University, Ujjain, India, and worked for two professionally managed public companies as a Design Engineer. He earned a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering on Laser Additive Manufacturing of Engineering Components in 2005 and was a Research Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada during 2006-2008.