Siddartha is currently a Head of Verification & Validation of Connected & Autonomous Vehicles at WMG, University of Warwick and has already achieved considerable success in the automotive industry. He has a big focus on safety of CAV, both from a technical perspective and public engagement perspective. He is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.
A TEDx speaker, a Forbes Under 30 honouree, he has received numerous awards for research contributions which have delivered impact to the automotive industry both nationally and internationally. He represents the UK on the ISO Technical Committee and is a member of an international team of experts, creating international standards for safe introduction of automated vehicles.
After his undergraduate at IIT Kharagpur (India), (including a period as a research interns in UK and Germany), he worked for 4 years in the industry on advanced control technology, first with Tata Motors (India) and then with FEV (Germany) and had led multi-cultural teams in delivering mass production product project teams.