Raghuvir Pai has retired as Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal. He has completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, Mysore University. Later he pursued his PhD in Tribology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Subsequently he has worked as a Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, BOYSCAST postdoctoral research fellow at Cranfield University, England. He was a research fellow at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane and an Endeavour Executive Fellow, Australian Government at Federation University Australia. He was the Dr T.M.A. Pai endowment chair in Tribology at MAHE, Manipal. He has held various administrative positions in MAHE, Manipal over the past 20 years. He was the Head of Department, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Joint Director at Manipal Institute of Technology, Director Manipal Institute of technology, Manipal, Director of International Centre for Applied Sciences and Director Research (Technical), MAHE, Manipal. He was the founder Dean of the School of Engineering at Manipal’s Dubai campus. He was also the founder Dean of the School of Science and Engineering at Manipal International University, Malaysia. He has a number of research publications in journals and international and national conferences. His expertise in research is in the field of water lubricated bearings, externally