Dr. Asim Tewari is a Professor (HAG) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a faculty member of the Center for Machine Intelligence and Data Science (C-MInDS) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He holds a B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

With over 25 years of experience in corporate R&D and national research laboratories, Prof. Tewari has made impactful contributions to the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in engineering systems and processes. He has authored over 100 research papers, holds eleven international and ten Indian patents, and has supervised 18 Ph.D. and over 50 M.S. students. Over the last decade, he has attracted more than $15 million in research funding.

At IIT Bombay, he has established state-of-the-art facilities including a Technical Textiles Research Facility for Type-4 hydrogen cylinder design & manufacturing, an Advanced Machining Excellence Cell, a Fiber Composite Research Laboratory, 4D X-ray Microscopy Laboratory, an experimental thermo-mechanical simulation lab, and a Nano-characterization Texture Laboratory.

Prof. Tewari founded the Cyber-Physical Systems and Data Analytics research group at IIT Bombay, focusing on smart manufacturing, machine learning, IoT, and video comprehension using deep learning. He also founded Zwilling Labs Pvt. Ltd., a deep-tech start-up incubated at IIT Bombay, which provides a unified digital-twin platform to empower manufacturers with AI-driven insights for quality, efficiency, and compliance.