Manikandan Adaikkan, is a Product development engineer at VIA electronic, Germany and he leads the research projects on glass ceramic and thick film technology for telecommunication and aerospace applications. He holds a B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, India, and M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rheinwaal University of Applied sciences, Germany. Prior to this, he worked as Product development engineer at CUMI, India, developing metallized ceramics for high voltage appliacations.