George-Christopher Vosniakos,
Professor, Director of Manufacturing Technology Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
School of Mechanical Engineering.
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George-Christopher Vosniakos studied Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and obtained an MSc and a PhD from UMIST-Britainin Advanced ManufacturingTechnology in 1991. He has worked in the CADCAM industry in Germany and as a Lecturer at UMIST. In 1999 he joined NTUA, where he is currently Professor of Manufacturing Systems and director of the Manufacturing Technology Laboratory. He has authored106 Journal papers and over 100Conferencepapers obtaining 2497 Scopus citations. He is member of the editorial board of 6 major International Journals. His recent research interests include AI and VR in Manufacturing.
Prof. Olga Battaïa,
Associate Dean for Research
Professor
Operations Management and Information Systems Department
KEDGE Business School Campus Bordeaux, France.
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Prof. Olga Battaïa has a Full Professor position in Department of Operations Management and Information Systems. She obtained her PhD form the École des mines de Saint-Etienne in France in 2007, for which she was granted the Best PhD Thesis Award by the French Research Cluster on Modelling, Analysis and Management of Dynamic Systems. She serves as Associated Editor for several international peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Manufacturing Systems (ELSEVIER), IISE Transactions (former IIE Transactions) and Omega-The International Journal of Management Science. She is also a an Associate member of CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering) and a Member of IFAC Technical Committee 5.2. Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control. Her research interests lie in the domains of Supply Chain Management, Sustainable manufacturing, Operations Research, Combinatorial optimization, Decision Support Systems. Olga Battaïa co-authored about 200 scientific publications, participated in several European research projects and was involved in organizing several renowned international conferences across Europe and other countries. She co-supervised 11 PhD students.
Prof. Rajit Gadh,
Professor
Director, UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center
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Dr. Rajit Gadh is a Professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and the Founding Director of the UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center or SMERC. He is also Founder and Director of the *Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium or WINMEC. Dr. Gadh’s research interests include Smart Grid, Micro Grids, Electric Vehicle to Grid Integration, Electric Vehicle (EV) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV), Smart Transportation, AI and machine learning in EV and AV management. He has over 200 papers in journals, conferences and technical magazines, and, 5 patents granted. He has a Doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Masters from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s degree from IIT Kanpur. He has taught as a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, has been an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and did his sabbatical as a visiting researcher at Stanford University for a year. He has won several awards from NSF (CAREER award, Research Initiation Award, NSF-Lucent Industry Ecology Award, GOAL-I award), SAE (Ralph Teetor award), IEEE (second best student-paper, WTS), ASME (Kodak Best Technical Paper award), AT&T (Industrial ecology fellow award), Engineering Education Foundation (Research Initiation Award), William Wong Fellowship award from University of Hong-Kong, etc., and other accolades in his career. He is on the Editorial board of ACM Computers in Entertainment Publication and the CAD Journal.
Dr. Oveis Abedinia,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
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He joins to Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2015 as Post-doc researcher and adjunct faculty member. In 2017 he started to construct different solar power plants in middle-east countries as project manager and then joins to Ardabil Techno-Park as Head of International Relations. Dr. Abedinia started his cooperation with Nazarbayev University from 2019 as visiting professor. He is Editor in different journals such as Complexity and guest editor in Energies. He has authored and co-authored more than 110 peer-reviewed publications (journal and conference papers), in addition to 4 book and book-chapters.
Dr. David Mba,
Professor, University of the Arts, London, UK
Dr. Anibal Reñones Dominguez,
Professor, CARTIF, Valladolid, Spain
Dr. Fernando Viadero Rueda,
Professor, University of Cantabria, Spain
Dr. Alfonso Fernandez Del Rincon,
Professor, University of Cantabria, Spain
Dr. Stephan Schmidt,
Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Stephan Heyns,
Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Marco Cocconcelli,
Professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dr. Fidel Ernesto Hernandez Montero,
Professor, Technological University of Havana, Cuba
Dr. Anand Parey,
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, India
Dr. Radoslaw Zimroz,
Professor, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dr. Xavier Chiementin,
Professor, University of Reims Champagne Ardennes, France
Dr. Adam Jablonski,
Professor, AGH University of Technology, Poland
Dr Emiliano Mucchi,
Professor, University of Ferrara, Italy
Dr. V K Jain (Prof. Retired),
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur-208016 (India).
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Vijay K. Jain, PhD, earned his BE from Vikram University, Ujjain (MACT, Bhopal), and M. E. and Ph.D. from University of Roorkee (now, IIT Roorkee). He has 47 years of teaching and research experience. He has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) and University of Nebraska at Lincoln (USA). He retired as a Professor from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2016. He has also served as a faculty member at other Indian Institutions, namely, MREC Jaipur, BITS Pilani, MNREC, Allahabad and MACT Bhopal. Dr. Jain has won three gold medals, two silver medals and one best paper award as recognition to his research work. The Institution of Engineers (India), Khosla Research Awards committee and AIMTDR conference organizing committee have given this honor to him. He has been awarded Life Time Achievement Award by the AIMTDR (NAC). He has written 9+ books (including edited books) and 16+ chapters for different books published by different publishers. Dr. Jain has been appointed as Editor-in-chief for three international journals (IJPTech, JAMS, JMF), and Associate Editor of two International Journals (JEM and IJMST). He has also served as a Guest-Editor for 20+ special issues of different International Journals and as a member of the editorial board of 12+ International Journals. Dr. Jain has guided 20 PhD, 96+ MTech and ME theses, and many BTech / BE Projects. He has around 400+ research publications to his credit. He has 13+ Indian patents and 1 USA patent to his credit. Dr. Jain has organized 24+ summer / winter / short term schools on various topics such as Micro manufacturing, Micromachining, Advanced Machining, Precision Engineering, CIM Systems, Design of Machine Tools, N. C. Machine Tools, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Tools and Die making etc.
Dr. Manas Kumar Pal,
Assistant Professor
Statistics & Operation Research
Birla School of Management,
Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar
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Dr. Pal is a faculty in Decision Science and Operations Management, Birla School of Management, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar. He has obtained a Ph.D. degree in the area of Probability & Operations Research from Sambalpur University. He has over 22+ years of experience in teaching, research, and consulting. His teaching interest includes Quantitative Methods, Operations Management, Operation Research, Research Methodology, TQM, and Project Management. His research interest includes Random Polynomials, Optimization Modelling, Public Policy & Development, Behavioural Finance, Social Entrepreneurship, and Information & Communication Technology. He has attended and presented papers at many national and international conferences. Many of his papers have been published in edited books and reputed journals. He has reviewed a number of papers and has been the editor of peer-reviewed research-based journals. He has also received best paper awards both in National & International Conferences. He has participated in training programs at IIT Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore. He is a member of the Indian Science Congress Association.
Dr. Sharada Prasad Sahoo,
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics & Management
Berham University, Bhanja Vihar
Berhampur-760007, Berhampur, Odisha, India.
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Dr. Sharada Prasad Sahoo currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration, Berhampur University and has 12 years of active experience in Management education and research. As an educator, Dr Sahoo bridges the gap among industry and academics through his innovative pedagogical approaches. Dr Sahoo has received his MBA and Ph.D. in Management (Human Capital and Corporate Performance) from Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Balasore, Odisha. He has published several articles in indexed journals and is also a Project Director in an ICSSR Funded project under IMPRESS scheme. Apart from research and teaching, he keeps interest in literary activities and organizing academic events such as seminars and conferences. During his tenure at Interscience Research Network (IRNet), Dr. Sahoo has contributed significantly in promoting the research culture of the institute. He is a recipient of Chancellor’s Cup for Panel Discussion, Vice Chancellor’s Cup for oration and Seva He Seva Gold Medal Award for his outstanding elocution performance at Fakir Mohan University. His research interest includes Human Capital Management, Corporate Diversity Management, Mapping Behavioral Dimensions in Complex Organizations and Globalizing Indian Thoughts.
Dr. Rabi Narayan Subudhi,
Senior Professor of Management,
KIIT University Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
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Prof. Subudhi is a Senior Professor of Management with a total teaching experience of over 35 years. After completing Masters & M. Phil. degree in Statistics, he completed his Ph.D. (in Management), with Senior Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR. He is also an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, where he completed FDPM in 2002. He had his professional training on computer application at IIT Kharagpur and TTTI Chandigarh, (sponsored by Govt. of India). After Serving Berhampur University Odisha for 21 years, he joined VIT University as a professor in 2006, and then came back again to Odisha in 2007 to join KIIT University as Professor of Management. He has successfully performed all academic responsibilities, like Member, BoS, SLRC, Academic Council of University and as Chairperson of MBA Prog of KIIT University. Presently, he is the Chief Editor of peer-reviewed, UGC-CARE listed journal Parikalpana of KIIT University, since last 12 years.
Dr. Sreekumar,
Professor (Decision Science), RIMS, Rourkela
Sundargarh, Odisha, India.
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Prof. Sreekumar is associated with RIMS for a long period of time. He has contributed around thirty research papers in national and international conferences and journals. He has also authored three books published by New Age International and Laxmi publishers. His areas of interest include MCDM, application of DEA in management decision-making. Presently he is looking after academic affairs at RIMS.
Dr. Debendra Kumar Mahalik,
Associate Professor,
Dept of Business Administration,
Sambalpur university, Odisha, India.
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Dr. Debendra Kumar Mahalik, presently working as Associate Professor and HOD of the Department of Business Administration, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar engaged in Teaching and Research in the areas of Decision making and ICT application. His current area of research includes Supply Chain Management, ICT applications and Decision making. He has 6 years of industrial experience and 20 years of teaching experience. He also served as Board member in IIM sambalpur, HOD Dept of Business Administration, Dean (management), Dy Director e-governance cell ,Coordinator (executive mba program), coordinator (Distance MBA) , Secretary sports council of Sambalpur University apart from other various posts like member of BOS etc. To his credit Five (5) scholars were awarded for PhD and 11 for Mphils and 5 phdscholors are working for their thesis . He has published three Books and 60 research articles published in International and national journals to his credit.
Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal,
FWSSET, FAAAS, FCI, FSAE, FASME, FRSC, FNAE, FNASc, FISEES
Sir JC Bose National Fellow & SBI Endowed Chair Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal obtained his Undergraduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering (1994) from Malviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur and his MTech (Energy, 1996) and PhD (Energy, 1999) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. After his Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1999 – 2001) at the ERC, UW, Madison, USA, he returned to India in 2001 and joined IIT Kanpur. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Loughborough, UK; Photonics Institute, University of Vienna, Austria; Hanyang University and KAIST, South Korea. Prof. Agarwal is interested in research in IC engines, combustion, conventional and alternative fuels, Methanol/ DME/ Hydrogen/ HCNG fuelled engine development, LCA and TCO analyses, Fuel sprays, Lubricating oil tribology, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, particulates and emission control, and large bore engines. He has developed laser-fired hydrogen and CNG engines in automotive sizes and developed the first electronic fuel injection system equipped with a locomotive engine for Indian Railways. Currently, Prof. Agarwal is developing Methanol and DME-fuelled engines/ vehicles for the automotive/ agricultural sectors. Prof. Agarwal has published over 510 peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers, 63 edited books, and 129 book chapters, attracting 15200+ Scopus and 23000+ Google Scholar citations. Prof. Agarwal is the Editor of 'FUEL', Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, ASME Open Journal of Engineering, International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, and the Journal of the Institute of Engineers (Series C) and an editorial board member of IMechE International Journal of Engine Research. He edited Wiley VCH, Germany's "Handbook of Combustion" (5 Volumes; 3168 pages), the most updated combustion compilation globally. For his outstanding contributions, Prof. Agarwal is conferred upon Sir J C Bose National Fellowship (2019) by SERB, SAE India Foundation GURU Award (2022), WSSET Innovation Award-2022, Clarivate Analytics India Citation Award-2017 in Engineering and Technology, Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2016) in Engineering Sciences, Rajib Goyal Prize in Physical Sciences (2015); NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award (2012); INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award (2012); Dr C. V. Raman Young Teachers Award (2011); SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (2008); INSA Young Scientist Award (2007); UICT Young Scientist Award (2007); INAE Young Engineer Award (2005); Devendra Shukla Research Fellowship (2009-12), Poonam and Prabhu Goyal Endowed Chair Professorship (2013-16), SBI Endowed Chair Professorship (2018-21, 2022-25) at IIT Kanpur; AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers (2004); DST Young Scientist Award (2002); and DST BOYSCAST Fellowship (2002), in addition to inaugural version of Distinguished Alumni Award-2021 by MNIT Jaipur and Distinguished Alumni Award-2022 by IIT Delhi. Prof. Agarwal is a highly cited researcher-2018 in and is among the top ten HCRs from India, among 4000 HCR researchers globally in 22 fields of enquiry. He is India's number one Energy researcher in the recently declared Stanford University listing of the top 2% of researchers globally. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers International, USA (SAE; 2012), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME; 2013), Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE; 2015), International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES; 2016), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC; 2018), National Academy of Science Allahabad (NASI; 2018), World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET-2020), American Association for Advancement in Science (AAAS; 2020) and Combustion Institute USA (CI; 2022). He is featured in the DST Golden Jubilee Coffee Table Book "75 under 50 Scientists Shaping Today's INDIA," released by Vigyan Prasar, Government of India, on National Science Day, February 28th, 2022.
Prof. Soumyadip Sett,
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Palaj, Gujarat, India
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Soumyadip Sett is an Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar. He completed his B.Tech. in Power Engineering from Jadavpur in 2011 and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2016. Prior to joining IIT Gandhinagar in 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Energy Transport Research Laboratory under the guidance of Prof. Nenad Miljkovic at UIUC, USA. His research interest intersects the multidisciplinary fields of thermo-fluid science, interfacial phenomena, and renewable energy. His research group at IIT Gandhinagar investigates thermal and fluid transport during liquid-vapor phase change for energy and thermal management applications. His research efforts have so far resulted in 48 peer-reviewed journal publications, 1 book chapter, and 2 patents. His research has been recognized with the prestigious Deans Fellowship from UIC in 2015 for outstanding graduate research during his PhD, and Excellence Fellowship from IIT Gandhinagar, among others.
Dr. Krishnan Balasubramanian,
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, India.
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Prof. Krishnan Balasubramaniam has been involved in the field of Non-destructive evaluation for more than Twenty Five years with applications in the fields of maintenance, quality assurance, manufacturing and design. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and also serves as the Head of the Centre for Non- Destructive Evaluation. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras (Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli, India) in 1984. He then graduated from Drexel University, Philadelphia, from the department of Mechanical Engineering with a M.S. degree in 1986 and a Ph. D. in the year 1989. Before joining IIT in 2000, he was employed as an Associate Professor with the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at Mississippi State University.
Dr. Piyush Shakya,
Associate Professor
405, Machine Design Section
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, India
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Dr. Piyush Shakya received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi in 2015. He finished my Dual Degree (B. Tech in Mechanical and M. Tech in Product Design) from IIT Madras in 2006. He worked as “Member R&D” in TVS motor company, Hosur from 2006 to 2010. Prior to joining IIT Madras, He was a Research Fellow in the School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing at the Cranfield University. His research interests include structural health monitoring, fault diagnosis and prognosis, machine elements (rolling element bearing and gears), and signal processing. He is interested in developing condition monitoring techniques capable of accounting for different types of variations present in practical scenarios (data set to data set variations, defect topography variations etc.).
Dr. N. Arunachalam,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai during 2010. He finished his B.E in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Anna University, Guindy (1994 -98) and M.E (Manufacturing) from MIT Anna University (1999-2001). He have worked as a Research Engineer at General Electric, GRC, Bangalore, India for three years from 2011 to 2013 prior to joining IIT Madras.
Prof. N Ramesh Babu,
V Balaraman Institute Chair
Honorary Professor, College of Engineering, Swansea University, UK
Secretary, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, India.
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Dr. Ramesh Babu received his PhD from IIT Madras in the year 1990. His research interest includes Manufacturing Technology, Grinding, Abrasive Waterjet Machining, Sheet metal fabrication, Laser Beam Machining, CNC, PLCs & Robotics, Precision Machine Tool development, Process modeling and Simulation of manufacturing systems. His publications include 61 International Journal Papers and 104 National/International Conference Papers.
Dr. Prabir Sarkar,
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Rupnagar, Punjab, India
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Dr. Prabir Sarkar, did his schooling from Kolkata, India, later he took admission for Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) with Physics honors. His interest to become an application oriented scientist/engineer and to open up vast possibilities has propelled him to join Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in 1994, just after completing his first year B.Sc. In 1998, he finished Production Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Trichy (formerly known as Regional Engineering College, Trichurappalli). Design was a very interesting subject during his B.E. and he always had flair in it. He have developed many useful mechanical and electronic gadgets at home and perceived that designing is also very challenging. In 1998, he joined Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore for Masters (M. Des.) degree in Product Design and Engineering. After finishing his Masters in 2000, he was interested to apply his knowledge of design for the betterment of our country - he joined Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) as a Development Engineer. BEML has an annual turnover of Rs 400 crores, largest earth moving equipment manufacturing company in the country and runs as a public sector undertaking company. He was working at the R&D centre, the second largest of its kind in Asia. His major contribution at BEML was to play a crucial role in the development of a remote controlled bull dozer for hazardous situations like removing nuclear wastes or in mines. His strong interest for research in design has helped him to join IISc again for higher studies as a PhD scholar. After completing his PhD in the area of Design Creativity, He was briefly working as a Post Doctoral scholar at IISc (IISc junior research associate) and later he joined National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA as a guest researcher. In 2011, he joined Indian Institute of Technology Ropar as an faculty in the School of Mechanical, Materials, and Energy Engineering.
Dr. Ekta Singla,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Rupnagar, Punjab, India.
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Ekta Singla, is serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Ropar. With her research interests in Modular Robotics, Service robots, Customized optimal designs, Evolutionary robotics and hybrid morphologies, she has an experience of more than fifteen years in Robotics and in applied Optimization fields. She is a recipient of Institute Gold medal during her Master's program, National doctoral fellowship during her doctoral program at IIT Kanpur, CNRS postdoctoral fellowship for UPMC Paris and a recent National award from Institute of Engineers. Her current research projects are in Maintenance and Service Robotics and in Rehabilitation Robotics, and progressing through industrial partnerships, two UK-India collaborations and active association with the University of Stony-Brook, New York – for the robotic applications is medical and defence field. To enhance the training and learning environment of Industrial Robotics field, she has got signed an MOU between IIT Ropar and TATA Automation Ltd for establishing a robotics research and training centre at IIT Ropar. Her contributions are visible through four completed projects, various journal articles, editorship in reputed journals and contributions for various societies. At IIT Ropar, she has actively taken up the administrative responsibility at various levels related to student affairs, academic affairs and chairing the event organizations. Dr Ekta founded an interdisciplinary group, PUNJRobotics , to focus on academic, professional and innovation-related activities not only at IIT Ropar but to connect many institutes in the regional area.
Dr. Manoranjan Parhi,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of CSE, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Odisha, India.
Dr. Padmalita Routray,
Associate Professor & Head
Business Management , Fakir Mohan University
Baleshwar, Odisha, India.
Dr. Manoranjan Dash,
Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences
Siksha O Anusandhan, Odisha, India
Eng. Professor Sibilike K. Makhanu,
Ph. D, MIEK, PE
Eng. Prof. Sibilike K. Makhanu graduated with B. Sc. in Civil Engineering (First Class Honours,1985) and Masters
in Civil Engineering (1990) both from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering
from Kyoto University (Japan) in 1996. Prof. Makhanu worked with Howard Humphreys Consulting Engineers from
1985-1988 at which he was involved in many international projects including the Great Man-Made River in Libya.
Prof. Makhanu has spent many years in academics teaching in many universities:JKUAT, MMUST, Moi Univ.,Egerton
UNiversity in Kenya and External Examiner at PAUSIT, University of Rwanda among others. He is an acclaimed author
of many academic papers in international journals.
Dr. Akhilendra Pratap Singh,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT (BHU), Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Akhilendra Pratap Singh is serving at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
(BHU), Varanasi. He received his Master’s degree & and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian
Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2010 and 2016, respectively. His research areas include advanced low-temperature
combustion (HCCI, PCCI, and RCCI mode combustion); optical diagnostics with special reference to engine endoscopy
and PIV; combustion diagnostics; engine emissions measurement; particulate characterization and their control; and
alternative fuels. Dr. Singh has edited 12 books and authored over30 book chapters and 60+ research articles in
international journals and conferences. He has published several articles in reputed journals like Applied Energy,
International Journal of Engine Research, and Journal of Energy Resource Technology and authored three book
chapters related to RCCI mode combustion. He has been awarded “ISEES Best PhD. Thesis Award” (2017), “SERB Indo-US
Postdoctoral Fellowship” (2017), “IEI Young Engineer Award” (2017), and “ISEES Young Scientist Award” (2018).
Dr. Balwinder Singh,
Director , College Development Council
MRSPTU Bathinda
Dr. Balwinder Singh very dedicated and hardworking Professor having Ph.D from Indian Institute
(2007) of Technology under QIP scheme of MHRD New Delhi. Presently working as Director
College Development Council MRSPTU Bathinda. Dr Sidhu have capability to Handle financial
projects well in time TEQIP-II is one Example that is very successfully completed by me by
achieving all targets and key indicator within specified time schedule very smoothly without any
deficiency and audit objections. Dr Balwinder Singh awarded as BEST TEACHER AWARD 2020,
by ISTE Section Chandigarh. Dr Sidhu had a honor of Chartered Engineer and Distinguish
teaching and research as integrative activities.
Dr. P. Karuppuswamy,
Professor and Head
Dept. of Mechanical Engg
Sri Ramakrishna Engg. College
Coimbatore
Dr. Suman Dutta,
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
Jharkhand, India
Dr. Somashekara. M A,
Head of Department of MMAE
Dept. of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engg (MMAE).
Faculty In charge CEP/QIP courses
Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
Priyanka D Pantula,
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad,
Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
Dr. Davinder Singh ,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Punjabi University Patiala-Punjab.
Dr. Chandra Prakash,
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy
Dr. Raman Kumar (Sehgal),
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering,
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College,
Gill Park, Gill Road, Ludhiana, Punjab (India)
Dr. Chandan Deep Singh,
Assistant Professor (Stage III), Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Punjabi University, Patiala.