Dr. A. N. R. Reddy is a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, currently working as a professor and HOD of Mechanical Engineering at MRCET Campus. He is a life member of professional associations ORSI, ISTAM, IndACM, ISTE, EWB, SAE India, and ISSMO. He has received many academic excellence and research innovation awards like the Malaysian Government International Student Award “Malaysian International Scholarship”. His research interests include Mathematical Modelling, DOE & TRIZ, Bioenergy, Pyrolysis of Biomass, Synthesis of Nanomaterials, Engine Performance Analytics, Applied & Fluid mechanics, Spectrophotometry. Dr. Reddy, as a principle investigator, has successfully completed AICTE, Government of India-sponsored research project “Multi-Objective Optimization of Production Process Parameters using Evolutionary Algorithms” and actively guiding Ph.D., PG, and UG research projects. Dr. A.N.R. is the organizing chair and the editor for Springer book series SIST “Proceedings of Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability”. Dr. Deepak Marla is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). He has obtained Ph.D. from IIT Bombay and had done his post-doctoral work from the Technical University of Denmark and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work is in the domain of micro/nano-manufacturing using advanced techniques that involve lasers, electric discharges, electrochemical reactions, plasmas, and micro-tools. His research focuses on gaining a fundamental insight into these processes through a synergetic use of multi-physics modeling and simulation and experiments with an eye on addressing critical challenges at the process level. Dr. Deepak has also bagged couple of prestigious R&D reputable honors and works such as Early-Career Research Award from DST – SERB for laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) for microscale printing of metals and also a research project on Laser-Assisted Machining of Titanium Alloys from ISRO. Dr. V Vasudeva Rao received his doctorate from the prestigious IISC, Bangalore. He is presently holding the position of the professor and the chairperson of the School Research Committee in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of South Africa. He has expertise in Contact Heat Transfer, Nano-Thermofluids, Heat Exchangers, Jet Impingement Cooling, Thermal Management, Energy Systems, and Thermo-Physical properties. He has the prestigious rating with NRF: C2 for six years (2017-2022). Dr. VV Rao has also been an active life member for many technical societies for knowledge empowerment. He has also guided many students for their doctoral and master thesis. He actively publishes technical work on a regular basis which has made him reach with Google Scholar citations of 358 with h-index 10.
