Systems Thinking Approach for Social Problems

Dr. Vivek Vijay is an Assistant Professor in Centre of Systems Science at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur since 2010. He has obtained his doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2007. His areas of specialization include Analysis of Categorical Data and Forecasting of Financial Data. Dr. Vijay has an outstanding academic career and received Gold Medal for the first rank at Post Graduation level. He has also published several articles in peer reviewed international journals.Dr. Sandeep Kumar Yadav is an Assistant Professor in Centre of Information and Communication Technology at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur since 2010. He has obtained his doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2009. His areas of interest are Signal Processing, Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Using Intelligent Techniques. Dr. Yadav has received Young Scientist Award from Systems Society of India. He has authored a book chapter in Intelligent Autonomous Systems published by Springer and also articles in international journals.Dr. Bibhas Adhikari is an Assistant Professor in Centre of Systems Science at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur since 2009. He has obtained his doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2009. His areas of interest are Applied Linear Algebra, Optimization Techniques and Network Systems. Dr. Adhikari has received ISBRI fellowship and done his research work at SAM, ETH Zurich, Switzerland in 2008. He has articles in international journals and currently handling two funded research projects by BARC Mumbai and CSIR Delhi. Dr. Harinipriya Seshadri is working as principal scientist at NFTDC, Hyderabad since June 2014. She has obtained her doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2003. Her areas of interest are lithium ion batteries, fuel cells, electrodeposition, thermal storage systems, Monte Carlo simulations, materials synthesis andcharacterization. Dr. Seshadri has received NRO fellowship for Postdoctoral Research, Tennessee Technological University, USA; European Union grant for Postdoctoral Research, University of Ulm, Germany; and The Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Young Scientist Award, 2004. She has published more than 40 papers in international journals and Conference Proceedings. Dr. Deepak Kumar Fulwani is an Assistant Professor in Centre of Information and Communication Technology at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. He has obtained his doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2009. His areas of interest are Robust Control techniques, Fault diagnosis of networked control system, Control issues in power converters and Robust control techniques with saturated actuators. Dr. Fulwani has been awarded for Excellence in PhD thesis work by IIT Bombay.

• 1. Green Supply Chain: An ISM Based Roadmap to Boundaries of Environmental Sustainability.- 2. An Optimum Setting of PID Controller for Boost Converter Using Bacterial Foraging Optimization Technique.- 3. A Command Splitter for a Mini-Macro Manipulator for Online Telemanipulation.- 4. A Modified NSGA-II for Fuzzy Relational Multiobjective Optimization Problem.- 5. Ground Based Measurement for Solar Power variability Forecasting Modelling Using Generalized Neural Network.- 6. Soft Calibration Technique with SVM for Intelligent Flow Measurement.- 7. Load Frequency Control considering very Short-term Load Prediction and Economic Load Dispatch using Neural Network and Its Application.- 8. A Systems View of Pathological Tremors.- 9. Recognition of Medicinal Plants Based on Its Leaf Features.- 10. CLOSENET - Mesh Wi-Fi in Areas of Remote Connectivity.- 11. Hybrid Back-stepping Control for DC-DC Buck Converters.- 12. Power Optimization of Refrigerator by Efficient Variable Compressor Speed Controlled Driver.- 13. Power Quality Assessment of Grid Connected Photovoltaic Plant.- 14. Online Frequency Domain Identification Method for Stable Systems.- 15. High Temperature Solar Selective Coating.- 16. Performance Analysis of IOCL Rawara Photovoltaic Plant and Interpretation.- 17. Wearable Cardiac Detector.- 18. LQR Based TS-Fuzzy Logic Controller Design for Inverted Pendulum Coupled Cart System.- 19. An Effective Analysis of Healthcare Systems Using a Systems Theoretic Approach.- 20. Paper Batteries.- 21. Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Using Multiple Models with Second Level Adaptation.- 22. Chattering Free Adaptive Second Order Terminal Sliding Mode Controller for Uncertain System.- 23. Dynamical System Modeling and Simulation for Mechanical Torque Analysis developed by Wind Turbine Generator Excited with Different Wind Speed Profiles.- 24. A Methodology to Design a Validated Mode Transition Logic.- 25. A Model for Systematic Approach towards Solving Environmental Problems Based on Knowledge from Critical Case Studies.- 26. Numerical Study of Variable Lung Ventilation Strategies.- 27. Development of a Technique for Measurement of High Heat Flux.- 28. A Defaultable Financial Market with Complete Information.- 29. Application of Voltage Source Converter for Power Quality Improvement.- 30. Sensor Reduction in a PFC Based Isolated BL-SEPIC Fed BLDC Motor Drive.- 31. A Frequency Shifter Based Simple Control for Solar PV Grid Interfaced System.- 32. Development of Green Manufacturing System in Indian Apparel Industry.- 33. Significant Patterns Extraction to Find Most Effective Treatment for Oral Cancer Using Data Mining.- 34. Admission Control in Communication Networks Using Discrete Time Sliding Mode Control.- 35. A Comparison of NMRS with other Market Power Indices in Deregulated Electricity Market.