Dr. Ajay is currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Technology, JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Advanced Manufacturing from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India after B.Tech. (Hons.) and M.Tech. (Distinction) from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His areas of research include Artificial Intelligence, Materials, Incremental Sheet Forming, Additive Manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Waste management, and optimization techniques. He has over 60 publications in international journals of repute including SCOPUS, Web of Science and SCI indexed database and refereed international conferences. He has also co-authored the textbook Incremental Sheet Forming Technologies: Principles, Merits, Limitations, and Applications (CRC Press, Taylor and Francis). He has recently edited a book, entitled Advancements in Additive Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence, Nature Inspired and Bio-Manufacturing (Elsevier). He has organized various national and international events including an international conference on Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI-2021) as conference chair. He has more than 15 national and international patents in his credit. He has supervised more than 8 M.Tech, Ph.D scholars and numerous undergraduate projects/thesis. He has a total of 13 years of experience in teaching and research. He is a Guest Editor and Review Editor of reputed journals including Frontiers in Sustainability. He has contributed many international conferences/ symposiums as a session chair, expert speaker, member of editorial board. He has won several proficiency awards during the course of his career, including merit awards, best teacher awards, and so on.He has been adviser of Association of Engineers and Technocrats (AET) and has also authored many in-house course notes, lab manuals, monographs and invited chapters in books. He has organized a series of Faculty Development Programmes, International Conferences, workshops, and seminar for researchers, PhD, UG and PG level students. His area of research include additive manufacturing, die less sheet forming, intelligent manufacturing systemsHe teaches the following courses at the graduate and post graduated level: Additive Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Smart Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Material Science, CAM, Operations Research, Optimization Techniques, Engineering Mechanics, Computer Graphics, Design of Experiments and research Methodology and so on. He is associated with many research, academic, and professional societies in various capacities. Key links:Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=TmZS4JIAAAAJ&hl=enPublons Profile: https://publons.com/researcher/1596469/ajay-kumar/Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ajay_Kumar349ResearcherID: D-5813-2019ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7306-1902 Mr. Parveen is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rawal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, India. Currently, he is pursuing Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. He completed his B.Tech. (Hons.) from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India and M.Tech. (Distinction) in Manufacturing and Automation from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His areas of research include Materials, Die less Forming, Additive Manufacturing, CAD/CAM and optimization techniques. He has over 20 publications in international journals of repute, including SCOPUS, Web of Science and SCI indexed database and refereed international conferences. He has five national and international patents in his credit. He has supervised four M.Tech. scholars and numerous undergraduate projects/thesis. He has a total of 12 years of experience in teaching and research. He has organized a series of Faculty Development Programmes, workshops, and seminar for researcher, UG-level students. He is associated with many research, academic, and professional societies in various capacities.Key links:Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=ESQ-RnYAAAAJORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2922-6228Dr. Ashwini Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SGT University, Gurugram, India. Prior to joining the university Dr. Kumar gained 11 plus years of experience holding different academic and research responsibilities in different organizations. He has completed his research in Optimal Thermohydraulic Performance of Three sides Artificially Roughened Solar Air Heaters at the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. He received the Doctor of Philosophy from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. He has authored several scientific articles in high-impact journals. His research contribution includes articles on Artificial Roughness, Heat Transfer, Composites, Solar Air Heaters, Coatings, CFD Analysis, Fins and Flow Analysis, and Thermal Optimization Techniques. He has received the Best Session Paper Award at international conferences, 2016 in NIT Patna and "Academic Excellence Award" for the session 2018–2019 by Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Jaipur, during the international conference ETCDWP-II, 2019, February 12–14, 2019, Jaipur, India. Dr. Kumar is associated with many universities; along with that he is an editorial board member of reputed journals and also a reviewer of international journals (SCI and Scopus Index). He has published total 93 research items to date, which include 20 papers in SCI/Scopus, 18 international /national conferences, books and book chapters with a total Google Scholar citation of 1150. He has 13 patents in his credit to date. He also looks forward to guiding many research scholars often developing their own interest in the field for which he is expediter. He believes that Science, Engineering, and Technology are advancing at a fast pace and obsolescence of physical infrastructure, skills, and competence take place rapidly. He is keen on taking steps to improve the existing infrastructure, investment, and intellectual strength wherever they exist and network them so as to utilize them effectively and optimally for meeting changing needs. Not only does he profess the values of Indian culture but he also practices many of the fundamental principles of humanity and society. While dedicating himself to the cause of creating a world class infrastructure, he has also undertaken community service in various parts of India out of his quest to contribute more to society.Key links:ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3120-0294Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=brGZQk0AAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=0Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr-Kumar-68Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56420717600Prof. (Dr.) R.K. Mittal began his academic career at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), India, one of the top universities of India, in 1975 and retired from there as Senior Professor in 2018. He headed the offshore campus of BITS Pilani at Dubai, UAE, as Director, and was the Vice-Chancellor of a private university, K.R.Mangalam University, Gurugram, India. In his academic endeavour, he has introduced, developed and taught a wide spectrum of courses in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and in emerging and interdisciplinary areas, at the graduate and postgraduate levels, including product design, reliability engineering, control systems, systems modelling, robotics & intelligent systems, Mechatronics, MEMS and nanotechnology. He is a life member of international professional societies IEEE and ACM.Prof. Mittal is author/co-author of over 85 technical papers and has co-authored popular textbooks, including Elements of Manufacturing Processes (PHI Learning); Robotics & Control (McGraw-Hill); Incremental Sheet Forming Technologies: Principles, Merits, Limitations, and Applications (CRC Press, Taylor and Francis); and edited the book Advancements in Additive Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence, Nature Inspired and Bio-Manufacturing (Elsevier; in press). He was editor of two international conference proceedings and has also authored many in-house course notes, lab manuals, monographs and invited chapters in books. Seven students have completed Ph.D.'s under his supervision and His research interests include robust robot design, robot-path planning, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), nanotechnology, software engineering, software testing and e-waste. He has guided more than sixty M.E. and M.S. dissertations and numerous undergraduate projects/theses.At BITS Pilani, he held a series of leadership positions including, Director (Special Projects); Director BITS-Pilani Dubai Campus, Deputy Director Administration; Dean, Academic Registration and Counselling Division and Founder Chief, Computer Assisted Housekeeping Unit, IEEE Student Branch Counsellor, amongst others. He was instrumental in establishing the BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA) and was its Founder President. He received B.E. (Hons.) & M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, and Ph.D. degrees from BITS Pilani, India. He obtained the highest rank in order of merit in M.E. and was awarded the Institute’s Gold Medal.Key links:ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6761-0345Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=rwWOPY8AAAAJResearch Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Mittal3Scopus Author ID: 36869748000Mr. Rajesh Goel completed Mechanical engineering at the Regional Engineering College (NIT Kurkushetra) in year 1998. He started his career as design engineer. He completed his M.S. in Quality Management from Birla Institute of Technology (BITS), Pilani. He continued to grow his industrial career and worked for 14 years in different roles of quality and environmental functions. He worked in business excellence for year and on a project of Business Excellence Sustainability Task (BEST), where the integration of all management systems has been done (QMS + EMS + OHSAS + Social Accountability). The project has been awarded the Siemens Excellence Award. For industrial technology transfer travelled and stayed in Japan for six month in Osaka and Toyama and learned the Japanese language. For continue learning he joined the Senior Management Program at IIM Calcutta in 2012. He has participated in and presented research papers on Integrated Management, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Manufacturing, and Behavior-based Safety at numerous international conferences. Two research papers have been published in research journals, and around six papers have been published in conference proceedings.He has worked in different industries and had leadership roles in different functions in manufacturing. He contnues to learn and has joined the PhD program at the Swiss School of Business Management (SSBM) Geneva, completing research on Sustainable Manufacturing for MSME in Indian industries. He is currently working at Sage Metals Ltd as Vice President and heading all Indian operations, handling a revenue of $65MN. He is managing three manufacturing facilities in India alongside his continued learning approach.
