Our Faculty

Education

NPTEL Courses Completed

1. Sustainability through Green Manufacturing Systems: An Applied Approach – Course conducted by NPTEL
2. Manufacturing Process Technology I & II – Course conducted by NPTEL, recognized as Topper out of 740 candidates

Coursera Courses Completed

1. Introduction to Internet of Things – Course conducted by IIT Bombay on Coursera.

Technical Skills

Software Tools

• Witness Modelling & Simulation Software
• Node-Red Environment: for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services
• MATLAB Programming
• Statistical Software Expertise: Minitab
• Experienced in SolidWorks Modeling
• Python Programming
• LabVIEW Programming

Hardware Expertise

• Learning Factory Systems/Modular Production System (MPS) based Smart Factory
• Additive Manufacturing (FDM, SLA)
• IoT Sensors
• CNC Machining

Professional Appointments

International Experience

1. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)

• Presented at the Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation (LODiSA 2024) Conference, hosted by Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, UK (2024).
• Coordinated with IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation and University of Cambridge to implement Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring for Indian MSMEs.

2. Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

• Visiting Researcher at Technical University Braunschweig, Germany (2019).
• Coordinated the collaboration between BITS Pilani, India and Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik (IWF), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany from August 2018 to July 2022. https://www.igcsm.org/
• Provided mentoring and training to students and young researchers in the fields of smart and sustainable manufacturing.

Awards & Recognitions

• Honoured to serve as a “Session Chair” for special session on “Low-Cost Digital Twin Development” during the 4^th Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation (LoDiSA 2026) Conference, at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, one of the top 5 QS-ranked universities in the world, from 23–24 September 2026.
• Honoured to serve as a “Guest Editor” for Special Issue on “Digital twins for security testing”, an “Editorial Board Member” for Scientific Reports, a Nature portfolio, SCIE Indexed journal, and Discover Artificial Intelligence, a Springer journal.
• Honoured to serve as a member of International Scientific Committee for the 34^th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2027), Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany.
• Honoured to chair a session on “Supply Chain & Traceability” during the 3^rd Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation (LoDiSA 2025) Conference, held at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, one of the top 5 QS-ranked universities in the world, from 23–24 September 2025.
• International Scientific Committee: 33rd CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2027), Kamakura, Japan, Website Link: https://cirp-lce2026.jspe.or.jp/index.html
• Awarded “Chanakya Post-Doctoral Fellowship” by IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation (Grant Number: DI220003), a Technology Innovation Hub under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
• Industrial Automation (LoDiSA 2024) workshopsearcher Fellowship for collaborating, presenting and participating in the Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation (LoDiSA 2024) Conference, held October 1–2, 2024, at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
• Granted “Visiting Researcher Fellowship” for six months (May–November 2019) at the Institute of Machine Tool and Production Technology, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, under the Joint Indo-German Experience Lab (Project ID: 57219215), funded by DAAD with FESTO as the industry partner.
• Honoured to be appointed s an editorial board member for Scientific Reports, a reputed nature portfolio journal, indexed in SCIE and Scopus databases
• Awarded “Indo-German Project Scholarship” during 2018–2019 for doctoral studies at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, alongside the Institute Doctoral Fellowship (2020–2023).
• Granted “Ministry of Education Scholarship” for pursuing a master’s program (2012–2014) at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal.
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. (GATE) examinations four times in the year 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2018.

Organizing Roles & Responsibilities

• Coordinated an expert talk by our key collaborator Dr. Sri Kolla, Assistant Professor, Manufacturing System, University of Twente, Netherlands on “Human Centricity in Manufacturing in the Midst of the Digital Revolution” on 16^th February 2026, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus.
• Coordinated a webinar “From Data to Decisions: Driving Industry 4.0 Transformation Through Simulation & Optimization” on 25^th February 2026, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus, in technical collaboration with Nivid Informatics Private Limited.
• Organizing Committee Member for the 4^th Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation (LoDiSA 2026) Conference, at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, during 23–24 September 2026.
• Organizing Committee Member for the 3^rd Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation (LODiSA 2025), to be hosted at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom during September 23-24, 2025
• Organizing committee member for the event “Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring” jointly organized by IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation, IIT Indore, Mahindra Institute of Quality, and the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, held in Nashik and Indore (January 6–10, 2025).
• Contributed to writing reports for Research Projects and Grant Proposals for organizations such as Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
• Coordinated efforts between IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation and the University of Cambridge to implement Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring for Indian MSMEs.
• Contributed to establishing the Centre of Excellence in Smart Manufacturing, funded by IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) during post-doctoral tenure at IIT Indore
• Served on the technical committee for hardware and software procurement for the Centre of Excellence in Smart Manufacturing at IIT Indore.
• Served as a consultant and expert in modelling and simulation of manufacturing lines during post-doctoral tenure at IIT Indore.
• Organizing committee member for the 28^th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference 2021, held in Jaipur, India.
• Organizing committee member for the 6^th Indo-German Workshop on Sustainable Manufacturing & Entrepreneurship, jointly organized by BITS Pilani and Technical University Braunschweig, during September 17–18, 2018.
• Organizing committee for the 3^rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering, jointly organized by BITS Pilani and Technical University Braunschweig, on September 16, 2019.
• Actively involved in GATE teaching and resource development during tenure as an Assistant Professor at SRPEC, Unjha, Gujarat.

1. Digital Twins
2. Industrial Automation
3. Industrial Internet of Things
4. Industrial Engineering
5. Design Thinking
6. Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
7. Smart Manufacturing
8. Sustainable Manufacturing
9. Strength of Materials
10. Kinematics & Dynamics of Machine
11. Design of Machine Elements
12. Manufacturing Technologies
13. Additive Manufacturing
14. Operations Research

Workshops / Training Programs Attended

Faculty Development Programme (FDP)

1. Faculty Development Programme in Entrepreneurship – Conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad.
2. Industry 4.0: Strategic & Technological Perspectives for Indian Capital Goods Industries – Course conducted by Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur.
3. Computation and Experimental Methods in Manufacturing – Course conducted by Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal.
4. Applications for Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering – Course conducted by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
5. Manufacturing: Hindsight to Foresight – Course conducted by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
6. Faculty Development Programme for Design Engineering – Conducted by Gujarat Technological University.
7. Design of Experiments Using Taguchi Method and ANN – Course conducted by Pacific School of Engineering, Gujarat Technological University.
8. Product Development Using Ansys – Course conducted by SRPEC Engineering College, Gujarat Technological University.
9. Preparing Young Researchers – Course conducted by Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal.
10. Recent Advancements in Product Innovations and Design (RAPID-2014) – Course conducted by Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal.

Training Programs and Seminars

1. Modeling and Building Digital Supply Chain Twins using anyLogistix – Course conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai.
2. Machine Learning with MATLAB – Course conducted by MathWorks Training Services
3. Learning Industrial Automation – Course conducted by LinkedIn Learning
4. Introduction to PLC and Industrial Automation – Course conducted by LinkedIn Learning
5. IoT Foundations: Standards and Ecosystems – Course conducted by LinkedIn Learning
6. Learning SCADA: Collect, Analyze, and Visualize Data for Industrial Automation – Course conducted by LinkedIn Learning.
7. PLC: Industrial Sensors – Course conducted by LinkedIn Learning

PhD Supervision

1. PhD Supervisor for Mr. Santosh Kumar Rathore working on the topic of “Integration of Cyber-Physical Systems with Solar Energy Systems for Innovative and Sustainable Technological Solution.”
2. PhD Supervisor for Mr. Gurumurthy Vaida on the topic of “Integration of Digital Twins and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Sustainable Circular Manufacturing”
3. PhD Co-supervisor for Mr. Mohan R. on the topic of “Sustainable Supply Chain for Pharmaceutical Applications, enabled through Industry 4.0 Tools and Technologies.”

International Research Collaboration

• Prof. Christoph Herrmann, Professor, Sustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
• Dr. Anandarup Mukherjee, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Prof. Sebastian Thiede, Professor of Manufacturing Systems, University of Twente, Netherlands
• Prof. Felipe Cerdas, Professor for Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), Germany

Major Research Interests

1. Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 & 5.0, Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS)
2. Digital Twins & Industrial Artificial Intelligence for Smart Manufacturing
3. Smart and Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Industrial Automation
4. Smart Decision Making with Human Centricity in Focus
5. Sustainable Manufacturing: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), eco-efficient processes
6. Smart Production, Planning and Control including Smart Scheduling, Maintenance & Simulation
7. Industry 4.0 Readiness & MSME Transformation
8. Additive Manufacturing (FDM, SLA) & Subtractive Machining (Conventional & Non-Conventional Machining Process)
9. Modeling of Machining Process & Manufacturing Systems (Statistical Modelling, Neural Networks, Optimization Simulation)

Life Member

1. Affiliate Member, “IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation”
2. Life Member, “Indian Society for Technical Education”
3. Member, “International Association of Engineers”

Editorial Board Member

1. Springer Nature, “Scientific Reports”
2. Springer Nature, “Discover Artificial Intelligence”

Active Reviewer

1. Taylor and Francis, “International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing”
2. Springer Nature, “Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing”
3. Springer Nature, “International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM)”
4. Springer Nature, “Signal, Image and Video Processing”
5. Springer Nature, “Scientific Reports”
6. Springer Nature, “The Visual Computer”
7. Springer Nature, “Discover Applied Sciences”
8. Elsevier, “Computers and Industrial Engineering”
9. Elsevier, “Applied Soft Computing”
10. Elsevier, “American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics”
11. Elsevier, “Engineering applications of artificial intelligence”
12. Elsevier, “Procedia Manufacturing”
13. Elsevier, “Procedia CIRP”
14. World Scientific, “Journal of Industrial Integration and Management”

• Delivered an expert talk on the topic of “Enabling Smart Manufacturing: A Cyber-Physical Production System Framework Leveraging Cloud, Fog, and Edge Computing for Online Monitoring and Control” for the course “Edge Computing and Its Applications” as part of the course curriculum, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur. (October 28, 2025 & November 5, 2025.
• Delivered an insightful session on “Exploring Opportunities through GATE 2026” organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai, (September 10, 2025)
• Delivered an expert talk on the topic of “Recent trends and challenges in Cyber Physical System”, organized by DAVV Incubation Centre, Indore (April 22, 2025).
• Introduced and demonstrated Witness Simulation Software for enhancing shopfloor performance at the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring event (January 2025).
• Demonstrated capabilities of 3D Printing and Learning Factory in the AICTE ATAL FDP on “Manufacturing: Hindsight to Foresight,” organized by BITS Pilani (July 16–20, 2021).
• Delivered a talk on “Industry 4.0: Its Present and Future Role in Manufacturing” at an online FDP organized by SAGE University, Indore (August 25–27, 2020).
• Presented a poster at the Ph.D. Workshop organized by the Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF), Braunschweig (May 31, 2020).