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Dr. Rishi Kumar

Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai

Qualification: Ph.D., M.Tech., B.Tech
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Research Interest: Industry 4.0/Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS)/Smart Manufacturing
Smart Decision Making using Industrial Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin
Sustainable Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing (FDM, SLA)
Smart Production, Planning and Control including Distributed Scheduling and Maintenance
Machining (Conventional & Non-Conventional Machining Process)
Modeling of Machining Process & Manufacturing Systems (Statistical Modelling, Neural Networks, Optimization Simulation)

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Bio

Dr. Rishi Kumar currently serves as Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus. 

He has more than five years of Teaching and Research Experience. He has published 17 +Research Articles in Peer-reviewed International Journals (SCI, SCIE, ESCI, and Scopus indexed journal) with the highest Impact Factor of 7.20 and 1 Book Chapters. He has been a visiting researcher at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. He has travelled to the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom to participate, present research, and collaborate in the field of Industry 4.0. He specializes in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS)/Industry 4.0 technologies, where he integrates IoT, AI, data analytics, and sustainability into manufacturing, enhancing efficiency and resilience through advanced digital technologies and optimization techniques. In addition to that, he has attended various International Conferences, Faculty Development programs, Workshops, and Training Programs. Currently, he serves as an Active Reviewer for several reputable journals

Qualifications
YEAR DEGREE/PROGRAM INSTITUTION
2018 – 2024 Ph.D. (CSE) Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India
Dissertation Title: Development of a Cyber-Physical Production System (CPPS) Framework for Smart Manufacturing Analytics and Management
2012 – 2014 M. Tech. (Industrial Design) Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
2008 – 2012 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Experience

Professional Appointments

YEAR DEPARTMENT
May 2025 to Present Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai Campus
March 2024 – May 2025 Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, India
November 2023 – February 2024 Project Intern, IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation, Indore, India
June 2014 – April 2018 Assistant Professor, Smt. S.R. Patel Engineering College, Gujarat

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.
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