Industrial Engineering and Management

B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering, REC (Now NIT), Warangal), MBA (Marketing, IGNOU) and Ph.D (Engineering, Jadavpur University), is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has 14 years of teaching & research and over 11 years of industrial experience in a manufacturing unit of global repute. His areas of teaching and research interest are CAD / CAM, Quality Management Systems, Optimization, Non-conventional Machining, Rapid Prototyping and Composites. He has 9 patents, 2 books, 8 book chapters, 96 international journal publications, 18 international and 8 national conference publications to his credit. He is on the editorial board and review panel of 8 international and 1 national journal of repute. He has been felicitated with many awards and honours.

Divya Zindani (BE, Mechanical Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota), presently pursuing M.E. (Design of Mechanical Equipment, BIT Mesra). He has over 2 years of Industrial experience. His areas of interest are optimization, product and process design, CAD/CAM/CAE and rapid prototyping. He has 1 patent, 5 international journal and 4 international conference publications to his credit.