Dr. Arbind Prasad has completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He has filled 4 patents out of his research work. He has numerous international Journal papers, book chapters and reputed conference papers to his credit. Dr. Arbind Prasad has obtained various prestigious awards such as Sponsored Research Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) award from IIT Kanpur, Best Oral presentation from American Chemical Society, Best paper awards from IIT Guwahati during Research Conclave. He has been invited to deliver talks at various organizations of repute. He has coordinated various faculty development programmes, short term courses, symposium, national seminars and completed research projects sponsored under various Government schemes in India. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head (Mechanical Engineering) in the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar, Posted at Katihar Engineering College, Katihar, Bihar, India. His main areas of interest include manufacturing, machining, polymer composites, biomaterials, materials processing and orthopedic biomedical applications. He is also a lifetime member of SPSI, Pune, MRSI, SBAOI, APA, and ISTE. Dr. Ashwani Kumar received Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) in the area of Mechanical Vibration and Design. He is currently working as Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering (Gazetted Officer Class II) at Technical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh (Government of Uttar Pradesh) India since December 2013. He has worked as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University Dehradun India from July 2010 to November 2013. He has more than 11 years of research and academic experience in mechanical and materials engineering. He is Series Editor of book series “Advances in Manufacturing, Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques” published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis) USA. He is Associate Editor for International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS) Indexed in ESCI/Scopus and DOAJ. He is editorial board member of 4 international journals and acts as review board member of 20 prestigious (Indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus) international journals with high impact factor i.e. Applied Acoustics, Measurement, JESTEC, AJSE, SV-JME, and LAJSS. In addition he has published 85 research articles in journals, book chapters and conferences. He has authored/co-authored cum edited 13 books of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He is associated with International Conferences as Invited Speaker/ Advisory Board/Review Board member. He has delivered many invited talks in webinar, FDP and Workshops. He has been awarded as Best Teacher for excellence in academic and research. He has successfully guided 12 B.Tech., M.Tech and Ph.D. thesis. In administration he is working as coordinator for AICTE, E.O.A., Nodal officer for PMKVY-TI Scheme (Government of India) and internal coordinator for CDTP scheme (Government of Uttar Pradesh).He is currently involved in the research area of Machine Learning, Advanced Materials, Machining & Manufacturing Techniques, Biodegradable Composites, Heavy Vehicle Dynamics and Coriolis Mass Flow Sensor. Dr. Kishor Kumar Gajrani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Chennai, India. He has done M.Tech and Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Thereafter, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He has published 27 international journals and book chapters of repute as well as attended numerous conferences. His research interests are broadly related to the advancement of sustainable machining processes, advanced materials, tribology, coatings, green lubricants and coolants and food packaging.
