Mentors Profile
Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam
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Disruptive Human Resource Management
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Rama Koteswara Rao Kondasani currently works at the School of Management Sciences (SOMS), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. He does research in Marketing. His area of research is Service Quality, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Research, Business Analytics and Customer Satisfaction
Director - Prism Philosophy
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Director - Prism Philosophy
Chairperson - ISTD Delhi
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Disruptive Human Resource Management
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Dr. Anubha Walia is the Founder Director of Prism Philosophy, Chairperson with Indian Society for Training & Development Delhi chapter, has played a pioneering role in setting up one of India’s best Corporate training, Executive Coaching & Wellness firms which has grown to leading people & development of an organizations.
She herself is a prolific Learning & Development professional with a rich dossier of more than two decades of experience after working with Honeywell & ICICI Bank, engaged in various Human Process Intervention at National & International level . She has empowered more than 100000 professionals, has 30 research papers & case studies to her credit. She has authored two books 'Fundamentals of Research’ and ‘500 Powerful Coaching Questions’ and became the first lady in India to do research followed by a PhD in Followership styles & Leadership styles.
She was honored with Best Executive Coach Award by Coach Awards Singapore, BML Munjal Awards for attaining Business Excellence in Learning and Development', Female Entrepreneur Achievers Award by Delhi Management Association, Global Famine Entrepreneur Award by Dr Kalam’s International Foundation, Emerging HRD thinker award (Gold Medalist thrice) for 5 consecutive years by ISTD and many more. Presently she is training & coaching in 23 countries creating an experience by empowering women ensuring that everyone's voice is heard, opinions are considered, creating a very close-knit group of team who treats one another like family.
Associate Professor
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Associate Professor
Strategic Management Area XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur (XLRI)
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Disruptive Human Resource Management
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Dr. Arindam Mondal is currently working as Associate Professor in the Strategic Management Area at XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur (XLRI). He has a PhD in Strategic Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta. He also holds a B. E (Electrical Engineering, with Honours) from IIEST, Shibpur. He has been researching in the broader area of multinationals from emerging economies and their business strategies for the last ten years. He has published his research work in many reputed international journals such as, Global Strategy Journal, Management International Review, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research etc. He has presented his research work at multiple international management conferences in India, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Italy, and Denmark. His teaching interest lies in the fields of Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and New Venture creation, Emerging Market Strategy, and Family Business Strategy.
Professor in Mechanical Engineering
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Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Laboratory of Mechanics, Modelling and Production National School of Engineers of Sfax University of Sfax
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Industry 4.0
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Fakher Chaari is full Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the National School of Engineers of Sfax, University of Sfax – Tunisia. His personal research focuses on Machine and Structural dynamics and Vibroacoustic. He is the author of more than 180 papers and book chapters. He chaired several conferences and edited proceedings of conferences. He is editor of two Springer Book Series “Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering” and “Applied Condition Monitoring”. He was also guest editor in special issues of Applied Acoustics, European Journal of Computational Mechanics and Mechanics and Industry journals. He is the Author of more than 180 journal papers and book chapters. His Research interest includes Dynamics of Mechanical Systems. He is general secretary of Tunisian Society of Industrial Acoustics and Vibration (ATAVI) and member of Tunisian Society of Mechanics (ATM).
Professor, Director of Manufacturing Technology Laboratory
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Professor, Director of Manufacturing Technology Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens School of Mechanical Engineering.
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Industry 4.0
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George-Christopher Vosniakos studied Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and obtained an MSc and a PhD from UMIST-Britainin Advanced Manufacturing Technology in 1991. He has worked in the CADCAM industry in Germany and as a Lecturer at UMIST. In 1999 he joined NTUA, where he is currently Professor of Manufacturing Systems and director of the Manufacturing Technology Laboratory. He has authored106 Journal papers and over 100Conferencepapers obtaining 2497 Scopus citations. He is member of the editorial board of 6 major International Journals. His recent research interests include AI and VR in Manufacturing.
Associate Dean for Research Professor
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Associate Dean for Research Professor
Operations Management and Information Systems Department KEDGE Business School Campus Bordeaux, France.
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Industry 4.0
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Prof. Olga Battaïa has a Full Professor position in Department of Operations Management and Information Systems. She obtained her PhD form the École des mines de Saint-Etienne in France in 2007, for which she was granted the Best PhD Thesis Award by the French Research Cluster on Modelling, Analysis and Management of Dynamic Systems. She serves as Associated Editor for several international peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Manufacturing Systems (ELSEVIER), IISE Transactions (former IIE Transactions) and Omega-The International Journal of Management Science. She is also a an Associate member of CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering) and a Member of IFAC Technical Committee 5.2. Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control. Her research interests lie in the domains of Supply Chain Management, Sustainable manufacturing, Operations Research, Combinatorial optimization, Decision Support Systems. Olga Battaïa co-authored about 200 scientific publications, participated in several European research projects and was involved in organizing several renowned international conferences across Europe and other countries. She co-supervised 11 PhD students.
Professor Director
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Professor Director
UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center
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Industry 4.0
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Dr. Rajit Gadh is a Professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and the Founding Director of the UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center or SMERC. He is also Founder and Director of the *Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium or WINMEC. Dr. Gadh’s research interests include Smart Grid, Micro Grids, Electric Vehicle to Grid Integration, Electric Vehicle (EV) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV), Smart Transportation, AI and machine learning in EV and AV management. He has over 200 papers in journals, conferences and technical magazines, and, 5 patents granted. He has a Doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Masters from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s degree from IIT Kanpur. He has taught as a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, has been an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and did his sabbatical as a visiting researcher at Stanford University for a year. He has won several awards from NSF (CAREER award, Research Initiation Award, NSF-Lucent Industry Ecology Award, GOAL-I award), SAE (Ralph Teetor award), IEEE (second best student-paper, WTS), ASME (Kodak Best Technical Paper award), AT&T (Industrial ecology fellow award), Engineering Education Foundation (Research Initiation Award), William Wong Fellowship award from University of Hong-Kong, etc., and other accolades in his career. He is on the Editorial board of ACM Computers in Entertainment Publication and the CAD Journal.
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
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Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-208016 (India).
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Industry 4.0
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Sir JC Bose National Fellow & SBI Endowed Chair Professor
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Sir JC Bose National Fellow & SBI Endowed Chair Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Industry 4.0
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Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal obtained his Undergraduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering (1994) from Malviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur and his MTech (Energy, 1996) and PhD (Energy, 1999) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. After his Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1999 – 2001) at the ERC, UW, Madison, USA, he returned to India in 2001 and joined IIT Kanpur. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Loughborough, UK; Photonics Institute, University of Vienna, Austria; Hanyang University and KAIST, South Korea. Prof. Agarwal is interested in research in IC engines, combustion, conventional and alternative fuels, Methanol/ DME/ Hydrogen/ HCNG fuelled engine development, LCA and TCO analyses, Fuel sprays, Lubricating oil tribology, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, particulates and emission control, and large bore engines. He has developed laser-fired hydrogen and CNG engines in automotive sizes and developed the first electronic fuel injection system equipped with a locomotive engine for Indian Railways. Currently, Prof. Agarwal is developing Methanol and DME-fuelled engines/ vehicles for the automotive/ agricultural sectors. Prof. Agarwal has published over 510 peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers, 63 edited books, and 129 book chapters, attracting 15200+ Scopus and 23000+ Google Scholar citations. Prof. Agarwal is the Editor of 'FUEL', Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, ASME Open Journal of Engineering, International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, and the Journal of the Institute of Engineers (Series C) and an editorial board member of IMechE International Journal of Engine Research. He edited Wiley VCH, Germany's "Handbook of Combustion" (5 Volumes; 3168 pages), the most updated combustion compilation globally. For his outstanding contributions, Prof. Agarwal is conferred upon Sir J C Bose National Fellowship (2019) by SERB, SAE India Foundation GURU Award (2022), WSSET Innovation Award-2022, Clarivate Analytics India Citation Award-2017 in Engineering and Technology, Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2016) in Engineering Sciences, Rajib Goyal Prize in Physical Sciences (2015); NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award (2012); INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award (2012); Dr C. V. Raman Young Teachers Award (2011); SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (2008); INSA Young Scientist Award (2007); UICT Young Scientist Award (2007); INAE Young Engineer Award (2005); Devendra Shukla Research Fellowship (2009-12), Poonam and Prabhu Goyal Endowed Chair Professorship (2013-16), SBI Endowed Chair Professorship (2018-21, 2022-25) at IIT Kanpur; AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers (2004); DST Young Scientist Award (2002); and DST BOYSCAST Fellowship (2002), in addition to inaugural version of Distinguished Alumni Award-2021 by MNIT Jaipur and Distinguished Alumni Award-2022 by IIT Delhi. Prof. Agarwal is a highly cited researcher-2018 in and is among the top ten HCRs from India, among 4000 HCR researchers globally in 22 fields of enquiry. He is India's number one Energy researcher in the recently declared Stanford University listing of the top 2% of researchers globally. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers International, USA (SAE; 2012), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME; 2013), Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE; 2015), International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES; 2016), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC; 2018), National Academy of Science Allahabad (NASI; 2018), World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET-2020), American Association for Advancement in Science (AAAS; 2020) and Combustion Institute USA (CI; 2022). He is featured in the DST Golden Jubilee Coffee Table Book "75 under 50 Scientists Shaping Today's INDIA," released by Vigyan Prasar, Government of India, on National Science Day, February 28th, 2022.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gujarat, India
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Industry 4.0
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Soumyadip Sett is an Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar. He completed his B.Tech. in Power Engineering from Jadavpur in 2011 and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2016. Prior to joining IIT Gandhinagar in 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Energy Transport Research Laboratory under the guidance of Prof. Nenad Miljkovic at UIUC, USA. His research interest intersects the multidisciplinary fields of thermo-fluid science, interfacial phenomena, and renewable energy. His research group at IIT Gandhinagar investigates thermal and fluid transport during liquid-vapor phase change for energy and thermal management applications. His research efforts have so far resulted in 48 peer-reviewed journal publications, 1 book chapter, and 2 patents. His research has been recognized with the prestigious Deans Fellowship from UIC in 2015 for outstanding graduate research during his PhD, and Excellence Fellowship from IIT Gandhinagar, among others.
Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India.
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Industry 4.0
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Prof. Krishnan Balasubramaniam has been involved in the field of Non-destructive evaluation for more than Twenty Five years with applications in the fields of maintenance, quality assurance, manufacturing and design. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and also serves as the Head of the Centre for Non- Destructive Evaluation. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras (Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli, India) in 1984. He then graduated from Drexel University, Philadelphia, from the department of Mechanical Engineering with a M.S. degree in 1986 and a Ph. D. in the year 1989. Before joining IIT in 2000, he was employed as an Associate Professor with the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at Mississippi State University.
Associate Professor 405, Machine Design Section Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Associate Professor 405, Machine Design Section Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai, India
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Industry 4.0
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Dr. Piyush Shakya received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi in 2015. He finished my Dual Degree (B. Tech in Mechanical and M. Tech in Product Design) from IIT Madras in 2006. He worked as “Member R&D” in TVS motor company, Hosur from 2006 to 2010. Prior to joining IIT Madras, He was a Research Fellow in the School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing at the Cranfield University. His research interests include structural health monitoring, fault diagnosis and prognosis, machine elements (rolling element bearing and gears), and signal processing. He is interested in developing condition monitoring techniques capable of accounting for different types of variations present in practical scenarios (data set to data set variations, defect topography variations etc.).