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Dr. Bangarubabu Popuri is Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology, Warangal - 506004, Telangana, INDIA, Dr. Popuri received his Ph.D. degree in Flexible Multi body Dynamics Applied to Robot Manipulators (Mechanical Engineering) in 1992 from IIT Madras; M.Tech. Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Design Elective) from IISc, Bangalore, in 1988; B.Tech. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nagarjuna University in 1985. Dr. Popuri has more than 20 years of experience in academics and industry. He has authored more than 10 research papers published in reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of several national and international advisory committees. He has handled several sponsored research projects with funding support from DRDO, NTPC, etc. He has worked on several industrial consultancy projects. He has supervised a number of M.Tech dissertations and 2 Ph.D. theses. Currently, 8research scholars are working in his research group. Dr. Popuri is actively engaged in research work on the mechanical vibrations, vibration control, finite element analysis, mechanism science, engineering design, rotor dynamics, vehicle dynamics.

Dr. Amit Tyagi is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. He has 18 years of academic experience. He obtained his B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from G. B. Pant University of Agri and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. He obtained M. Tech. and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, respectively. His major areas of research interests include vibration analysis, structural health monitoring, FEM and wavelets. He has published 19 research papers in various international journals of repute.

Dr. Nathi Ram Chauhan is working as an Associate Professor & Training and Placement Officer (TPO) in the Department of MAE at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) Delhi (India). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee and M.Tech with specialization in Machine Design Engineering from IIT Roorkee. He did B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from BIET Jhansi (An Autonomous Institute Funded by the U.P. Government). He headed the Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering from December 2014 to December 2017. He has also worked as Course Coordinator for M.Tech in Robotics and Automation from October 2014 to July 2019. He has delivered several expert lectures in various faculty development programmes. His students have participated in various car design and fabrication events within and outside of India and won many awards. He was the member of various committees such as board of studies, academic council, financial committee, departmental research committee and others. He is a Life Member of Tribology Society of India and was member of Society of Automotive Engineers, India. He is currently supervising Ph.D students in the field of machine design engineering, tribology, fluid film bearings, alternate fuels and composite materials. He has a teaching experience of more than 18 years. He has published more than 100 papers in international/national journals and conferences of repute.

Dr. Ashish Gupta is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. L Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained his B.Tech (Mechanical) from Uttar Pradesh Technical University; M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) from Sant Longowal Institute of Technology (SLIET Longowal) and PhD from Delhi Technological University (formerly called Delhi College of Engineering), Delhi. His major areas of research interests include vehicle dynamics, bondgraph modeling, system dynamics and control, rotor dynamics, and bio-mechanics. He has published more than 15 papers in reputed international journals and conferences. He is actively involved in industrial consultancy and projects. He has reviewed many papers for different reputed international journals.