Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation

Dr. Hari Vasudevan has his Masters in Production Engineering as well as Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering from VJTI (University of Mumbai) and Ph.D. from IIT Bombay. He has also done a 3 month full time certificate programme (ERP-BaaN) from S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai under the University Synergy Programme of BaaN Institute, Netherlands. His areas of interest include Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Systems & Strategy, Market Orientation of Manufacturing Firms and World Class Manufacturing. He is an approved Ph.D. guide at the University of Mumbai and NMIMS (Deemed to be University) and has so far guided 10 Ph.D. students for their degree. He is the President of Indian Society of Manufacturing Engineering (ISME), Life member of ISTE, New Delhi, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers India, Fellow of ISME and a Senior Member of IEDRC. He has 28 years of experience in teaching and 2 years of experience in industry. Presently he isworking as the Principal of Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. He has published over 132 papers in international conferences and journals as well as in national conferences and journals.

Dr. K. N. Vijaya Kumar heads the department of Mechanical Engineering at D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering Mumbai. He completed his Masters Degree in Engineering Management from SJCE Mysore, Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering with Machine Design as specialization from SPCE, Mumbai and Ph.D from university of Mumbai. He has 32 years of teaching experience and published 58 papers in national and international journals and conferences. He is an approved Ph.D guide at Mumbai University, Pune University and JJTU University, and has so far guided 2 Ph.D. students. He worked as a guest faculty at NITIE Mumbai. His areas of interest are Quality Engineering, World Class Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and System Dynamics. He is the life member of professional bodies like ISNDT, IIIE, ISTE, and ISME.

Dr. Amool Raina is currently working as a Sr. Manager - Industrialisation and Production Technology at Oxford Space Systems (OSS). His work at OSS consists of managing the satellite component manufacturing and assembly team. He has successfully delivered 3 satellite in-orbit deployments. He heads the industrialisation programme for Helical and Wrapped Rib Antennas for telecom and SAR missions. He has a work experience of over 13 years in the aerospace and renewable industry. Previously, Dr. Raina led the aerospace programme at the Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University. His doctoral dissertation received highest distinction majoring in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kansas. He has led projects in collaboration with NASA GRC, DLR and MTU Aeroengines. He serves as an expert reviewer for the European Union's funding programmes. Dr. Raina is the co-editor of 2 books and has published over 45 peer reviewed papers.