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Engineering from Govt. College, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, M.Tech. degree from National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand and Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana. He has more than 16 years of teaching/research experience. He has more than 30 research papers in various international and national journals, conferences and a patent granted in the design of helmet by Government of India in the year 2019. His current research areas include ergonomics, quality management, virtual reality. He has reviewed various research papers and is an editorial board member of Journal of Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering, International Journal of Engineering Research in Mechanical and Civil Engineering and MAT Journals. He received a Certificate of Appreciation & Award from KIET group of Institutions for superior performance in academics. He has also authored two books for undergraduate students Laboratory Manual Engineering Mechanics Lab and Elements of Mechanical Engineering.



Dr. Pavan Kumar Kankar is currently working as an Associate Professor in Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore. He is having more than 14 years of teaching and research experience. He had obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. His research interests include vibration, design, condition monitoring of mechanical components, nonlinear dynamics, soft computing, etc. He has published more than 100 papers in refereed journals and conferences. He is a reviewer of many journals including Journal of Sound and Vibration, Applied Acoustics, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Journal of Vibration and Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology. He has been awarded certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing for Applied Acoustics Journal in June 2017 and awarded outstanding reviewer status for Journal of Sound and Vibration in November 2015. He also served as a guest editor of the special issue of various journals including Advances in Mechanical Engineering, International Journal of Rotating Machinery and Shock and Vibration Journal. He is a member of professional bodies like the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Reliability and Safety (SRESA), Tribology Society of India and International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV).



Dr. Harish Kumar is currently working as Assistant Professor in National Institute of Technology Delhi. He has more than 15 years of research and academic experience and served as Scientist at different grades in CSIR - National Physical Laboratory, India. He has been an active researcher in the areas of mechanical measurement and metrology. He has worked as a guest researcher at National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA in 2016. He has been instrumental in the ongoing redefinition of the kilogram in India. He has authored more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He is an active reviewer of many reputed journals related to measurement, metrology, and related areas.