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Kerala University, M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Louisiana State University in USA specializing in the field of Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Management in the area of New Industrial Engineering from Kerala University. Prof Subramoniam's research focuses on human factors engineering including manual materials handling, design of tools/equipment, usability studies and New Industrial Engineering. He has authored more than a hundred papers in journals and conferences, and has authored one book. He has worked in Indian Space Research Organization and also in Universities in Saudi Arabia and Oman and has produced Six PhD's. He is a Fellow of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering.
Rauf Iqbal is a researcher, teacher and consultant in Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering. He is an Associate Professor and In-Charge of Ergonomics Laboratory at the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. He holds a PhD degree in Ergonomics. He teaches Ergonomics and Human Factors, Layout and Facilities Planning and Worksystem design to the master's students of Industrial Engineering, and Manufacturing Management. and his research interest is Worksystem design, Engineering Anthropometry and workspace design, Biomechanics of human movement, Occupational ergonomics and Safety management.Rauf Iqbal has publications of over 120 as journal articles, edited books, book chapters and conference proceedings. He has been regularly presenting and chairing sessions at International conferences over the last 15 years. He has guided several scholars for the PhD degree as well as master's theses. He has reviewed articles for various International journals and also has examined PhD thesis from national and international universities. He is member of various international and national committees like, - BRICS Plus Executive Committee for Human Factors and Ergonomics, Council member of Asian Council on Ergonomics and Design, Ergonomics sectional committee for Bureau of Indian Standards, Executive committee member of Indian Society of Ergonomics etc. He has carried out various projects funded by the Government as well as International Labour Organization. He has been conducting training and consultancy for numerous industries in the areas of ergonomics, work study, work systems design and Safety management.
Vivek Khanzode is Associate Professor at National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai. He holds MTech and PhD in Industrial Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He teaches Operations and Supply Chain Management, Worksystem Design, Simulation Modeling and Lean Manufacturing in postgraduate programs at NITIE. He has designed and launched executive and leadership programs in manufacturing and logistics domain. Prof Khanzode is associated with manufacturing industries for productivity improvement projects using lean manufacturing, process control and robust optimization techniques. His research interests include modeling, design, and optimization of manufacturing and logistics systems.