Dr. T.S. Sudarshan is the President and CEO of Materials Modification, Inc. He has a PhD from Virginia Tech and has been responsible for driving the company’s technological leadership in the development of next-generation materials, processes and techniques for the past 37 years. Dr Sudarshan has served on the National Materials Advisory Board, Ohio; Third Frontier Committees, Ohio; Federal Research Network; ASM International Board; Committees for the Army, NSF, NIH and DoE and Selection Committee for the R&D100 awards. He has published more than 180 papers. He is editor of two journals - Materials and Manufacturing Processes since 1988 and Surface Engineering since 1996; coeditor of 35 books, and holder of 36 patents. He is Fellow of ASM International, Fellow of IFHTSE, Fellow of IMMM, UK, and Distinguished Alumni of IITM. He has also been on the Advisory Board of ATI, South Carolina and several other companies as a consultant.
Apurbba Kumar Sharma is currently a Full-Professor in Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Joint Faculty in the Department of Design at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He has also led the academic administration of the institute as the Dean of Academic Affairs. He has been the founding coordinator of the Design Innovation Centre at IIT Roorkee. He has supervised sixteen doctoral programs and completed several externally funded research projects. He has published more than 130 research articles in journals and filed eleven patents in India. He has chaired several technical sessions in International conferences including in MSEC (ASME) in the USA. He represents IIT Roorkee as the Principal Member in the Pneumatic Tools Sectional Committee, PGD08 of Production and General Engineering Department at the Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi. His prime research interests include - advanced machining and and finishing, micro machining and microwave material processing. Prof. Sharma is a DAAD fellow, a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Member of ASME (USA) and SME (USA).
Dr. Rahul Dev Misra has got his B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Jorhat Engineering College under Dibrugarh University in 1991. He did his M.Tech (Energy Studies) from IIT Delhi in 1996. He has got the Ph.D. degree from IIT Roorkee in 2004. Dr. Misra joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (formerly, Regional Engineering College) Silchar in 1992 as Lecturer. Presently he is serving as Professor (HAG) in the same department. Presently he is serving as Dean (SW) since April 2018. He was Dean (SW) from 2018 to 2021. He served the position of Head of the same department for 3 years during 2010-2013. He served as Dean (FW) during 2013-2015. He has also served as Associate Dean (Administration) and Associate Dean (Research & Consultancy). He is serving as Advisor (UGC Nominee) for KAUSHAL programme for Tengakhat College, Dibrugarh University. He was also involved as NBA Mentor for NBA Accreditation of UG programmes at TIT Agartala, Tripura. Dr. Misra has research experience in both experimental and computational analyses. His research focus areas are the applications of exergy and thermoeconomics in thermal systems, bio-fuel research for CI engine applications, experimental and CFD analysis of water turbines, boiling heat transfer enhancements, refrigeration and air-conditioning systems etc. Dr. Misra has guided 11 Ph.D. scholars and presently guiding 8 research scholars. He has guided about 40 M.Tech dissertations and a number of B.Tech projects. He has published more than 70 research articles in referred international journals, about 50 articles in refereed national/international conferences, one book, and 3 book chapters. He has completed a number of research projects at NIT Silchar funded by AICTE, MNRE. Under one MNRE sponsored projects, one NABL accredited laboratory ＂Solar Regional Test Centre＂ (one of the 7 centres in India) has been developed. He along with his students filed 2 patents and out of which 1 patent was granted.
Dr. Promod Kumar Patowari is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar, Assam. He joined NIT Silchar as faculty member in the year 1995. He obtained his B.Tech degree (Mechanical Engineering) from NERIST, Itanagar; M.E. (Production Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. He serverved in many administrative positions in NIT Silchar such as Dean (Faculty Welfare), Head Department of Mechanical Engineering, Member Board of Governors, Local Coordinator GIAN etc. His major areas of research include advanced/non-traditional machining, micro-manufacturing and computer aided manufacturing (CAM). He has published more than 60 papers in international journals and around 65 papers in international and national conferences. He has published around 20 books and book chapters. He has supervised 10 PhD scholars and more than 30 M.Tech. students. He along with his students filed 3 patents and out of which 1 patent was granted. He has 3 projects to his credit including one under DST FIST Program. Currently, he is the life member of professional bodies like Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), The Institution of Engineers (India) and Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS).
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