Biographical note

Dr. Meghanshu Vashista is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), India. He was awarded prestigious BOYSCAST fellowship from Govt. of India to carry out advance research in School of Mechanical Engineering at Newcastle University (United Kingdom). Department of Science and Technology (India) also funded him a project under esteemed fast track scheme for young scientist. He holds a Master degree in Welding Engineering from University of Roorkee (India) and a Ph. D degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India). He has published more than 80 papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Vashista is a member of editorial board in various reputed international journals. His area of interest is grinding and machining.  
Dr. Gaurav Manik is currently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Polymer and ProcessEngineering at IIT Roorkee. He holds a PhD (IITB), M.Tech (IITK) and B.Tech (HBTI) in chemical engineering. Prior to joining IITR, he has served extensively in industry (3M, Indo Gulf Fertilizers and Chemicals; Classic Stripes) and academia (BITS Pilani, BIET Jhansi). His research interests include molecular modeling and simulations of polymers, chemical process modeling and simulation, development of novel and industrially relevantpolymer composites, coatings, sealants and adhesives. He has 60 research publications in international peer-reviewed SCI journals, patent applications, conferences and book chapters. He has significantly valued 21 publications in journal of repute such as Energy, Composites B: Engineering, Polymer, to name a few and holds 6 granted patents/patent applications of industrial commercial relevance, 4 book chapters, and 30 conference publications. He has executed 5 sponsored research projects and supervised 1 post-doctoral, 1 Ph.D, 9 M.Tech candidates and 20 B.Tech projects. He has been awarded with the prestigious APAC Tech Forum Contribution Award at 3M, and secondment as visiting faculty sanctioned by the President of India for teaching at international platform at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. 
Dr. Om Prakash Verma is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar. He holds a PhD from IIT Roorkee; M.Tech from Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar and B.Tech from Dr B R Ambedkar University. Prior to joining IITR, he has served extensively in academia (Graphic Era University, Dehradoon; Banstahli Vidyapith, Rajasthan and KIIT Bhubaneswar). Dr. Verma research interests are in the areas of process dynamics, modelling, simulation, control and optimization, nonlinear and adaptive control and application of soft computing and machine learning. He has a credit of publishing more than 15 research articles with highest impact factor 10.55 in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. He has published more than 10 book chapters and more than 5 conference proceedings. He is editor of several books. He is Life Time Member of Instrument Society of India, Bangalore, and reviewer of many reputed peer-reviewed journals including Energy Journal, Elsevier; Pattern Recognition Letter, Elsevier; International Journal of Computers & Technology; International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice; Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Springer; International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer; International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering . He is Editorial Review Board Member on Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, USA. He also has credit to organize an International conference SoCTA 2018 in department of ICE partially funded by CSIR New Delhi and MIR Lab, USA. Dr. Verma recently has received ISRO Projects.
 Dr. Bhuvnesh Bhardwaj is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical engineering, Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre, Jaipur. He obtained his B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Government Engineering College Ajmer, Ajmer and M.Tech. (Manufacturing System Engineering) and Ph.D. from Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Sangrur, Punjab. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience and has taught a broad spectrum of courses related to mechanical engineering. His major areas of research include Conventional & non conventional Machining, composites, Wear and friction and Material Characteristics. Also he has also published a patent on “Apparatus and method for cleaning inner surface of hollow object”. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed international journals.