Dr. Amit Sata is a highly experienced professional with over 20 years of academic and industrial experience. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Marwadi University and heads the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Cell. Dr. Sata is the founder of Udhyog 4.0, a startup focused on transforming existing manufacturing enterprises into SMART manufacturing enterprises using indigenous hardware and software at an affordable cost. He has received a seed fund of 20 lacs from the Government for this initiative. Dr. Sata has filed over 45 IPRs, with 14 already commercialized. His research interests include AI, Data Analytics, and Metaverse applied to manufacturing engineering. He has published over 50 research papers and won several best paper awards. Dr. Sata has secured grants for various research projects and skill enhancement initiatives. He is actively involved in committees related to AI, Digital Twin, IoT, and is a member of industry organizations. Dr. Sata has received awards for his innovations and commitment to indigenous product development in India. Dr. Yuri Nikolaychik, a graduate of the department "MiTLP" MTF 2006, has been working at the department since 2006 and teaching since 2011. Since April 2018, he has served as the Vice-Rector of the BNTU for Academic Affairs, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Foundry Workers and Metallurgists of the Republic of Belarus, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and a member of the editorial board of the magazine "Casting and Metallurgy," as well as a member of the Council of BNTU. His research interests include the theory and technology of the mold, auxiliary molding materials, and modeling of foundry processes, with about 80 scientific and educational works published. Dr. Nikolaychik gives lectures on disciplines such as "Fundamentals of Applied Mechanics of Foundry" and "CAD of technological processes, tooling, and equipment," and supervises diploma design, student research work, and the training of undergraduates and graduate students. Dr. Kapil Gupta is a Professor, in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg — Johannesburg, South Africa. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Jabalpur, India. He served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Oriental College of Technology, Bhopal, India, from 2013 to 2020. His research interests include biomedical signal processing, time-frequency analysis, artificial intelligence, and cardiovascular systems. He has authored research publications in international journals and conference proceedings and has edited scholarly books in his areas of expertise. Dr. Gupta serves as a reviewer for journals and conferences and has contributed to the organization of national and international academic events, including roles on technical program and publicity committees. He has been involved in projects related to automatic diabetes detection and breathing-controlled wheelchairs and holds patents and copyrights. He also contributed as a core team member of the NBA accreditation committee at Oriental College of Technology, Bhopal.
