Dr Dilshad Ahmad Khan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh). He is a prominent academician and researcher. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. He has received his PhD in Manufacturing from IIT Delhi in 2018 and Master of Technology from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, in 2010. He has received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra (formerly Agra University), India, in 2006. He has published a good number of research articles in international journals and conferences. He has published several book chapters on various topics. He has filed many Indian patents. He has received various National and International Awards for his research and innovations. His research interests include advanced Finishing/Polishing processes, Non-conventional Machining, Mechatronic Systems, and Industrial Automation.Dr. Zafar Alam is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. Prior to joining IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, he served as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, India from August, 2018 to June, 2020. He received his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India in 2012. He has received his M. Tech and PhD in Production Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2014 and 2019, respectively. As an academician and researcher, he has published numerous research papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences. He also has to his credit three Indian patents and has received two international and three national awards including the critically acclaimed GYTI (Gandhian Young Technological Innovation) award for his contribution in the field of research and innovation. His research interests include but are not limited to advanced finishing/polishing processes, non-conventional machining, industrial automation, and motion control.Dr Faiz Iqbal received his B. Tech in Mechanical and Automation Engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India in 2011. He received his M. Tech in Mechatronics Engineering from Amity University, Noida, UP, India in 2013 and PhD in Manufacturing Automation from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2019. He is currently working as a Post-Doctoral researcher in the Institute of Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland UK. As an academician and researcher, he has to his credit several research papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences. He also has to his credit two Indian patents and has received two international and three national awards for his contribution in the field of research and innovation. He secured funding for COVID19 project which he successfully delivered and was nominated for Scottish Knowledge Exchange award in COVID19 collaborative response category. His research interests include but are not limited to Manufacturing Automation, Advanced Manufacturing, Industrial Automation, Surface Metrology, Non-Conventional Machining, Machining Processes and Analysis, Mechatronic systems.
