Ajay Kumar is currently a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Technology, JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He earned his Ph.D. in advanced manufacturing from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India after B.Tech. (Hons.) and M.Tech. (Distinction) from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His areas of research include artificial intelligence, intelligent manufacturing, incremental sheet forming, additive manufacturing, intelligent vehicles, advanced manufacturing, Industry 4.0, waste management, and optimization techniques. He has over 60 publications in international journals of repute including SCOPUS, Web of Science and SCI indexed database and refereed international conferences. He has coauthored/ co- edited several books including the following:Incremental Sheet Forming Technologies: Principles, merits, limitations, and applications, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN 9780367276744, https://doi.org/10.1201/978042 9298 905Managing Guest Editor of Journal Proceedings, Ajay Kumar, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1950, International Conference on Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI) 2021 27 February 2021, Gurgaon, India, https://iop science.iop.org/issue/1742-6596/1950/1Advancements in Additive Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence, Nature Inspired and Bio- manufacturing, ISBN: 9780323918343, ELSEVIER, https://doi.org/10.1016/C2020-0-03877-6Handbook of Sustainable Materials: Modelling, Characterization, and Optimization, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-28632-7, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003297772Waste Recovery and Management: An Approach Towards Sustainable Development Goals, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032281933, https://doi.org/10.1201/978100 3359784Smart Manufacturing: Forecasting the future of Industry 4.0, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032363431, https://doi.org/10.1201/978100 3333760Handbook of Flexible and Smart Sheet Forming Techniques: Industry 4.0 Perspectives, ISBN: 9781119986409, WILEY. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119986454Modeling, Characterization, and Processing of Smart Materials, IGI Global, and ISBN: 9781668492246. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9224-6He has organized various national and international events including an International Conference on Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI- 2021) as conference chair. He has more than 15 national and international patents in his credit. He has supervised more than eight MTech, PhD scholars and numerous undergraduate projects/ theses. He has a total of 13 years of experience in teaching and research. He is a guest editor and review editor of reputed journals including Frontiers in Sustainability.
