Autor: Vijaya Kumar N. Kottur

Dr. Hari Vasudevan has his Masters in Production Engineering as well as Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering from VJTI (University of Mumbai) and Ph.D. from IIT Bombay. He has also done a 3 months full time certificate programme (ERP-Baa N) from S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, under the University Synergy Programme of Baa N Institute, Netherlands. His areas of interest include manufacturing engineering, manufacturing systems & strategy, market orientation of manufacturing firms and world class manufacturing. He is an approved Ph.D. guide at the University of Mumbai and NMIMS (Deemed to be University) and has so far guided 7 Ph.D. students for their degree. He is the President of the Indian Society of Manufacturing Engineering (ISME), life member of ISTE, New Delhi, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers India, Fellow of ISME and a senior member of IEDRC. He has 27 years of experience in teaching and 2 years of experience in industry. Presently, he is working as the Principal of Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. He has published over 115 papers in international conferences and journals as well as in national conferences and journals.  Dr. K. N. Vijayakumar heads the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. He completed his Master’s degree in Engineering Management from SJCE Mysore, Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with Machine Design as specialization from SPCE, Mumbai, and Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai. He has 30 years of teaching experience and published 52 papers in national and international journals and conferences. He is an approved Ph.D. guide at Mumbai University, Pune University and JJTU University, and has so far guided 3 Ph.D. students. He worked as a Guest Faculty at NITIE Mumbai. His areas of interest are quality engineering, world class manufacturing, supply chain management and system dynamics.  He is a life member of professional bodies like ISNDT, IIIE, ISTE, and ISME.  Dr. Amool Raina currently coordinates and heads the aerospace programme at the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University. His doctoral thesis (highest distinction received) majoring in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kansas presented solutions for improvement in wind turbine design and manufacturing. He is considered as an expert in wind turbine design and engineering and has a work experience of over 6 years in the aerospace and renewable industry prior to joining ITA. He has designed and engineered over 35 wind turbine blades ranging from 2m to 105m in length with over 16, 000 blades successfully flying worldwide. Dr. Raina has also been involved in projects relating to design and optimization of aircraft engines and other components. Dr. Raina is currently developing and promoting textile-based solutions for several sectors including aerospace, automotive, traditional textiles as wellas digital solutions as per Industry 4.0 norms for the above industries. He has contributed and led engineering and product development teams for manufacturing reflector antennas for communication satellites, composite airframe parts and high temperature aircraft engine components. Apart from his technical responsibilities, he also heads all affairs and activities pertaining to the European Union and European Space Agency at ITA.