Dr. Harish Sharma is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota. He earned his B.Tech and M.Tech from Govt. Engineering College, Kota and RTU in 2003 and 2009, respectively, and completed his Ph.D. at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. He is a founding member and secretary of the Soft Computing Research Society of India and a life member of the Cryptology Research Society of India. Dr. Sharma serves as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Swarm Intelligence and has guest-edited special issues in journals like Memetic Computing, JETAI, and Evolutionary Intelligence. His main research interests lie in nature-inspired optimization, and he has authored over 125 publications in reputed journals and conferences.
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jha is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He earned his B.E. and M.E. from M.I.T. Muzaffarpur and NIFFT Ranchi, and his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He has held faculty positions at IIT Guwahati and IIT (ISM) Dhanbad before joining IIT Roorkee in 2007. His expertise lies in manufacturing engineering, especially in casting operations, modeling of continuous casting, and metal matrix composites. He has published over 100 research papers, guided 10 Ph.D. theses (with 9 ongoing), and supervised over 65 M.Tech/B.Tech theses. Dr. Jha has led numerous projects funded by DST, CSIR, and SERB and developed eight NPTEL courses widely used across IITs and other institutions.
Prof. Prashant K. Jamwal holds a Ph.D. and postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Auckland, and earned his M.Tech. from IIT and B.Tech. from MNREC, Allahabad. He is currently Professor at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, and Adjunct Professor at University of Canberra, Australia. His research spans robotics, AI, multi-objective optimization, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy. He has developed medical robots for rehabilitation and cancer data analytics. With over 100 publications and more than 25 years of experience, his work has received several honors, including the Jewel of India award and recognition by the UN as one of the top 20 innovative global projects. Prof. Jamwal is Editor of the International Journal of Bio-Mechatronics and Bio-Robotics and has managed projects worth over $9 million.
Dr. Brajesh Tripathi earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2008 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan State University, working on a U.S. government-sponsored CFD project. He is now Associate Professor at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota. Dr. Tripathi has secured six research grants from organizations like GNIDA, NAL, BRNS, MHRD, and AICTE. He has supervised 8 Ph.D. and 26 M.Tech. scholars and published over 130 papers. His research focuses on computational fluid dynamics with applications in diesel engines, HVAC systems, turbulent flows, and unconventional energy systems.
Dr. Pankaj Kumar is Associate Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at SR University, Warangal. He earned his Ph.D. from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad and was awarded a Teaching Assistant Fellowship by India's Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2011. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Kumar specializes in additive manufacturing, micromachining, nanomaterials, composites, and sustainable manufacturing. He has authored more than 50 research articles, 3 books, 10 book chapters, and holds 6 patents. He has received a Best Paper Award at an international conference in 2019 and serves on the editorial board of PLOS ONE and as a reviewer for numerous international journals.
