Dr. Rajana Suresh Kumar has done his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Andhra University and post-graduation M.Tech. in Mechanical Systems Design and Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, in the area of Machine Design. Thereafter he has been working for National Institute of Technology Raipur in the capacity of Assistant Professor Grade-II and Assistant Professor Grade-1 since 2015. He has authored and co-authored 14 research articles which have been published in peer-reviewed Journal of International repute. He has also published 5 book chapters and 9 conference proceedings. He also has an experience of organizing the 1st International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Machine Learning and Advanced Computation during 16-17 March 2022. He is also a member of several reputed professional societies like ISTAM (Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) and AMM (Association for Machines and Mechanisms). His broad area of research is in the field of solid mechanics and design. Dr. Shubhashis Sanyal is currently serving as a professor and head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Raipur. He has done his M.Tech. from IIT Roorkee and Ph.D. from Central University, Jabalpur, in the area of Kinematics of Mechanisms. He has authored and co-authored over 50 research articles published in peer-reviewed Journals of International repute. He has also published 1 book chapter and 18 conference proceedings. He has vast experience in the field of Kinematics, Synthesis of Mechanisms, and Robotics. He is also a life member of many prominent societies like Institution of Engineers, Association for Machines and Mechanisms, Tribology Society of India, and Indian Society of Technical Education. His broad area of research is in the field of Synthesis of Mechanisms, Machine Design, and Stress Analysis. Dr. P. M. Pathak is currently serving as a full professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has done his M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur in the field of Machine Design, Robotics, Dynamics, and Control. He has authored and co-authored over 50 research articles published in peer-reviewed Journals of International repute. He has also published 1 text book with Springer Publisher. He is also a life member of many prominent societies like Association for Machines and Mechanisms, The Robotics Society of India, and a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 2020. His broad area of research is in the field of Space Robotics, Walking Robots, Surgical Robotics, Dynamics, Vibration, and Control.
