Kaushik Kumar, B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering, REC (Now NIT), Warangal), MBA (Marketing, IGNOU) and Ph.D. (Engineering, Jadavpur University), is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has 14 years of Teaching & Research and over 11 years of industrial experience in a manufacturing unit of Global repute. His areas of teaching and research interest are Quality Management Systems, Optimization, Non-conventional machining, CAD / CAM, Rapid Prototyping and Composites. He has 9 Patents, 30 books, 27 Edited Book Volume, 46 Book Chapters, 200+ Journal and Conference publications to his credit (more than 100+ articles in journals indexed in Web of Science collection/h-index 8+/200+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 8+/170+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 17+/1300+). He is Editor in Chief, Guest Editor, Editor, Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences. He is also editorial board member and on review panel of International and National Journals of repute. He has been felicitated with many awards and honors.
