Department of Mechanical Engineering - Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Dr. Vinod Kumar

Associate Professor

Specialization

Advanced Machining Processes, Micro finishing, Hybrid composites

Email

vsingla@thapar.edu

Specialization

Advanced Machining Processes, Micro finishing, Hybrid composites

Email

vsingla@thapar.edu

Biography

Dr. Vinod Kumar is Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Advanced Machining Methods from Thapar University, Patiala. He has more than 26 years of experience in teaching and research and presently serving as Associate Professor in the Department. He has more than 85 research publications in reputed Journals and 40 research publications in international/national Conferences. Under his supervision, 6 Ph.D. theses have been awarded and 2 Ph.D. theses are on-going. Also 58 Masters (M.E.) theses have been awarded under his supervision. He has been Principal Investigator of research project funded by government agency. He has published many book chapters of Taylor and Francis, Florida, USA, Springer, Omni Scriptum Publishing group, Mauritius etc. He has reviewed many research papers of Blackwell, Taylor and Francis , Wiley, Elsevier, SAGE, Springer and NOVA Science publications. He visited outside India to present his research papers and chaired sessions at various international conferences. He has been received many best research papers awards.

Education

Ph.D. (Thapar University Patiala) in Mechanical Engineering specialization in Advanced Machining Methods
M.E in Mechanical Engineering, Punjab University, Chandigarh
B.E in Mechanical Engineering, Punjab University, Chandigarh

Experience 26 years

Teaching Interests:

Advanced Machining Processes
Machining Science
Metal Casting and Joining
Metal Cutting
Manufacturing Technology

Research Interest:

Micro finishing
Non Traditional Machining Processes
Optimization Techniques
Conventional Machining Methods
Hybrid Composites

Publications:

Number of Research Paper Published in Journals: 85

List of Research Papers Published in Referred SCI Journals (45)

S. No	Author(s)	Year of Publication	Title of Paper	Name of the Journal, volume/ page numbers	Impact Factor
1	Divyanshu Aggarwal Vinod Kumar Siddharth Sharma	2023	Development of Mg-based metal matrix biomedical composites for ACL fixation by reinforcing with rare earth oxide and hydroxyapatite- A mechanical, corrosion and microstructural perspective	Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, DoI : 10.1515/secm-2022-0179	1.9
2	Deepak Sharma Vinod Kumar Sachin Singh	2023	Mechanical and Wear Characteristics of Spark Plasma Sintered Titanium/Multilayer Graphene Nanocomposites	Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, IMECHE part E (SCI Expanded)	1.82
3	Divyanshu Aggarwal Vinod Kumar Siddharth Sharma	2023	Development of Mg-based metal matrix biomedical composites for ACL fixation by reinforcing with rare earth oxide and hydroxyapatite- A mechanical, corrosion and microstructural perspective	Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, DoI : 10.1515/secm-2022-0179	1.9
4	Pardeep Kumar , Vipin Kumar Sharma , Shalom Akhai , Vinod Kumar , Ravinder Singh Joshi	2023	Analyzing the tribological and mechanical performance of Al-6061 with Rare Earth oxides (REOs): An Experimental Analysis	Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, IMECHE part E , , DOI: 10.1177/09544089231160003	1.82
5	Divyanshu Aggarwal Vinod Kumar Siddharth Sharma	2023	Effect of rare earth oxide microparticles on mechanical, corrosion, antibacterial, and hemolytic behavior of Mg-Hydroxyapatite composite for orthopedic applications- a preliminary in-vitro study	Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.35228	3.4
6	Divyanshu Aggarwal Vinod Kumar Siddharth Sharma	2022	Drug loaded Biomaterials for orthopedic applications: A Review	Journal of Controlled Release, 344,113-133	11.46
7	Deepak Sharma Vinod Kumar Sachin Singh	2022	Parametric Study of the Spark Plasma Sintering Process on the Mechanical Properties of Multi-Layer Graphene Reinforced Ti6Al4V Nanocomposites	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-022-02811-2	1.39
8	Divyanshu Aggarwal Vinod Kumar Siddharth Sharma	2022	Investigation of the mechanical and corrosion properties of Mg- Hydroxyapatite composite by addition of rare-earth oxide particulates for biomedical applications	Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 237, https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406222112199	1.75
9	SK Ansar Ali , Pardeep Kumar , Vipin Kumar Sharma , Shalom Akhai , Vinod Kumar , Ravinder Singh Joshi	2022	Determination of friction factor and heat transfer rate in laminar flow in an agitated vessel	Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, IMECHE part E , Doi10.1177/09544089221099888	1.82
10	Sahil Dhiman Ravinder Singh Joshi , Sachin Singh , Simranpreet Singh Gill , Harpreet Singh , Rakesh Kumar , Vinod Kumar	2022	Recycling of Ti6Al4V Machining Swarf into Additive Manufacturing Feedstock Powder to Realise Sustainable Recycling Goals	Journal of Cleaner Production,348, Doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131342	11.07
11	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi Srikant Raj, Sidharth Jain, Pardeep Kumar	2021	A review of recent research on rare earth particulate composite materials and structures with their applications	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals,74,2569-2581	1.39
12	Vipin Sharma Divyanshu Aggarwal Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2021	Influence of Rare Earth Particulate on the Mechanical & Tribological Properties of Al-6063/SiC hybrid Composites	Particulate Science and Technology, 39,928-943	2.62
13	Deepak Sharma Vinod Kumar Sachin Singh	2021	Effect of multilayer graphene on microstructure and mechanical properties of titanium based composites	Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, IMECHE part C , 236, 10.1177/09544062221086187	1.75
14	Mayur Sharma Gorti Janardan Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2021	Comparative Prediction of Surface Roughness for MAFM finished Al/SiC/Al2O3/REOs Composites Using Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm and Box-Behnken Design	Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, IMECHE part E ,236,10.1177/09544089211049012	1.82
15	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2021	Manufacturing of stable hydrophobic surface on rare-earth oxides aluminium hybrid composite	Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, IMECHE part E,235,899-912	1.82
16	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2020	Experimental analysis and characterization of SiC and RE oxides reinforced Al6063 alloy based hybrid composites	International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology , 61,537-548	3.56
17	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2020	Parametric study of aluminium- rare earth based composites with improved hydrophobicity using response surface method	Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 9,4919-4932	6.26
18	Vikas Sharma Vinod Kumar Ashish Bist	2020	Investigations on morphology and material removal rate of various MMCs using CO2 laser technique	Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 42,1-14	2.36
19	Charanjit Singh Vinod Kumar A Manna	2020	Experimental study on developed electrochemical micro machining of hybrid MMC	Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences,27,579-589	0.61
20	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2019	Effect of RE addition on wear behavior of an Al-6061 based hybrid composite	Wear, 426,961-974	4.69
21	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2019	Investigation of rare earth particulate on tribological and mechanical properties of Al-6061 alloy composites for aerospace application	Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 8,3504-3516	6.26
22	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar Ravinder Singh Joshi	2019	Experimental investigation on effect of RE oxides addition on tribological and mechanical properties of Al-6063 based hybrid composites	Materials Research Express,6.1-17	2.02
23	Vinod Kumar Vikas Sharma	2019	Effects of SiC, Al2O3 and ZrO2 particles on the LBMed characteristics of Al/SiC, Al/Al2O3and Al/ZrO2 MMCs prepared by stir casting process	Particulate Science and Technology, 37,766-776	2.62
24	Charanjit Singh Vinod Kumar A Manna	2019	The wear behavior of Al/(Al2O3+SiC+C) hybrid composites fabricated stir casting assisted squeeze	Particulate Science and Technology,37,303-313	2.62
25	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar	2019	Development of Rare- Earth Oxides Based Hybrid AMCs Reinforced With SiC/Al2O3: Mechanical & Metallurgical Characterization	Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 8,1971-1981	6.26
26	Vipin Sharma Vinod Kumar	2019	Study on material transfer and surface properties during fiber laser cutting of A653 Galvanized steel sheet	Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 41,1-17	2.36
27	Arvind Kumar Hari Singh Vinod Kumar	2018	Study the Parametric Effect of Abrasive Water Jet Machining on Surface Roughness of Inconel 718 using RSM-BBD Techniques	Materials and manufacturing processes, 33,1483-1490	4.78
28	Anish kumar , Vinod kumar, Jatinder kumar	2017	Investigation of machining characterization for wire wear ratio on pure titanium in WEDM process through response surface methodology	Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, IMECHE Part E, 108-126	1.82
29	Vikas Sharma Vinod Kumar	2017	Comparison of machining characteristics of metal matrix composites using CO2 laser curve cutting process	Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, IMECHE Part E, 232,349-368	1.82
30	Anish kumar , Vinod kumar, Jatinder kumar	2016	Surface Crack Density and Recast Layer Thickness Analysis in WEDM Process Through Response Surface Methodology	Machining Science and Technology, 20,221-230	2.15
31	Vikas Sharma Vinod Kumar	2016	Application of Box-Behnken design and response surface methodology for multi-optimization of laser cutting of AA5052/ZrO2 metal matrix composites	Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, IMECHE Part L, 232, 652-668	2.66
32	Vikas Sharma Vinod Kumar	2016	Multi-objective optimization of laser curve cutting of aluminium metal matrix composites using desirability function approach	Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Springer publishers, 38,1221-1238	2.36
33	Sushil Mittal Vinod Kumar Harmesh Kumar	2015	Multi-objective optimization of process parameters involved in micro-finishing of Al/SiC MMCs by abrasive flow machining process	Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, IMECHE Part L, 232,319-332	2.66
34	Charanjit Singh Vinod Kumar A Manna	2015	Analysis of electrochemical behaviour on micro drilling of cast hybrid Al/ (Al2O3p+SiCp+Cp) MMC using micro ECM process	Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, IMECHE Part L, 232, 67-79	2.66
35	Sushil Mittal Vinod Kumar Harmesh Kumar	2015	Experimental Investigation and Optimization of Process Parameters of Al/Sic MMCs Finished by Abrasive Flow Machining	Materials and manufacturing processes, 27,449-456	4.78
36	Vikas Sharma Vinod Kumar	2015	Investigating the quality characteristics of Al5052/SiC MMCs machined by CO2 laser curve cutting	Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, IMECHE Part L, 232,3-19, DOI: 10.1177/1464420715608890	2.66
37	Anish kumar , Vinod kumar, Jatinder kumar	2014	Microstructure analysis and material transformation of pure titanium and tool wear surface after Wire Electric Discharge machining process	Machining Science and Technology, 18,47-77	2.15
38	Anish kumar , Vinod kumar, Jatinder kumar	2014	Semi empirical model on MRR and overcut in WEDM process of pure titanium using Multi-objective Desirability approach	Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering,37,689-721	2.36
39	Anish kumar , Vinod kumar, Jatinder kumar	2013	Multi response optimization of process parameters based on Response surface methodology for pure titanium using WEDM process	International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology , 68:2645-2668	3.56
40	Vinod kumar Vikas Sharma Harmesh Kumar	2013	Effects of Different Parameters on Delamination Factor of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP)	International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering,3,17-31	0.81
41	Anish kumar , Vinod kumar, Jatinder kumar	2013	Investigation of machining parameters and surface integrity in wire electric discharge machining of pure titanium	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B,227,972-992	2.75
42	Anish kumar , Vinod kumar, Jatinder kumar	2013	Surface integrity and material transfer investigation of pure titanium for rough cut surface after wire electro discharge machining	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture,228,880-901	2.75
43	Vinod kumar Neelam Kumari	2012	Modeling and multiple performance optimization of ultrasonic micro-hole machining of PCD using fuzzy logic and taguchi quality loss function	Advances in Materials Research, 1, 129-146	0.43
44	Ajay Batish Anirban Bhattacharya, V.K.Singla, Gurmail Singh,	2012	Optimal parameter settings for rough and finish machining of die steels in powder mixed EDM	International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology , 61,537-548	3.56
45	Ajay Batish Anirban Bhattacharya, V.K.Singla, Gurmail Singh,	2012	Study of material transfer mechanism in die steels using powder mixed EDM	Materials and manufacturing processes, 27,449-456	4.78

LIST OF Ph.D. Theses guided (08)

Name of Student	Year of Completion / Status	Title of Thesis
Digvijay Singh	2021 / Ongoing	Development and Characterization of Titanium based High Entropy Alloys
Vipin Kumar Sharma	2020 / Completed	Rare earth metals effects on machinability of aluminium based hybrid composites using Magnetic abrasive flow machining process
Deepak Sharma	2019 / Ongoing	Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Reinforced Titanium Matrix Composites
Charanjit Singh	2018 / Completed	Experimental investigation on Micro Electrochemical drilling of Hybrid Al/(Al2O3-SiCp-Cp)-MMC
Arvind Kumar	2018 / Completed	Performance Study of Abrasive Water Jet Machining Process Using Modern Experimental Design
Vikas Sharma	2017 / Completed	Investigation of machining characteristics of LBMed Al/Al2O3, Al/SiC and Al/ZrO2 MMC’S
Sushil Kumar Mittal	2016 / Completed	Investigation on machining characteristics of Metal Matrix Composites using abrasive flow machining
Anish Kumar	2014 / Completed	Parametric study and optimization of WEDM process parameters of pure Titanium

LIST OF M.E. Theses Guided (58)

S.No	Name of Student	Year of Completion	Title of Thesis
1	Parminderpal Singh	2006	Experimental Investigation of performance Characteristics of an ultrasonic machining process
2	Deepak Kumar	2006	Experimental Investigation on surface modification with powder mixed Electric Discharge machining
3.	Harminder Singh saggu	2007	Approach for robust design of ultrasonic machining process
4.	Yunus Mohd.	2007	Application of Taguchi methodology for optimization of Electric Discharge machining process
5.	Sanjeev Kumar	2007	Stress analysis of Electric Discharge machining using FEM
6.	Ajay Kumar	2008	Optimization and finite element modeling of MRR in Ultrasonic machining process
7.	Vinod Kumar	2008	Modeling and analysis of tool wear rate in EDM using FEM
8.	Harminder Singh	2008	Process analysis and monitoring in EDM using FEM approach
9.	Patel Jingesh	2009	Modeling and structural analysis of tool wear rate in vertical milling centre
10.	Narinderpal Singh	2009	Experimental study and parametric design of impact testing methodology
11.	Nischint Sahai	2009	Modeling of MRR in EDM process using DOE approach
12.	Manmeet Singh	2009	Effect of various machining parameters in on line surface roughness recognisation system
13	Vinod Dhull	2010	Experimental study on thermal and structural analysis of tool and cutter grinding operation using FEM
14	Mandeep Singh	2010	An experimental validation of simulated coolant nozzles and their orientation in a grinding process
15	Vikas Sharma	2010	An experimental study on drilling of glass fiber reinforced plastic
16	Raghubir Singh	2010	Estimation of tool wear in turning operation of EN38 steel using FEM
17	Gurmail Singh	2010	Investigations on improvement of material properties and parametric optimization of MRR,TWR and Roughness using powder mixed dielectric in EDM process
18	Nishant Sharma	2011	Study of process parameters in plasma arc machining process
19	Anil Jindal	2011	Experimental study of process parameters in drilling operation using fuzzy logic approach
20	Yogesh Sharma	2011	Experimental study of process parameters in milling operation using fuzzy logic approach
21	Mandeep Ravish	2012	Application of fuzzy logic technique for the modeling of performance characteristics of composites in conventional USM process
22	Kanwaljeet Singh	2012	Finite element analysis and optimization of process parameters involved in ultrasonic machining process
23	Jagdeep Singh	2012	Investigation of performance characteristics for the powder mixed electric discharge machining of tungsten carbide
24	Rajpal Singh	2012	Improvement of surface properties in milling of DNRC (Discontinuously reinforced nylon composites) using pressurized steam jet approach
25	Vipin Kumar	2012	Analysis of surface properties in drilling of different die steels used in manufacturing industries
26	Pawan Kumar	2012	Analysis and modeling of MRR,TWR and SR parameters in drilling of glass fiber reinforced components using fuzzy logic
27	Kashish Bansal	2013	An investigation into the machining characteristics of composites using chemical assisted ultrasonic machining process
28	Aman Abrol	2013	A study on optimization and machining characteristics of EDM using powder suspension dielectric fluids
29	Virender Upneja	2013	Evaluating the effects of process parameters in cold chamber high pressure die casting
30	Puneet Bansal	2013	Study on ultrasonic machining of Al/Si based composite and Al/Cu alloy
31	Akashdeep Singh	2013	Experimental study on Fiber laser beam machining
32	Gurdeep Singh	2013	Modeling, analysis , evaluation and experimental investigation of abrasive blasting process
33	Gurtej Singh	2013	Analysis of process parameters involved in drilling of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy clay Nano-composites
34	Saurabh Jetley	2014	To study the process parameters involved in Tungsten Inert gas welding of austenitic stainless steel alloys SS 310 and SS 316
35	Paras	2014	Taguchi method based approach for improvement in mechanical properties of fly ash reinforced aluminium matrix composites
36	Sumit Prabhaker	2014	Optimization and modeling of process parameters involved in shot blasting process
37	Devinder Singh Sidhu	2014	Optimization and characterization of magnetic field assisted powder mixed electric discharge machining
38	Gaurav Sharma	2015	Experimental investigation on performance characteristics of A653 galvanized steel sheet using fiber laser cutting process
39	Manpreet Singh	2015	Experimental investigation of the surface integrity of deep cryogenically treated WEDM machined surface
40	Sangam Garg	2015	Investigation of effects of abrasive blasting on fusion welded joints
41	Ankesh Mittal	2015	Investigation on fabrication of aluminium based porous materials
42	Gorti Janardhan	2016	Experimental Investigation of Mechanical and Microstructural properties of strips fabricated by Large Strain Extrusion Machining (LSEM) process
43	Mayur Sharma	2016	Design of Aluminium based alloy (Al6063) ultra-fine grained strips using Hybrid LSEM process
44	Navjot Singh	2016	Joining and characterization of SS-430 using microwave processing method
45	Ranjit Singh	2016	Investigation on effects of untreated and cryogenically treated brass wire on M42 HSS in WEDM process
46	Krishna Kumar	2016	Investigation on surface integrity and material transfer of Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy in die-sinking EDM Process
47	Kunal Arora	2017	Study on microstructural properties of aluminium alloy strips fabricated by large strain extrusion machining (LSEM) process
48	Krishna Murari Katara	2017	Parametric Analysis of Cold Chamber High Pressure Die Casting of LM9 and ADC12 Aluminium Alloys
49	Deepak Sharma	2017	Study on microstructural and mechanical properties of Titanium alloy fabricated by LSM process
50	Divyanshu Aggarwal	2018	Fabrication and characterization of aluminum metal matrix composites using rare earth as an additive
51	Rohit Chauhan	2018	Study on mechanical and metallurgical behavior of hybrid metal matrix composites
52	Sikander Pal Singh	2018	Effect of lanthanum oxide (REO) and Hexa boron nitride addition on sliding wear and corrosion behavior of hardfacing for mild steel
53	Mohit Kanyathia	2018	Effect of Chromium and RE addition on wear and corrosion behavior of hardfacing for cast iron
54	Digvijay Singh	20 19	Experimental investigation on Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Titanium Based Composite Used for Aerospace Applications
55	Venus Vermani	2019	Comparative Study of Micro Motion in Stem Implant and Legacy Stem Implant using FEA
56	Sahil Dhiman	2021	Recycling of Ti6Al4V swarf into Powder feedstock for Additive Manufacturing: Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
57	Girish Kumar Shukla	2022	Improvement of Wash Performance and Energy Efficiency in Top Load Washers
58	Surya Kant Kumar Dev	2022	Process Optimization and Cycle Time Reduction Using 6- Sigma DMAIC Methodology

Awards, Honours and Recognitions
	Editor of the “American Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Science and Education Publishing, USA (http://www.sciepub.com/journal/AJME) for the period December 1,2012 to 2014 for the two years.
	Best paper award entitled "A Review of Recent Research on Rare Earth Particulate Composite Materials and Structures with Their Applications" published in Trans Indian Inst Met, Springer, 74, 2569–2581 (2021) published in Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals (TIIM) for the year 2021) on 24th December 2022. This award was given by SVS Narayana Murty, General Manager, Materials Development and Production Group, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (ISRO), Trivandrum, India.
	Member of External Advisory Committee for the FDP on Emerging Trends in Engineering for Sustainable Development (ETESD-22)" on April 6-14, 2022 orgainsed by School of Engineering & Technology (SET) IIMT University, MEERUT.
	Member of National/Technical Advisory Board Members for the 5th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (ICETMIE-2022)" on March 4 & 5, 2022 orgainsed by Northcap University, Gurugram, Haryana.
	Member of National/Technical Advisory Board Members for the 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (ICETMIE-2019)" 2019 orgainsed by Northcap University, Gurugram, Haryana.
	Editor of the American Journal of Modeling and Optimization (http://www.sciepub.com/journal/AJMO), USA for the duration January 1, 2013 to 2015. .
	As Technical Expert for the technical event “GYAN MANTHAN- 2K12” organized by Aryabhatta Group of institutes on October 30, 2012 held at Barnala
	Awarded travel grant from DST to participate and make an oral presentation on “Prediction of Tool and Nozzle Flow Behavior in Ultrasonic Machining Process” at the International Conference on Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE 2011),World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Singapore during 2011
	Recognition for significant contribution in Research and Teaching, Thapar University Patiala, under the ‘Performance Incentive Scheme’ (PIS) for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013.
	Nominated as outside expert in the BOS in Mechanical Engineering of Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar for the year 2000.
	Nominated as outside expert in the BOS in Mechanical Engineering of Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar for the year 2010.
	Member of National Advisory committee for the TEQIP-II & AICTE sponsored national conference on “ADVANCES IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, CAMS-2014” during 5-6th , Sept 2014 held at Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, Ferozepure.
	Chairman of the technical session in 6th National Conference on “Advancements in Simulation and Experimental Techniques in Mechanical Engineering” (NCASEme-2019) organised by Mechanical Engineering Department, Chandigarh University, Gharuan (Mohali) on 30th – 31st August, 2019.
	Chairman of the technical session in International Conference on “International conference on Recent Innovations in Engineering and Technology (ICRIET) organized by International Society for Engineers and Researchers (ISER), Dubai during 26- 27th Dec 2018.
	Chairman of the technical session in National Conference on “Advances in Mechanical ,Industrial and Materials Engineering” (AMIME-2015) organised by Mechanical Engineering Department, BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib on November 6-7, 2015.
	Expert Panelist of the Faculty Development Program on “Research Techniques” sponsored by AICTE and supported by TEQIP on 1st,June 2015 organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shaheed Bhagat Singh state technical campus, Ferozepur during 25th May – 5th June 2015.
	Chairman of technical sessin in oral and technical presentation, recognition and appreciation of research contributions to ICMIE 2011, International Conference on Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, organized by World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology at Singapore, Sept 28-30, 2011.
	Chairman of the session on the theme of “Production and industrial Engg.National conference on Advances in manufacturing engineering, UIET, Chandigarh, 20th - 21st May 2011
	Expert lecture entitled “ Sustainable Machining” on 23rd December in the AICTE AQIS sponsored online Six Days Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Eclectic Research Trends in Manufacturing (Part-2); 21st - 26th December, 2020; Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur.
	Plenary lecture entitled “Manufacturing and Technological Challenges in Advanced Materials” in the online virtual International Conference on Integrated Interdisciplinary Innovations in Engineering (ICIIIE 2020), scheduled from 28-30 August, 2020 sponsored by TEQIP-III organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, UIET, Chandigarh and Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
	Expert lecture entitled “Technical aspects of micro machining” on 30 th, October 2019 in the short term course on “Manufacturing 4.0” sponsored by TEQIP-III organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (Deemed to be University) during 28th October to 1st November 2019.
	Expert lecture as key note speaker in the International conference on Mechanical : Innovative and and Emerging trends (ICMIET 2018) organized by Mechanical Engineering Department, Meerut institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET), Merrut during 4-5 th December, 2018.
	Expert lecture entitled “ Future Aspects of Optimization in Mechanical Engineering ”on 13th , November 2018 in the All India Workshop on “Optimization techniques in Mechanical Engineering” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, CGC- College of Engineering , Mohali sponsored by The Institution of Engineers (India) during 12th- 13th, November 2018.
	Guest lecture entitled “ Future Scope of Novel Laser Beam Machining Process for the Machining of Aluminium Based Composites ”on 28th , March 2018 in the Faculty Development Programme on “ Recent Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Safety” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering & Technology MRSPTU , Bathinda sponsored by ISTE and AICTE during 25th- 30th, June 2018.
	Guest lecture entitled “ Laser Beam Machining Process – A New Advanced Machining Process for the manufacturing industries ”on 28th , March 2018 in the short term course on “Advances in Machining Processes” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT ,Kurukshetra during 26th- 31th, March 2018.
	Expert lecture entitled “Laser Beam Machining of Hybrid Composites used in Automobile industries” on 14 th, March 2018 in the short term course on “Micro Fabrication And Hybrid Machining” sponsored by TEQIP-III organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (Deemed to be University) during 12th- 16th, March 2018.
	Expert lecture entitled “ Characterization of Magnetic field assisted PMEDM of die steels used in manufacturing industries” on 5th ,Sept 2014 in the national conference on “Advances in Manufacturing Systems Technology, Materials and Management (CAMS-2014) sponsored by TEQIP-II and AICTE, Delhi organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shaheed Bhagat Singh state technical campus, Ferozepur during 5th- 6th, Sept 2014.
	Expert lecture entitled “Applications of Taguchi and Response surface methodology for the optimization in manufacturing industries” on 8th, Jan 2014 in winter training program on “DOE-Taguchi Method and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) at UIET, Chandigarh, Jan 06th – 10th, 2014.
	Expert lecture entitled “ Role of advanced manufacturing processes to enhance the productivity in automobile industries ” in faculty development program (FDP) on “Advances in Design and Manufacturing (ADAM) during Dec 23rd- 27th, 2013 at Gurukul Vidyapeeth Institute of Engineering & Technology, , Punjab on 24th, July 2013.
	Expert lecture entitled “Optimization strategies in Advance Machining Methods” in faculty development program (FDP) at Shaheed Udham College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, Punjab on 24th, July 2013.
	Expert lecture entitled “Application of Powder Mixed Electric Discharge Machining Process for the productivity enhancement of die steels used in manufacturing industries” in faculty development program (FDP) at Shaheed Udham College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, Punjab on 30th, May 2012.
	Expert lecture entitled “Requirement of different NTD machining process for the machining of extremely hard and tough engineering materials” in faculty development program (FDP) at Shaheed Udham College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, Punjab on 29th, May 2012.
	Two Expert lectures delivered at Haryana College of Technology and Management, Kaithal on 19th May, 2012 entitled as : Lecture 1: Non-Conventional Machining: An Introduction. Lecture 2: Improvement in Surface Properties and Process Optimization of Die Steels by Using PMEDM Process
	Expert lecture entitled “Technical Aspects of electromagnetic forming process for the applications in aircraft industries”, National conference on Advances in manufacturing engineering, UIET, Chandigarh, 20th – 21st May 2011
	Chairman of technical session in 7th International Conference on Production & Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2023)” organised by the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar during 10th March to 12th March, 2023.

Reviewed the research papers of Materials and Manufacturing Processes (Taylor and Francis, Publishers, U.K.)
Reviewed the research papers of Machining science and Technology (Taylor and Francis, Publishers, U.K.)
Reviewed the research papers of Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Strojniski Vestnik ( University of Ljublijana)
Reviewed the research papers of International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (Blackwell publishers,USA)
Awarded travel grant from DST for the research paper presentation on “Prediction of Tool and Nozzle Flow Behavior in Ultrasonic Machining Process” at the International Conference on Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Singapore.

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