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I have contributed to the academic and professional community through editorial responsibilities, journal and conference reviewing, programme and scientific committee memberships, and external academic services. My roles include serving as an associate editor, editorial board member, special issue editor, journal reviewer, conference reviewer, programme committee member, thesis examiner, faculty recruitment expert, Board of Studies member, and startup mentor. These activities reflect my continued engagement with research, academic quality, professional development, and the wider design and manufacturing community.
I have contributed to the academic and professional community through editorial responsibilities, journal and conference reviewing, programme and scientific committee memberships, and external academic services. My roles include serving as an associate editor, editorial board member, special issue editor, journal reviewer, conference reviewer, programme committee member, thesis examiner, faculty recruitment expert, Board of Studies member, and startup mentor. These activities reflect my continued engagement with research, academic quality, professional development, and the wider design and manufacturing community.
Editorial Roles and Responsibilities
Editorial Roles and Responsibilities
Associate Editor, Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems (SSMS), ASTM International — SCI Indexed
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology, Frontiers
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Emerald — SCI Indexed, Q1
Editorial Board Member, International Association of Scientific Innovation and Research (IASIR) Journals
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Product Design, Serials Publications (2008–2011)
Special Issue Editor, International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (IJPLM) — Special Issue on “Developing Sustainable Products, Processes, and Services”
Special Issue Editor, Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology — Special Issue on “Role of Life Cycle Engineering in Sustainable Development of Plastic Circular Economy”
Co-Editor, Article Collection on “Industry 4.0 and Its Applications to Develop Smart Manufacturing Environments”
Special Issue Editor, Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems (SSMS), ASTM International — Special Issue on “Sustainable Bioinspired Design and Manufacturing”, with Sunil Sharma and Basab Chakraborty (2026)
International Programme Committee Member
International Programme Committee Member
International Programme Committee Member, International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2027), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
Programme Committee Member, 4th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing (I4AM), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, 8–9 January 2026
Scientific Committee Member, ICED25 – 25th International Conference on Engineering Design, Dallas, Texas, USA
International Programme Committee Member, International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD’25), Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
Programme Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing (I4-AM), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 11–12 January 2024
Programme Committee Member, 28th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Jaipur, India, 10–12 March 2021
International Programme Committee Member, International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2021)
International Programme Committee Member, International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD’17), IIT Guwahati, India
International Programme Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Design Creativity (3rd ICDC), 2014
International Programme Committee Member, International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2015), Bangalore, India
International Programme Committee Member, 4th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD’13), Bangalore, India
External Academic Expert
External Academic Expert
Faculty Recruitment External Expert, Jain University (2023) and MIT-WPU (2023)
Ph.D. Thesis Examiner, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (4 students); MNIT Jaipur (3 students); and BITS Pilani (1 student)
M.Tech. Thesis Examiner, various institutions
External Expert, Research Degree Committee (RDC), Chandigarh University, 2019–Present
Academic Expert, Board of Studies, Industrial Design, Chandigarh University, 2019–Present
Board of Studies Member, Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, 2020–Present
Faculty Mentor, OMAP Management Services Pvt. Ltd., TBIF-incubated startup
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