Resource Person Professor Imre Horváth, an Emeritus Professor at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands

Course Coordinators

Prof. Puneet Tandon is a joint Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Design at PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India. Presently, he is serving as the Head of Smart Manufacturing Discipline. His primary research interests include CAx technologies, including CAD/CAM/CAE, BioCAD, and Human Factors in CAD; and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, including Hybrid, Dieless, Additive,and Smart Manufacturing. He has been awarded the 2020 DUO-India Fellowship Award with Padova University, Italy. He has also been awarded First Prize in IMTEX Forming 2016 on Dieless Manufacturing, and Second Prize in IMTEX 2018. He has more than 290 publications, besides being the author of 2 books and more than 18 patents to his credit. He has been editor/guest editor of a few journals.

Prof.Vijay Kumar Gupta is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at PDPM IndianInstitute of Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur). Prof. Gupta has an interest in the area of Smart Structures, Vibrations, FEM, Mechatronics, and Robotics. He was the recipient of the ISAMPE K. Suryanarayan Rao Memorial Senior student award for R&D in smart technology for Year 2003 for his Ph.D. work. He is also the recipient of JSPS Short Term Invitation Fellowship. He has published more than 50 research articles and edited three books. He was chair of three international conferences and supervised a number of students in the areas of Mechanical Design, Condition Monitoring, Mechatronics, and Robotics.