Educational Qualification
- Ph. D.- Mechanical Engineering, Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, 2008
- MBA (Operations), IGNOU, New Delhi
- M. Tech.- Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay, 1999
- B.E. Mechanical- S.S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, 1987
Work Experiance
- Junior Engineer at Alcock Ashdown & Co. Ltd, Bhavnagar during 31-12-87 to 17-12-89.
- Junior Technical Asst. at CSMCRI, Bhavnagar during 18-12-89 to 04- 02- 94.
- Lecturer- Fabrication Technology at Sir. BPTI, Bhavnagar during 05-02-94 to 27-02-95.
- Lecturer- Production Engineering at S.S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar during 28-02- 95 to 28-01- 2004.
- Asst. Prof. –Production Engineering at L.E. College, Morbi during 29-01-2004 to 31-05-2007.
- Asso. Prof. –Production Engineering at S.S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar during 01-06-2007 to 18-10-2013.
- Professor of Production Engineering at S.S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar during 19-10-2013 to 17-10-2014.
- Principal at S.S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar from 18-10-2014 to continue
Training and Workshop
- Orientation Training for Teaching Pedagogy, TTTI, Bhopal, 12-04-94 to 06-05-94
- Industrial Training, L & T, Hazira, 16-05-94 to 11-06-94
- Institute Industry Symbiosis, MS Uni, Vadodara, 26-05-97 to 01-06-97
- Logistics & Supply Chain Management, School Of Management, IIT-Bombay, 17-5-99 to 22-5-99
- Mgmt of Manufacturing Enterprises, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT-Bombay, 24-5-99 to 29-5-99
- Pumping System: Selection Performance testing and Advances, SGSITS, Indore, 29-11-99 to 11-12-99
- Advances in Manufacturing, MS UNi, Vadodara, 13-12-99 to 25-12-99
- Integrated Materials Mgmt., MDI, Gurgaon, 21-3-2000 to 25-03
- Programming in C & C++, S.S.Engg. College, Bhavnagar, 15-5-2000 to 26-05-00
- Optimum Utilization of Internet, S.S. Engg. College, Bhavnagar, 3-7-2000 to 15 -07-00
- Operations management, MDI, Gurgaon, 25-9-2000 to 29-09-00
- Recent trends in Industrial Automation & Conmtrol, S.S. Engg. College, Bhavnagar, 25-6-2000 to 07-07-00
- E-Commerce: Planning & Implementation, MDI, Gurgaon, 26-2-2001 to 02-03-01
- Supply Chain Management, MDI, Gurgaon, 6-8-2001 to 10-08-2001
- Application of Artificial Intelligence, L.D.College of Engg., Ahmedabad, 30-9-2002 to 11-10-02
- Faculty Development Program In Entrepreneurship, EDI, Bhat, Ahmedabad, 23-12-2002 to 03-01-03
- ISO:9001:2000, TTTI, Bhopal, 15-3-2004 to 19-03-04
- Office Procedure and Management, SPIPA, Ahmedabad, 27-10-2005 to 29-10-05
- Government Purchase Procedure and Stores, SPIPA, Ahmedabad, 27-12-2007 to 29-12-07
- Judiciary Courts and Court Procedure & Handling Litigation, SPIPA, Ahmedabad, 06-01-16 to 08-01-16
- Office Administration, SPIPA, Ahmedabad, 02-02-16 to 06-02-16
Publications
In International Journals
- “A reference framework for selection of Automated Guided Vehicle System using Fuzzy MADM Techniques”; International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Applications in Engineering Technology and Science; (IJ-ETA-ETS: ISSN: 0974-3588) Vol.2, Issue 2, Page 82 -87, July-December 2009
- “A Selection of
material using a novel type decision-making method: Preference selection index
method”; Materials & Design (International Journal), Vol.31, Issue 4, Page
1785-1789, 2010, Elsevier Publications.
- “Multi attribute
evaluation of Water Jet Weaving Machine using Analytical Hierarchy Process”, Journal of Textile and Apparel Management,
Vol.6, Issue 4, Fall 2010. Page no.1-10.
- A multi-attribute selection of automated guided vehicle using the
AHP/M-GRA technique”, International Journal of Production Research, (ISSN 0020–7543
print/ISSN 1366–588X online). First published on: 18 January
2011 (iFirst), 2011. Taylor & Francis, URL: ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2010.518988
- An
alternative multiple attribute decision making methodology for solving optimal
facility layout design selection problems; Computers
& Industrial Engineering (2011), Vol. 61, Issue 3 , Page no.
542-549. (ISSN:0360-8352), Elsevier Publication.
- An Integrated Multi Attribute Decision Making Methodology for Selection of
Industrial Robot” Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, (ISSN: 0973-6867), Vol.
6 , Issue 2 , Page no. 86-92.
Accepted for Publication
- “The selection of flexible
manufacturing system using preference selection index method”, International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, (ISSN: 1748-5045(Online) and ISSN: 1748-5037 (Print)). Article accepted for publication. InderScience Publication.
In International Conferences
- “Preparing Small and Medium Sized Enterprises for Lean Manufacturing:
The Need of The Day”; International Conference on E-Manufacturing: An Emerging
Need for 21st Century World Class Enterprises, Bhopal, November 2002
- “Scheduling Of Suburban Railway Services: A Case Study”; International
Conference on Operations Research For Development; Organized By Operational
Research Society Of India; Chennai; December 2002
- “Popularizing Operations Research In Small And Medium Scale Enterprises:
Some Propositions”; International Conference on Operations Research For
Development; Organized By Operational Research Society Of India; Chennai;
December 2002
- “Constraint Logic Programming for the Timetabling of Commuter Rail
Services”; APORS 2003, New Delhi
- “Identification of Linkages for Implementation of Japanese
Management Systems in Indian Industries”, at The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and
Technology (ICMIT 2006), Singapore, June 2006
- “A Framework for
Improving Competitiveness of Manufacturing Industries through Productivity
& Quality Improvement Methods”, at Global Conference on Production and
Industrial Engineering- CPIE-2007, Jalandhar, March 2007
- Imbibing
Ethics in Technical Education: The TQM Approach”, International Conference on
Quality Management Practices (ICQMP 2007); Mumbai; August 2007
- “A selection of Flexible Manufacturing System
using Grey Relational Analysis with Integrated Weigh”, Proc. of the 3rd
International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, January 4-6,
2010, SVNIT, Surat – 395 007, India, Page 633-637
- “A selection of Automated Guided Vehicles
using Grey relational analysis model for material handling” International
Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications, ICAIEA2010,
January 4-6, 2010; Anna University, Chennai.
- A selection of Flexible Manufacturing System
using Grey Relational Analysis with Integrated Weight”, Proc. of the 5th
International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, June 6 - 8,
2011, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat – 395 007, Gujarat, India,
Page no 601-605.
- “A multi criteria selection of gear material
using analytical hierarchy process method”, International Conference on Advances in Materials and
Manufacturing Technology (AMMT 2011), July 15-16, 2011, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Chitkara University, Punjab. Pg. No. 114-119,(ISBN
978-81-920913-8-9).
- “A selection of Automated Guided Vehicle using COmplex
PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS) method”, Proc. of the 1st
International Conference on Industrial Engineering, November 17-19, 2011 , S.V.
National Institute of Technology, Surat – 395 007, Gujarat, India.
- “A
fresh review of Lean Manufacturing techniques as a tool to improve
competitiveness of Automobile Industries”; Proceedings of 1st
International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical engineering, January
4-5, 2013; GHCET, VVNagar, Gujarat, India (ISBN: 978-1-61233-6244).
- “Identification of
Problems and Prospects of Supply Chains for Capital & Industrial Goods
Manufacturing Industry ( C & I GM) -A Review”; International Conference on
"Managing Supply Chain for Global Competitiveness" on 25-26th October
2013, Nagpur, India
In National Conferences
- “Manufacturing: Undergoing Revitalization for Supporting Supply Chain”,
17th National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of
Engineers, Indore, November 2001
- “Energy Saving Potential in Compressed Air System”, 17th
National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers, Indore,
November 2001
- “Productivity
Improvement through Energy Saving in Investment Foundry for Competitive
Advantage”, National Conference on Energy Monitoring, Perundurai, January 2002
- “Energy Saving
Potential in Hotel Industry”, National Conference on Energy Monitoring,
Perundurai, January 2002
- “Supply Chain Management through Linear Programming- A Case Study”; 44th
National Convention, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering; Mumbai,
November 2002
- “Agile and Lean Manufacturing – Recent Trends Finding Roots in Japanese
Concepts”; 20th All India Manufacturing Technology Design &
Research Conference; BIT-Mesra, Ranchi, December 2002
- “Implementing e-Manufacturing in SMEs: Problems and Prospects”; 18th National Convention of Production Engineers, Institution
of Engineers; Jabalpur, December 2003
- “Just-In-Time (JIT) Implementation in Small Manufacturing Enterprises:
Problems and Prospects”; 2nd National Conference on Computer
Integrated Manufacturing; Coimbatore, November 2004
- “A selection of Flexible Manufacturing System using
integrated AHP/COPRAS model”, National Conference on Recent advances in Manufacturing (RAM-2010),
(ISBN: 978-93-80697-05-5, Excel India publisher), 19-21 July, 2010,Department
of Mechanical Engineering, S. V. National Institute of Technology,
Surat – 395 007, Gujarat, India, Page no. 162-168.
- “Application of Grey relational analysis
method for selection of Bearing material ”, National Conference on Recent advances in Manufacturing
(RAM-2010), (ISBN:), Sep-2011, Department of Mechanical Engineering, S.
V. National Institute of Technology, Surat – 395 007, Gujarat, India
- “A use of Grey relational analysis method for
evaluation of the Electric Arc Welding strength” 20-21, Jan-2012, TFMS-2012,
Pg. No: 437-441, National conference organized by C. K. Pithawalla college of
Engineering & Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India. (Published in Proceeding
ISBN: 978-81-8487-202-6, Narosa Publishing House).
Papers Submitted for Publication
- “Investigating the implementation aspects of lean
manufacturing practices as improvement initiative through analysis of published
case studies” National
Conference on Thermal, Fluid and Manufacturing Science; January 24 – 25, 2014, Surat,
Gujarat, India
- “Learning
from pragmatic studies of implementing lean manufacturing practices and its
effects in manufacturing organizations”; International Conference on Research
and Scientific Innovation ICRSI- 2013; AMA, 22nd December, 2013,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Book
Manufacturing Processes-I, (ISBN: 978-93-
80667-08), Books India Publications Ahmedabad.
Professional Institution Memberships
- MIE - Member of Institution of Engineers (India), Calcutta. Membership No.: M/128575/5
- Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) New Delhi. Life Membership No. LM-23557
- Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad. Life Membership No.: LM-1469