R. Sudhakara PandianR. Suhakara Pandian earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering under TEQIP fellowship from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India in 2008. He has done post doctoral work at Technical University of Kosice, Slovak republic in 2009-10. Now he isworking as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kalasalingam University, India where he joined during December 1998 as a Lecturer. He has around twelve years of teaching and research experiences. He is actively supervising four research scholars doing PhD work under him. He is acting as a co-investigator of a DST-India sponsored technical project in the area of cellular manufacturing system. In May 2010, Institution of Engineers (India) honored him with Young Engineers Award in the field of Production Engineering. His research interests include cellular manufacturing system, optimization techniques, operations management, and logistics management. Read More Read Less