Dr. G Raghavendra has been an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, since 2013. He acquired the B. Tech degrees from Bapatla Engineering College, India.  He completed his M.Tech. and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He has published 140 papers in respected international journals, 16 book chapters, 1 book and 4 granted patents and is the recipient of several awards and accolades at international/national levels for his excellence in research and academics. One project in DST SERB under ECR successfully completed of worth 37 lakhs.  He has guided five Ph.D. scholars and nine ongoing Ph.D. Dr. Raghavendra received Young Engineer of the Year 2018 by IEI Telangana and Early Career Research Award-2016.
 
Dr. B B V L Deepak is currently working at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, in the Department of Industrial Design. He received his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the National Institute of Technology- Rourkela in 2010 and 2015, respectively. He has 11 years of research and teaching experience in Manufacturing and Product Design fields. He produced 3 Ph.D. theses and is supervising 4 Ph.D. scholars. He published more than 100 papers in various peer-reviewed journals and conferences along with 1 patent. He is also currently handling two sponsored research projects in the field of robotics. He received several national and international awards such as Ganesh Mishra Memorial Award-2019, IEI Young Engineer Award-2018, Early Career Research Award-2017, etc.
 
Dr. Manoj Gupta was the former head of Materials Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Director designate of Materials Science and Engineering Initiative at NUS, Singapore. He did his Ph.D. at University of California, Irvine, USA (1992), and postdoctoral research at University of Alberta, Canada (1992). He is currently among top 0.6% of researchers as per Stanford's List, among Top 1% Scientist of the World Position by the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network and among 1% of scientists as per ResearchGate. His international rank among Materials Researchers in World is currently at 1305.  He has also co-authored eight books, published by John Wiley, Springer and MRF-USA. He is an editor-in-chief/editor of twelve international peer-reviewed journals. A multiple award winner, he actively collaborates/visits Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, USA and India as a visiting researcher, professor and chair professor.