Pradip Kumar Ray
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Biography
Pradip Kumar Ray is presently a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India. He served as the Head of the Department from 2006-2009. He received his PhD and MTech degrees from IIT Kharagpur and Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Calcutta University, India. He has about more than thirty three years of diversified experience; eight years as Senior Industrial Engineer/Manager at General Electric Company of India in Calcutta and more than twenty five years of teaching and research experience at IIT, Kharagpur. He has also served as Associate Professor at Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus and as Visiting Faculty at University of South Pacific, Fiji Islands and trained in Japan on Production Management/JIT-based Manufacturing. He has published one text book titled ‘Product and Process Design for Quality Economy and Reliability’, four book chapters and around 130 papers in international and national journals of repute and conferences. Currently, he is acting as an investigator in UKIERI-sponsored project on ‘Climate Change Issues and Environmental Performance of SMEs in India and UK in collaboration with, Aston University, UK and as the principal investigator in OFB-sponsored project on 130-mm shell process study including its ballistic behavior.
Abstract
Abstract : Total performance assurance for sustainable manufacturing: Opportunities and challenges