Dr. Vijay Kumar Manupati is working as Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering in VIT University, Vellore. He received his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His research interests include intelligent manufacturing, integration of process planning and scheduling in manufacturing, Sustainable Supply Chain and Evolutionary Algorithms. He has more than 45 publications including reputed Journals like International Journal of Production Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Journal of Engineering. He is a member of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering and technical committee member of various International conferences.

1. Manupati, V.K., Thakkar, J.J., Wong, K.Y. and Tiwari, M.K., 2013. Near optimal process plan selection for multiple jobs in networked based manufacturing using multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 66(1), pp.63-76.
2. Manupati, V.K., Anand, R., Thakkar, J.J., Benyoucef, L., Garsia, F.P. and Tiwari, M.K., 2013. Adaptive production control system for a flexible manufacturing cell using support vector machine-based approach. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, pp.1-13.
   
3. Manupati, V.K., Chang, P.C. and Tiwari, M.K., 2016. Intelligent search techniques for network-based manufacturing systems: multi-objective formulation and solutions. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 29(8), pp.850-869.
   
4. Manupati, V.K., Putnik, G.D., Tiwari, M.K., Ávila, P. and Cruz-Cunha, M.M., 2016. Integration of process planning and scheduling using mobile-agent based approach in a networked manufacturing environment. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 94, pp.63-73.
   
5. Manupati, V.K., Krishnan, M.G., Varela, M.L.R. and Machado, J., 2017. Telefacturing Based Distributed Manufacturing Environment for Optimal Manufacturing Service by Enhancing the Interoperability in the Hubs. Journal of Engineering, 2017.

1. Keynote Speaker: 32nd National Convention of Production Engineers & National Seminar on “Improving Competitiveness in Manufacturing, Make in India to Made in India”, NCPE 27-28 May, 2017
   
2. Technical Committee member: 13th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM - 2016) at Zhengzhou University (China).
3. Editorial Review Board Member: International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (IJSECSR)
4. Technical Committee member: IAENG International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICINDE'17), Hong Kong, 15-17 March, 2017. http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2017/ICINDE2017.html
5. Program Committee Member: WorldCIST2017 and WorldCIST2018, Intelligent and Collaborative Decision Support Systems for Improving Manufacturing Processes. http://worldcist.org/index.php/17 workshop on intelligent and collaborative decision support systems for improving manufacturing processes.