| D.K. Pratihar (BE(Hons.), M.Tech., Ph.D.) received his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur, India, in the year 2000. Besides several scholarships and the best paper awards, he received the University Gold Medal for securing highest marks in the University in 1988, A.M. Das Memorial Medal in 1987, Institution of Engineers鈥 Medal in 2002, and others. He completed his post-doctoral studies in Japan (6 months) and Germany (1 year) under the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship Programme. He is working, at present, as a Professor, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. His research areas include robotics, soft computing and manufacturing science. He has guided 5 Ph.D. and 22 M. Tech. students. He has the experience of handling a number of projects sponsored by the DST, MHRD, DAE, Govt. of India. He has published more than 100 papers in different journals and conference proceedings. Recently, he has written a textbook on 鈥淪oft Computing鈥 which has been published by Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi and Alpha Science International, Oxford, UK. He has been included as a member of the program committee for a number of International Conferences. He has been selected as the Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms; International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management. He has been elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (I) in 2008. |
