Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India

Prof. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Verma is working on the post of Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU) Kanpur India, (UP Govt. Technical University). Also worked as Additional Controller of Examinations and Finance Controller (FC) of HBTU. He received his Ph.D. (Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is a Chartered Engineer by the Institution of Engineers (India). He is actively involved in teaching and research in nanomaterial, polymer composites, modeling, simulation, optimization, advanced machining, and Machinability estimation of composites/nanocomposite materials. Dr. Verma supervised 06 Ph.D. and 13 Master’s theses; currently, 05 Ph.D. are ongoing. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in refereed international journals and conference proceedings. The e-content and courses he developed are widely used in the Indian university system. He has more than 12 nos. Completed/Ongoing research and development (R&D) projects sponsored by various government agencies. He has 15 filed Indian patents and 03 India copyright registered documents as well. In 2023, Dr. Verma consecutive recipient of the prestigious Research Excellence Award-2023 (REA-2023) from the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, HBTU, India, and additionally, in 2024 achieved the Research Excellence Award- 2024 (REA-2024) from the H.E. Hon’ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh (UP) state and Chancellor HBTU Kanpur for his exemplary research work. His research proposal secured rank second in Uttar Pradesh- Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) Gomti Nagar, Lucknow in a Hackathon “Beat Plastic Pollution” on 02/10/2018, out of a total of six hundred ninety-nine (699) project entries and received the Best Paper Awards at the PRIME2021 and the ICMPC2021 conferences. He is a reviewer for various international publishers such as Elsevier, Sage, Springer, etc. Moreover, Dr. Verma has been invited as Keynote/Invited Speaker, Section Chair, and member for several international conferences with themes in Mechanical & Production Engineering, Emerging Materials, and Manufacturing Science. He has developed various nanomaterials for structural applications and proposed hybrid optimization modules recognized by multiple peer-reviewed journal publishers like Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Wiley, WSPC, etc.