A teacher by choice, Ratheesh Nair is an Automotive Designer and an Engineering Designer, brought up in the middle east, has an experience of over 15 years in the field of Engineering, Designing and Pedagogy. A naturally talented artist, a super biker, racer, and a hardcore petrol head himself, he has pursued his passion for automobiles by completing Transportation & Automotive design at the prestigious Kookmin University, South Korea under some of the best mentors from around the world. He has done many projects for numerous Indian and Foreign Automotive manufacturers. Though he was offered many opportunities in the industry, his drive to achieve un-parallel perfection in the design education sector has him initiate the Design school at KIIT.

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Research Interest :

Two wheeler conceptualisation, Urban mobility research, Digital automotive artwork, Hyper realistic rendering.

Dr. Sushanta Tripathy is currently working as a Professor at the School of Design in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. He has completed his PhD from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has over 30 years of teaching, research and industry experience in India and abroad. He has published a number of papers in national and international conferences and journals. He is also the editorial member of six reputed international journal. His major areas of interest include production operations management, multivariate analysis, service operations management, supply chain management and quality management. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India.

Research Interests :

Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing, Service Operation Management

Deepak Singhal is an assistant professor-II in the School of Design of KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.He holds his a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Jabalpur. He completed his PhD in the area of Industrial engineering. His research interests include decision modelling, sustainability in supply chain. He has published the research papers in various reputed Journals like “International Journal of Production Research”, “Resource, Conservation and Recycling”,“Management Decision”, “Sustainable Production and Consumption”.

Research Interests

Decision modelling, Sustainability in Supply chain, Operations management, supply chain management, operations research

Dr. Swayam Bikash Mishra has joined as an Assistant Professor II in the School of Design of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), deemed to be University. He has received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) award from National Institute of Technology in January 2016. He has two years of industrial experience and 7 years of teaching experience including post-doctoral experiences. His research includes heat transfer through pin-fin apparatus, Artificial Intelligent, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing. He has published several research papers on some reputed journals and applied for Patents also.

Research Interests

Rapid Prototyping, Fused Deposition Modeling, Rapid Tooling, Intelligent Manufacturing, Rapid manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence