Education                                                                    

Ph.D. (Reliability Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Dissertation: Availability analysis of mechanical systems with dependencies and select maintenance policies.                             .                                                                                

M. Tech.  (Industrial Tribology and Maintenance Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi                               

B.Sc. Engineering (Mechanical Engineering), Aligarh Muslim University                                                                                                               

Teaching and Advising Experience

• 15 years of experience in teaching and research
• Presently guiding 5 PhD students
• Supervised 21 B. Tech and 07 M. Tech projects

Industrial Experience

For about 5 years, worked as Production Manager in the Indian Ordnance Factory Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. 

List of Publications

Journal Publications:

1. Loganathan, M. K., Kumar, G. and Gandhi, O. P. (2016). Availability evaluation of manufacturing systems Semi- Markov model. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 29(7): 720-735-107.
2. Kumar, G., Jain, V. and Gandhi, O. P. (2014).  Steady-state availability analysis of repairable mechanical systems with opportunistic maintenance by using Semi-Markov Process. International Journal of System Assurance and Management, 5(4): 664-678.
3. Kumar, G., Jain, V. and Gandhi, O. P. (2013). Availability analysis of repairable mechanical systems using analytical Semi-Markov approach. Quality Engineering, 25(2): 97-107.
4. Kumar, G., Jain, V. and Gandhi, O. P. (2013). Feasibility of analytical solution for transient availability using Semi-Markov Process. International Journal of Reliability and Safety Engineering Volume, 7(4): 388-410.
5. Kumar, G., Jain, V. and Gandhi, O. P. (2012). Reliability and Availability Analysis of Mechanical Systems Using Stochastic Petri Net Modelling Based on Decomposition Approach. International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering, 19 (1), 1250005 (39 pages).
6. Joel , P. V.and Kumar G. (2014). Availability analysis with opportunistic maintenance of a two component deteriorating system.  International Journal of Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing, Vol. 2(2), pp. 155-160.
7. Bhardwaj P., Singh P. and Kumar G. (2014). Risk management in supply chain using Petri net, International Journal on Mechanical Engineering and Robotics.  2(1) pp. 43-49.
8. Chawla R., Kumar G. (2013). Condition based maintenance modeling for availability analysis of a repairable mechanical system. International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology, 2(2), pp. 371-379.

Conference Publications:

1. Manghani, S.  and Kumar, G. (2016). Automotive composites and polymer material selection for fairing of human powered vehicle using multi- attribute decision-making methodology. SAE 2016 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, United States, April 12–14.
2. Gupta K. and Kumar G. (2014). Six sigma application in warehouse for damaged bags: A case study, Proceedings of IEEE ^3rd International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization  (Trends and Future Directions), Noida, UP, India,  Oct. 8-10, 1-6.
3. Kumar, G., Jain, V. and Gandhi, O. P. (2011). Reliability and Availability Modeling of  Mechanical Systems Using Stochastic Petri Net,  ASME 2011 Power Conference Proceedings, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 12–14, 2: 211-220.

Accepted Papers:

1. Kumar, G., Jain, V. and Gandhi, O. P., Availability analysis of mechanical systems with Condition based maintenance using Semi-Markov and evaluation of optimal condition monitoring interval, Journal of Industrial Engineering International.

Fellowship and Awards

• Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering (GATE)                                                                                                          
• National Merit Scholarship                                                                                                                                               
• Scholarship under Integrated scheme of UP government                                                                                       

Skills

• Optimization and software  (Matlab)
• Statistical analysis and softwares (SPSS and Minitab)
• Operation Research techniques and software (TORA, LINGO.)
• Stochastic modelling - Markov, Semi-Markov, Petri net, etc.