Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently serving as an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Technology, JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Advanced Manufacturing from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India after B.Tech. (Hons.) in mechanical engineering and M.Tech. (Distinction) in manufacturing and automation. His areas of research include Incremental Sheet Forming, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Materials, Additive Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Waste Management, and Optimization Techniques. He has over 60 publications in international journals of repute including SCOPUS, Web of Science and SCI indexed database and refereed international conferences. He has also co-authored and co-edited many books and proceedings including:
- Authored Book, Ajay Kumar, Ravi Kant Mittal, Incremental Sheet Forming Technologies: Principles, merits, limitations, and applications, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN 9780367276744
- Managing Guest Editor of Journal Proceedings, Ajay Kumar, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1950, International Conference on Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI) 2021 27 February 2021, Gurgaon, India, https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/1742-6596/1950/1
- Edited book, Ajay Kumar, R. K. Mittal, Abid Haleem (2023), Advancements in Additive Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence, Nature Inspired and Bio-manufacturing, ISBN: 9780323918343, ELSEVIER
- Edited book, Ajay, Parveen, Sharif Ahmad, Jyotsna Sharma, Victor Gambhir, Handbook of Sustainable Materials: Modelling, Characterization, and Optimization, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-28632-7
- Edited book, Ajay, Parveen, Ravi Kant Mittal, Rajesh Goel (2022), Book title: Waste Recovery and Management: An Approach Towards Sustainable Development Goals, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032281933
- Edited book, Ajay, Parveen, Bandar AlMangour, Hari Singh (2023), Smart Manufacturing: Forecasting the future of Industry 4.0, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032363431
He has organized various national and international events including an international conference on Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI-2021) as conference chair. He has more than 20 national and international patents to his credit. He has supervised more than 8 M.Tech, Ph.D scholars and numerous undergraduate projects/ thesis. He has a total of 15 years of experience in teaching and research. He is Guest Editors and Review Editor of the reputed journals including Frontiers in Sustainability. He has contributed to many international conferences/ symposiums as a session chair, expert speaker, and member of the editorial board. He has won several proficiency awards during the course of his career, including merit awards, best teacher awards, and so on.
He is adviser of QCFI, Delhi Chapter student cell at JECRC University and has also authored many in-house course notes, lab manuals, monographs and invited chapters in books. He has organized a series of Faculty Development Programs, International Conferences, workshops, and seminars for researchers, PhD, UG and PG level students. His area of research includes additive manufacturing, die less sheet forming, intelligent manufacturing systems. He teaches the following courses at the graduate and postgraduate level: Advanced Sheet Forming Techniques, Additive Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Smart Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Material Science, CAM, Operations Research, Optimization Techniques, Design of Experiments and Research Methodology and so on. He is associated with many research, academic, and professional societies in various capacities.