Rakesh Narain

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: narainr[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 05322271061(O) 05322271627(R) 8005315127(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

Presented a paper in 3 Days International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics, and Factories of the future held at IIT Delhi from December 16-19, 1993.

Presented a paper at 2 Days National Conference at REC Kurukshetra in 1989

Presented a paper at 2 Days National Seminar on Automation and its Level in Industry, held at Institution of Engineers (India), Allahabad Local Centre, August 1993.

Award and Honors:

Received the “Award for Excellence 2004” by the Literati Club, United Kingdom, for my research paper titled, “Strategic planning for Knowledge Management implementation in engineering firms”, published in the Journal of Work Study, 2003.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Five-day online workshop on “Emerging Technologies for the new generation engineers and the challenges to make them industry-ready”, held at MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, from 27-07-2020 to 31-07-2020

IEEE International Conference on Advances in Mechanical, Industrial, Automation & Management Systems (AMIAMS 2017) from February 3-5, 2017, Technical Sponsors: IEEE UP Section, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, held at MNNIT Allahabad.

2 Days National Seminar on “Automation and its Level in Industry”, held at Institution of Engineers (India), Allahabad Local Centre, August 1993.

2 Days National seminar on “Energy Management”, in collaboration with NTPC, Northern zone, in March 1995, held at MLNREC Allahabad.

2 Days National Conference on “Advances in Industrial Engineering and Productivity Improvement Techniques” in 1995, at held at MLNREC Allahabad.

2 Days National seminar on “Upgrading Professional Practice Through Total Quality”, in collaboration with Institution of Engineers (India), Allahabad Local Centre, Allahabad Management Association, Allahabad, in 1998, held at MLNREC Allahabad.

Projects Completed:

Investigative studies of Flexible manufacturing Systems: financed by College Research Council, MNREC, Allahabad.

Expert Lectures:

Delivered Lectures on Supply Chain Management: From Traditional to Digital at NIT Jalandhar (Punjab)

Delivered Lectures on Computer-Aided Manufacturing at BabuBanarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management (BBDNITM), Lucknow to their final year Mechanical Engineering students.

Delivered a lecture on Cutting Tool Materials in the Winter school on “Recent Trends in Engg. Materials”, organized by the Dept. of Applied Mechanics, MNNIT, Allahabad, from December 26-January 6, 1995.

Invited to deliver lectures on Industrial Engineering at BIET, Jhansi, UP.

Overseas Assignments:

Went to England under the INDO-UK REC project for a six months specialized course, and was placed at the Liverpool John Moore University, Liverpool, and at the University Of Central England, Birmingham. There, got training on PRO-Engineer, I-DEAS, and CAM. Also attended a one-week course on Rapid Prototyping at Liverpool University.

Attended the 2005JointInternational ISPA/SCEA conference held at Broomfield, Colorado, USA from June 14th through June 17th, 2005 and presented a research paper titled, “Decision-Making Issues in Financial Justification and Acquisition of FMS”.

Attended the 3rd World POM conference held at Gakushuinuniversity, Tokyo, Japan from August 4th through August 8th, 2008 and presented a research paper titled, “A Survey on Status of E-Procurement in Small and Medium Enterprises of India”.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Have been Reviewer for International Journals and conferences.