Dr. Pratishtha Sharma

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: pratishtha[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: NA(O) 9548590492(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Award and Honors:

Received ‘Best Paper Award’at 23rd ISME International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2025 jointly organised by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur and LNM Institute of Information Technology Jaipur.

Recognized as ‘Women in Welding’ by Indian Institute of Welding, Chennai Chapter.

Hosted and anchored at various reputed platforms such Indo-Japan International Conference (ICFAST-2026), Workshop by Indian Welding Society and various industrial visits including Fronius India Solutions & Skill Centre Gurugram.

Organized AICTE sponsored ATAL-FDP as co-coordinator.

Awarded with Institute Gold medal and Departmental Gold Medal during M.Tech.

Won second prize in creative writing event ‘A letter to my friend’ organized by Wellness center IIT, Roorkee.

Recieved Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship from IIT Delhi (2024-2026).

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

ATAL-FDP on Industry 4.0: Challenges and Oppurtunities

Expert Lectures:

Delivered an expert lecture on ‘Bridging welding and additive manufacturing: A WAAM perspective’ at DRDO sponsored short term course on ‘Additive Manufacturing for Defense Applications (AMDA)’ organized at MNIT Jaipur, India (7/03/2025).

Co-chair and panelist at industry-academia connect programme ‘Synergy5.0’organized by ‘Indiawelds (a DIPPrecognized startup)’ (30/01/2025).

Delivered an expert lecture in 6 days AICTE sponsored ATAL-FDP (14/12/2023).

Co-chair for industry-academia connect programme ‘Synergy4.0’ organized by ‘Indiaweld (a DIPP recognized startup)’ (06/10/2023).

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Engineering Fracture Mechanics (Elsevier), Materials and Manufacturing Processes (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (Springer), Discover Materials (Springer), Scientific Reports (Springer).