Dr. Mandeep Dhanda

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: mandeepdhanda[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 9004319855(O)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Key note address on “Advances in Manufacturing Technologies and Innovation” in 6th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Oct 6-7, 2022, Chitkara University, Punjab, India

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

ASME, 40th International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, USA, August 17-19, 2020. • ASME, 38th International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Quebec, Canada, August 26-29, 2018. • 6th International and 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design, and Research Conference, COE, Pune, India, Dec 2016. • Attended General Assembly Meeting & Workshop/Conference on Fluently Human robot interaction, Turin, Italy, 26-27 Jun 2024 • Attended General Assembly Meeting & Workshop/Conference on Fluently Human robot interaction, Brussels, Belgium, 8 Feb 2024 • Attended General Assembly Meeting & Workshop/Conferecne on Human robot interaction, SUPSI, Switzerland, 4-5 Oct 2023

Award and Honors:

Awarded UK-HEA fellowship (Associate) for teaching & supporting higher education learning, UKPSF (2024) • Award for recognitions in contribution towards research publications, PEC Chandigarh, India (2022) • Best Paper Award in CIMS–2021 International Conference, PEC Chandigarh, 11–13 Nov 2021 • Nominated for best Ph.D. thesis Award at IIT Bombay, Feb 2021 • Department PG Sports General Championship, Gold Medal, 2017-2019, IIT Bombay • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Qualified and ranked among the top 0.95% in India (2011) • Received Ministry of Human Resource Development scholarship during post-graduation, India (2011) • Intercollege Cultural and Sports Festival, 1st position, Football, Basketball, 2005 &2007, LIMAT Faridabad • NCC (National Cadet Corps) ‘A’ certificate with grade ‘A,’ 1999-2003, Sainik School Kunjpura, Karnal • Merit Certificate of Academic Excellence in Science, S.St. & Sanskrit, 1998-99, Sainik School Knjpura, Karnal • Merit Certificate, Scholarship examination, District level, 5th Standard, 1994-1995

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

Organizing Secretary for 2nd International Conference (CIMS-2021), jointly organised by Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, and NIT Jalandhar,11-13 Nov 2021

Expert Lectures:

Expert lecture on “Reverse Engineering & CNC Tool path” in ATAL FDP, PEC Chandigarh, 9-20 Jan 2023 • Expert lecture on “3D Scanning & Additive Manufacturing” in STC, PEC Chandigarh, 4-8 Mar 2022 • Expert lecture on “webCNC” in FDP Under AICTE-ATAL, PEC Chandigarh, 5-9 July 2021

Overseas Assignments:

Post Doc Research Project (Loughborough University, England, UK) in Circular Robotic Manufacturing • Post Doc Research Project (University of Bath, England, UK) in Human-Robot Collaboration and Ontology/data modelling

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Reviewer for Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing Journal (SCI), Journal of Manufacturing Processes (SCI), Computer Aided Design and Application (Scopus), Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (SCIE), CIMS International Conference etc.

Other Significant Achievements:

EPSRC-Defra Circular Economy Workshop participated (Hybrid-London), June 19, 2025 • Workshop participated on “Unlocking AI-Powered Engineering” at Aerospace Bristol, UK, May 21, 2025 • Workshop participated on “AI-Powered Engineering Deep Dive” at MTC, Coventry, UK, 10 Sept 2024 • Academic Career Academy 5-day Workshop participated, University of Bath, UK, Jan-June 2024 • Leadership Program 5-day Workshop participated, University of Bath, UK, Jan-May 2024 • Hands-on-Training on “Robotics & CNC lab for DST Karyashala on Smart Manufacturing”, 20-26 Feb 2023 • AICTE ATAL FDP participation on “Digital Manufacturing: Forecasting the future of Industry, 9-20 Jan 2023 • Short term course participation on “Quality Management”, SLIET Longowal, 21-25 Mar 2022 • Short term course participation on “Digital Manufacturing”, PEC Chandigarh 24-28 Feb 2022 • Short term course participation on “Additive Manufacturing”, PEC Chandigarh 24-28 Feb 2022 • Seminar participation on Additive and Subtractive manufacturing for advanced engineering applications: Challenges and Future Aspects, DRDO &IIT Roorkee, 24-25 Feb 2022 • Workshop participation on Possible Funding Opportunities in Materials Science, sponsored by SERB-DST Under SSR Scheme, PEC Chandigarh, 6-7 Aug 2021 • Workshop participation on ABB Industrial Robotics Programming, PEC Chandigarh, 5-9 July 2021 • Workshop participation on “Machine Intelligence and Data Science,” MInDS, 2020, IIT Bombay • Workshop participation on DWIH Workshop “Grant writing & Management,” 2019, IIT Bombay • Workshop on central facilities, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 28 February 2019