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Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar

Head of Department & Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

BioCorrosion of Materials, Biomaterials and Composites, Indentation Behaviors, Mechanical testing, Metal Foams, Metallic Glasses, Synthesis and Characterizations, Wastewater treatment

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Roles:

  • Head of Department, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Dubai Campus (June 2024 - June 2026)
  • Member, Campus Space Utilization Committee (CSUC), BITS Dubai Campus (Sept 2024 - Sept 2026)
  • Chair Person, DRC Committee, Dept of Mechanical, BPDC (Sept 2024 - Sept 2026) 
  • Convener, DCA and ccDCA member, Dept of Mechanical, BPDC (Sept 2024 - Sept 2026) 
  • Member, ECHO Review Committe, BPDC (Nov 2024 - till date) 
  • Point of Contact for Professional Associations at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2023 - till date)
  • Member, Department Level Selection Committee at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2023 - till date)
  • Member of Senate at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2023 - till date)
  • Member, Timetable Committee (Sept 2024 -  till date)
  • Member, Department Committee on Academics at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2022 - till date)

Past Administrative Roles:

  • Faculty In-Charge, International Programmes and Collaboration - (June 2022 - Aug 2024)
  • Faculty In-Charge for Thesis & Projects under AUGSD (from Oct 2018 - Aug 2024)
  • Member, Library Committee, Mechanical Engineering, BITS-Dubai Campus (Dec 2021 - Dec 2022)
  • Convenor of Department Research Committee (DRC) - (2021- 2022)
  • Editor of special edition of Materials Today: Proceedings 
  • Convenor of  IMMT 2019 International Conference at BITS Dubai Campus, Nov 2019
  • Selected as Senate Member for 2 years (from Sept 2018)
  • Member of Research Board at BITS Pilani University, Pilani
  • Jury Member for Mantra Awards at BITS 2019
  • Organized 1st BITS Innovation Competition 2019
  • Core member of Project Lakshya implementation team. 
  • Convenor of Department Research Committee (DRC) - 2018-2020
  • Convenor of  IMMT 2017 International Conference at BITS Dubai Campus, Nov 2017
  • Incharge of Creative Lab at BITS Dubai Campus (Sept 2017 - Till Date)
  • Nucleus Member of Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) BITS Dubai Campus (Aug 2016 - Till Date)
  • ASME Faculty Incharge, BITS Dubai Campus
  • Member of Disciplinary Committee, BITS Dubai Campus (Aug 2017 - Aug 2018)
  • Faculty Incharge of Solar Decathlon Competition  
  • Member, Departmental Research Committee, BITS (Aug 2016 - Till Date)
  • Member, Library Committee, Mechanical Engineering, BITS-Dubai Campus (Aug 2016 - Aug 2017)