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Pravin Madanrao Singru

Professor

Acoustics, Vibration

Administrative Responsibilities and Professional Activities

 
Administrative Responsibilities
  1. Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS-Pilani K.K.Birla Goa Campus.(July 2006 to November 2013)
  2. Faculty In Charge (Workshop) - July 2009 to December 2013
  3. Associate Dean, Practice School, BITS-Pilani K.Birla Goa Campus. (January 2014 to May 2015)
  4. Faculty In Charge, Placement, BITS-Pilani K.K.Birla Goa Campus. ((January 2014 to January 2015)
  5. Chairman, Department Level Shortlisting Committee for Faculty Recruitment (August 2018 to July 2023)
  6. Worked on recruitment committee of teaching and non-teaching staff from 2006 to 2013
  7. Worked as Convener , Academic Counseling Cell for 2011-2013
  8. Organised Reflections 2012, closing event of Mission 2012 in November
  9. Worked as Member of Task Force (Counseling) in Mission 2012 
  10. Chairman of doctoral research Committee from 2010-2013.
  11. Member of Faculty and Staff Development Imperative since January- May, 2014 to in Mission 2015
  12. Member of Faculty track -Project Lakshay -2020
  13. Member of Department level short listing committee since February 2013
  14. Member of Campus level examination subcommittee since October 1, 2020
  15. Member of DCA since June , 2022
  16. Member of Campus level Internal committee on Sexual harassment since February 1, 2023
  17. Team member of Industry-Abridged Joint Certification Programme with LandT edu tech, January 2023

 

Other Institutional Contribution:
  1. Member of Curriculum Review committee in 2011 as Head of the Department and actively participated in Curriculum benchmarking of FD and HD Program 
  2. Design, development, installation and commissioning of IC Engine, Fluid Mechanics and Machines, Thermal Science, Material Science, CNC Laboratory since the inception of the department at K.K. Birla Goa Campus. Lead the team of teaching and non-teaching staff in the whole process from scratch.
  3. WILP program committee on Design Programs, I have identified SME's for M.Tech (Automotive Engg) , received and streamlined handout of all 20 courses. The course outcomes are mapped with program outcomes as per ABET accreditation.
  4. BITSAT Question Paper Moderator

    • Logical reasoning for the BITSAT(March -May 2022)
    • HD (Design Engineering) in 2016

 

Industry Engagement:
  • Industry Immersion Program : Visited Tata Technologies, Pune during June 3-28, 2013 under Industry Immersion Program. Visited Jaguar Land Rover Offshore Development Center and Tata Motors Offshore Development Center in the CAD and NVH Group to understand the design and NVH analysis of passenger cars. This experience helped in making Curriculum of WILP M.Tech (Automotive Engg.) program. It has also helped me in formulating a research proposal of "Characterisation of Magneto Rheological Dampers.'
  • PS Activities as a Faculty

    1. Opened PS-I station at Cartini India Limited in 2013 as an outcome of interaction with CII Goa Chapter.
    2. Opened PS -II Station at IFB Goa in 2010-11 as an outcome of interaction for a consulting job
    3. Invited by CII, Goa to higher education summit on 14.12.2012 to deliver lecture on multi-disciplinary projects.
    4. PS-I instructor at L&T Chiyoda, Grasim Industries, Nagda and Access Livelihoods Consulting India Ltd, Hyderabad.

 

Conference / Workshop Organised:

1.  Member of organizing committee on workshop on biosensors organized by BITS Pilani, Goa campus in  February, 2006. 
 
2.  Coordinator of Workshop on Robotics held on 18th and 19th November 2006 
        
3. Organized INDO-RUSSIAN WORK SHOP on topical problems in sold mechanics, sponsored by DST and Russian Academy of Sciences,  Nov-11-14,2008
 
4. Organised Two day Faculty Development Program for Engineering and Technical courses in collaboration with   Confederation of Indian Industry on 27 and 28 September 2012 as Convenor.
 
5.Organized International Conference on Emerging Miniaturized Technology Micro to Nano EMTM2N , Feb 22-23,  2013 at BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla, Goa Campus as Finance Chair.
 
6. Member of Program Committee 1st International & 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2013) held at IIT Roorkee between December 18 to December 20, 2013.
 
7. Co-Convener, AICTE Sponsored Winter School on “Industrial Applications of Mechatronics” in collaboration with Agnel Polytechnic, Verna, Goa in December 2013 with a grant of Rs. 7 lakhs.
 
8. Organizing Committee member and Reviewer of  1st International and 13th National Conference on INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS ON MACHINES & MECHANISMS , held at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, December 21 & 22, 2020

 

 

Reviewer (Journals and Conferences):

  • Reviewer of Transactions of ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of sound and Vibration, Elsevier,  Transactions of ASME Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics, Journal of Vibration and Control, Journal of Advances in Vehicle Engineering, Journal of Vibro-engineering, Journal of Measurement in Engineering, Advances in Acoustics and Vibrations, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing , Measurement, 
  •  Reviewer of IFToMM International Conference “Recent Trends in Automation & Its Adaptation to Industries” (JULY 11-14, 2006) to be held at Priyadarshini College of Engineering and Architecture, Nagpur.
  •  Reviewer of  "International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering" , organized by School of Mechanical Engineering, SRM institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University), Chennai, India, on 14-16, December 2006
  •  Reviewer 1st International & 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2013) held at IIT Roorkee between December 18 to December 20, 2013
  •  Reviewer of ASME 2015 -International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition May 2015.
  •  Reviewer of 17th National and 2nd International conference on Machines and Mechanisms, 2015.
  •  Editor of Journal of Vibro-engineering and Journal of Measurement in Engineering March , 2016-March 2019 (SCI)
 
 

Outreach to Other Universities:

  • Expert member on Board of studies of Mechanical Engineering, Ramdeobabab Engineering College, Nagpur , Maharashtra since 2018-till date
  • Expert member on Board of studies of Mechanical Engineering Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar, Sangli, Maharashtra (2011-14)
  • Nominated as an expert on Research & Recognition Committee of RTM Nagpur University, to have an expert opinion on the treatise “Human Powered Flywheel Motor: Concept, Design, Dynamics and Applications” submitted for D.Sc. degree of the university in October 2010, final report submitted in August 2011.
  • PhD Thesis examiner IIT Bombay, VNIT Nagpur, RTM Nagpur University, SGB Amravati University, University of Malaya ,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, DY Patil University, Pune 
  • Conducted FDP on Effective Curriculum Design based on Choice based Credit System (CBCS) at School of Engineering and Technology, Christ University, Banglore, December 5-9,2022