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Dr. Abhijeet K. Digalwar

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Room No.-2227,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India

Research Interest

  • World Class Manufacturing
  • Sustainable Manufacturing
  • Green Manufacturing
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Machine Tool Engineering
  • Operations  Management
  • Total Quality Management
  • Performance Measurement Systems

Projects and Theses Supervised

 

Ph.D.

  • Mr. P. Haridas (2002PHXF019) "Development and Validation of Quality Management Constructs for Software Industries" (Awarded on 30-06-2012)

  • Mr. Vikrant Bhakar (2011PHXF0009P) "Development of a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Manufacturing Industry" (Awarded on 16-08-2018)

  • Mr. Santosh S. Saraswat (2017PHXF0012P) "Empirical Investigation and Assessment of Various Energy sources for the Sustainable Development of Energy Sector in India". (Awarded on 12-05-2022)

  • Mr. Arpit Rastogi (2016PHXF0108P) "Empirical Investigation and Analysis of Various Factors Responsible for Sustainable Development of Electric Vehicles Manufacturing in India". (Awarded on 12-08-2022)

  • Mr. Prasanna Tillu (2020PHXF0301P) "Empirical Investigation and Analysis of Various Mobility Solutions and its Impact on Sustainability of Automobile Sector in India" (In-Progress)

  • Mr. Prasad Mane (2021PHXF0115P) "Development of a Framework for Sustainable Electric Vehicles Component Manufacturing Ecosystem in India" (In-Progress)

  • Mr. Sudhanshu Ranjan Singh (2022PHXF0047P)"Development of a Strategic Framework for the Selection of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Locations in India" (In-Progress)

 

Few Selected M.E. Dissertations

  • A Study and Analysis of Effect of Different Cooling on Cutting Forces, Surface Finish and Dimensional Accuracy in Turning Aerospace Material
  • Sustainability Issues and Challenges in the Automobile Industry  
  • Development of performance measurement systems for manufacturing industries
  • Study of Performance Measures of World Class Manufacturing

  • Design and Development of Expert System for Fault Diagnosis of Machine Tools

  • Role of Knowledge Management in New Product Development

  • Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach for Development of Electric Vehicle Market in India

 

Few Selected B.E. Thesis

  • Extracting Sustainability Criteria for Manufacturing Industries using Balanced Scorecard Approach

  • Application of MCDM Algorithms to World Class Manufacturing

  • Design and Development of Total Productive Maintenance Framework for BITS Workshop

  • Comparative Life Cycle Assessments of CRT, LCD and LED Monitors 

  • Application of Value Stream Mapping in Indian Manufacturing Industries-A Lean Approach

  • Lean Manufacturing Practices for Manufacturing Excellence-A case of OEM for Automobile Industries

  • Multi Criterion Decision Making Model for selection of sustainable manufacturing process.

  • Study of Existing Performance Measurement Systems and Measures in the context of World-Class Manufacturing

  • Development of Management Strategies for Business Excellence

  •  Study of Product Design and Operations Management in the context of Bicycle Manufacturing

  • Sustainability Issues in Sports Engineering in India

Apart from this 50+ SOP/COP/LOP projects are guided in the last 13 years