Books By K. Kumar - Author

Kaushik Kumar holds a PhD in engineering from Jadavpur University, India; an MBA in marketing management from Indira Gandhi National Open University, India; and a bachelor of technology from Regional Engineering College (now the National Institute of Technology), Warangal, India. For 11 years, he worked in a manufacturing unit of global repute. He is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has 22 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include composites, optimization, non-conventional machining, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, and quality management systems towards product development for societal and industrial usage; for these he has received 29 Patents. He has published more than 55 books (including 31 edited book volumes that serve as textbooks and reference books by more than 40 universities and institutes in their academic curriculum), 80 book chapters, and