Somnath Chattopadhyaya has received his B.E degree in Production Engg. from Jadavpur University in 1992, M.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT(ISM) in 1999 and PhD degree in Production Engg. from BIT-Mesra in 2005. He is presently working as Professor and Head in the department of Mechanical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. He is the author of 125 articles in SCIE category journals and guided 27 PhD Scholars leading to their award of the degrees. He is also the author of five books and three book chapters. He was the recipient of two best paper wards in international conferences held in Europe in two occasions and was also the recipient of Canara Bank Best Researcher Award among the faculty members of the department of Mechanical Engineering of Indian Institute of technology (Indian School of Mines). He has 8 years industrial experience and 21 years of teaching and research experience. He is also the PI and the Co-PI of some projects from AICTE, UGC and Ministry of Power, DRDO.