K. Satyanarayana currently works as an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad. He completed his PhD and masters from the National Institute of Technology Warangal and has over nine years of academic and research experience in Indian universities. His research interests include material testing and characterization, single- and multi-objective optimization processes, experimental, and analytical and finite element investigations of various machining and forming processes. He has 60+ publications in various reputed journals and conferences.