Dilip Kumar Bagal has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech (Research) in Production Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Engineering Kalahandi, Bhawanipatna, Odisha, India. He has guided more than 20 research work including both M.Tech and B.Tech and published more than 80 research papers in various international journals. He has served as guest reviewer for various international journals. His area of interest includes soft computing, MCDM optimization, CAD/CAM, Non-Traditional Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Finite Element Analysis, Data Analytics, etc.