Prof. Kaushik Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Virtual Manufacturing 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 National Institute of Technology), Warangal, India. He has been working in a globally known manufacturing unit for 11 years. Currently, he is 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. He has published 55+ books (including 31 edited book volumes, which are used as textbooks and reference books by 40+ universities/institutes in their academic curricula), 79 book chapters, and 200+ research papers in peer-reviewed reputable national and international journals. He has also served as editor-in-chief, series editor, guest editor, editor, editorial board member and reviewer for international and national journals, has been granted many awards and honours, and has also received sponsored research and consultancy projects from the government of India and other countries. He has guided many students of doctoral, masters and undergraduate programmes of his home and other institutions in India and abroad and at the same time served as a reviewer and examiner of doctoral and masters dissertations for institutes in India and abroad.