Prof. Vijay Kumar Gupta is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur). He received his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from IIT Bombay. He was the recipient of the ISAMPE K. Suryanarayan Rao Memorial Senior student award for R&D in smart technology for the Year 2003 for his Ph.D. work. He is also a recipient of the JSPS Short-Term Invitation Fellowship in 2015. He is having more than 35 years of teaching and research experience. Prof. Gupta has interests in the areas of Smart Structures, Vibrations, Condition Monitoring, FEM, Mechatronics and Robotics, and AI & ML. He has published several research articles in reputable journals and at conferences, and has filed patents.