Biography
Dr. Narpat is working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. The project is Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies (TIGR2ESS). He has completed his Ph.D. on lean manufacturing entitled with 'Development of an Integrated Performance Measurement Framework for Leanness Assessment of Manufacturing Organizations' at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India in 2019. He has worked on an industrial project, 'Productivity and quality improvement through leanness assessment as a tool of operations management', in Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited, Sanand, Gujrat. He has also worked on Indo-German Collaboration Projects and actively participated to conduct various Indo-German conferences, workshops and seminars. As an academic, he has four years teaching experience. His research area includes lean manufacturing, sustainability, life cycle assessment, supply chain management, etc.
Qualification
2019: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Specialization - Lean Manufacturing. Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
2012: Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Specialization - Manufacturing System Engineering. Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
2009: Bachelors of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering. University of Rajasthan (RU), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Awards and Honours
Awarded German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship for the research visit at Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, Technical University (TU), Braunschweig, Germany, December 2015 – January 2016.
