Bio-Sketch of Prof. Kalyan Kumar Singh Ph.D., FIE Dr. K. K. Singh is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dean Administration (Acting) and Associate Dean (Monitoring & Review) at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. He joined IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in August 2009. He is among the top 2% Scientists globally according to a survey conducted recently by Stanford University and published by Elsevier (Elsevier’s Database, 2022). Dr. Singh is selected for “State Coordinator” for the state of Jharkhand by MHRD New Delhi for State specific perspective plan for technical education in India. He is the Founder Chairman of Indian Society for advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (ISAMPE) Dhanbad chapter. He was the Honorary Secretary (2016-18) of “The Institution of Engineers (India)” Dhanbad Local Centre. He obtained his B.E (Mech. Engg.) from Bangalore University (1st Class) and M.Tech. (Manufacturing Science & Engineering) (1st Class) from VTU Karnataka. He has completed his Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow in the year 2008 under the guidance of Prof. Prashant Kumar from IIT-Kanpur & Dr. R. K. Singh “Scientist “G” from DMSRDE (DRDO), Kanpur and his research place was IIT-Kanpur. He has worked as a faculty member at NIT-Jalandhar, Hindustan College of Science & Technology, Mathura, and Research Associate at Department of Metallurgy, IISc. Bangalore and visiting research associate at IIT Kanpur in summers of 2004-07. He also worked as a visiting faculty of Department of Management Studies at HIMCS Mathura. He published 3 books and more than 147 research papers in international journals only. The total value of the R&D projects and STP courses under him is around 90 lakhs. He has the life membership of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education) & ISAMPE (Indian Society for advancement of Materials and Process Engineering) and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). He has also the membership of International Society of Impact Engineering (MISIE). He has guided 15 Ph.D students as a sole guide or main guide and presently he is guiding 05 Ph.D students. He is also a reviewer and member in the editorial board of national & international journals. He was Ph.D thesis examiner for the students from the IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi & many state/central level technological universities including VTU Karnataka. Apart from all of these through his exemplary academic knowledge, he has taken interest in teaching students at UG and PG levels in different courses e.g., Engineering Graphics, Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Machine Drawing, Theory of Machines, Control Systems, Manufacturing Science, Un-Conventional Manufacturing, Operation Research, Production & Operation Management, Composite Materials, Material Science & Engineering, Theory of Metal Forming and CAD/CAM. Some of his popular course’s students have taken keen interest and the number of students in his class is around 200. He has visited Stony Brook University, New York, USA and Material Testing Centre, Ulm, Germany. He has been invited for his talk at Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Roorkee, Government Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, ADRDE, (DRDO) Agra, NIT Jalandhar, MSRIT Bangalore, BIT Sindri, NIT Goa & NIT Agartala. He has been closely associated with the field of Composite Material for the last twenty-two years. He received the national merit scholarship in school days in continuous four years, cash prize for his SCI paper in 2007 in HCST Mathura, N.K Iyengar award in 2014 for his research paper from Institutions of Engineers, India, Canara Bank Research Paper Publication award for Department of Mechanical Engineering in continuous two years 2016 and 2017 at IIT-(ISM) Dhanbad and Best Research Paper Award in International Conference at Sikkim Manipal University 2017. He also received IMTR award for best paper publication for Department of Mechanical Engineering from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. His area of research is Advanced Nano Composites, Advanced Manufacturing, and Fracture Mechanics & Micro Mechanics.