N.R. Sakthivel obtained his BE in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Road and Transport Technology under Barathiyar University,, India and his ME in Engineering Design from Kongu Engineering College, under Barathiyar University, Perundurai, Erode, India . Completed his PhD in Machine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis in the year 2013 at Karpagam academy of higher education. He is a university rank holder in ME. He has published twenty one papers in peer reviewed international journals and twelve international conference papers. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore.