Dr Santosh Rane, Former Dean Academics Email : s_rane@spce.ac.in Office Contact : 022-26289777 Ext -237, +91 9967505051 Portfolio 1. Dean, Academics at SPCE, Mumbai ( March 2019-April 2022) 2. Chairman of Examination Committee ( March 2019-April 2022) 3. Chairman of Website Committee 4. Chairman, Startup Cell SPCE 5. Chairman of NAAC committee at SPCE 6. Ph.D. Programme Coordinator for Mechanical Engineering, SPCE [2013-2016] 7. Member Secretary of [IQAC] Internal Quality Assurance Cell 8. Member Secretary of SPCE Alumni Committee 9. Faculty Advisor- SPCE Racing Team 10. Faculty Advisor-IIIE-SPCE student chapter since 13th Jan 2020 11. Faculty Advisor SAE Collegiate Club (SAEICCWIS107) since 24th Aug 2021 12. Founder Member of SAEINDIA Western Section Mumbai Chapter –Inauguration done-7th March 2022 13. Nidhi Prayas Project Coordinator 14. Chairman of International Conference SPICON-2022 Corporate Trainer and Consultant • He has facilitated more than 300 Business Excellence Projects in Top MNCs. He has trained over 500 Lean Six Sigma professionals and 2500 participants in other areas of Quality and Business Excellence. Dr. Rane has over 25 years of quality improvement and problem solving experience in various industries. Educational Details: • PhD in Technology from VJTI, University of Mumbai, in 2009 • MTech in Machine design from VJTI with First class in 1999 • Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma with 1ST class from Indian Statistical Institute, Mumbai in 2015 • Advanced Project Management[PGC-APM] course with First Class from SPJIMR, Mumbai in 2014 • BE in Mechanical from JNEC, Aurangabad with Distinction in 1992 • Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Govt. Poly. Jalgaon in First Class in 1989 Confederation of Indian Industries [CII] certified Designation • Supply Chain Management Executive “SCM EXE” certification from Confederation of Indian Industry , SCM EXE ID : SCMEXE/2016/0795 Teaching Experience: Total 30 Years • Teaching at Ph.D, MTech , BTech. Approved Teacher/Guide for Master and PhD program. • Working at SPCE, Andheri, Mumbai from 2000. Now promoted at Grade of Associate Professor. • Worked as a Lecturer in MCT’s RGIT, Navi Mumbai from 1994 to 1999. • Worked as a Lecturer in SSGB Polytehnic, Bhusawal in 1992 to 1994 Honors: 1. Dean Academics in SPCE (March 2019 to April 2022) 2. Jury for National Level Six Sigma competition at CII on 28-29th Sept 2021 3. Jury for Process Improvement Awards at L&T on 03rd Aug 2018. 4. Jury for CII MILCA Award on 27-28th Jan 2022. 5. Mentor for Govt. Polytechnic Jalgaon 6. Fellowship of Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering on 4th Dec2021 7. Editorial Board Member for Int. Journal of Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Inderscience Publishers. 8. Chairman, Startup Conclave 2019 at SPCE from 23rd Jan to 25th Jan 2019 9. Chairman of SPICON 2022 Int. Conference at SPCE 22nd -23rd Dec2022 10. Coordinator for International Conference in 2012 at SPCE 11. Coordinator for National E-Conference on Impact analysis Covid 19 on Higher Education 9th-10th Feb2022 12. Convener for Research Symposium 23rd April 2019 at SPCE , Mumbai 13. Convener for National Productivity Competition 2020 14. Worked as Faculty for International Summer School organized by European Commission’s Erasmus+ Project Central of Capacity building and Exchange towards attaining Technological Research and modernizing Academic Learning in European Universities to conduct Session on Exploring Block Chain Potentials to Transform Business Operations 8th July 2021 15. Invited by Swinburne University , Sarawak Campus , Malaysia to conduct Expert Session on “Unlocking Industrial Potential of Digital Twin”26th May 2021 16. Invited to conduct session at IIM Vishakhapatanam on Transforming Business using industry 4.0 on 13-11-2021 17. He is working honorary as an Associate Director of Maharashtra State at FELA- Federation of Educational Leaders and Administrators. He is also Sr Editor of Magazine of FELA. 18. Honorary Advisory Board Member at Multinational Company MNC named IDS Inc.10th June 2021 onwards 19. He received Certification of Recognition from the Academic Council of uLektz as one of the Top 20 Eminent Deans in India for the year 2020 20. Reviewer for Journal of Cleaner Production, Benchmarking: International Journal, Int J of Sys.Assu. Engg and Mgmt.