Dr. Krishnakant Dhakar

  • Designation:  Assistant Professor
  • Employee ID: 699
  • Qualification: Ph.D.
  • Date of Joining: 25/10/2018
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About Faculty: Dr. Krishnakant Dhakar has done his B.E. and M.E. from Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur and Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. He has served as an Assistant Professor at NIT Bhopal and NIT Jalandhar. His research interests include Advanced Machining, Composite Materials, Optimization and Supply Chain Management. He has authored or co-authored more than 35 publications which include journal papers, conference papers, and book chapters. He has also got two patents. He has been PI/Co-PI for five projects and two consultancies. He has been the reviewer of many reputed journals. Further, he has been the guest editor of Materials Today’s. He has presented his research at USA and Japan.
Education and Qualification:

S. No.

Degree              

Specialization

Year       

University/Board            

1.

Ph.D.

Advanced Machining

2016

IIT Roorkee

2.

M.E.

Production Engineering

2009

PEC Chandigarh

3.

B.E.

Industrial & Production Engg.                 

2007

JEC Jabalpur
Work Experience:

S. No.

Post

Institute

Year
1. Assistant Professor SGSITS, INDORE Oct 25 Till now
2. Assistant Professor MANIT, Bhopal

July 2016 to Oct. 2018 

3.

Assistant Professor        

NIT Jalandhar              

Jan 2010 to June 2012                      
Research Details:

 Research Interests
  • Advanced Machining,
  • Composite Materials,
  • Non-traditional machining processes,
  • Optimization
Publications:

1.       Research Paper Publications

(I)      International/National Journal Publications

1.      Rajak U., Chaurasiya P., Verma T., Dhakar K., Nagdeve L. (2021) “Numerical Study on the Effect of Engine Characteristics by Using Ethanol-Moringa-Diesel Fuel” Kuwait Journal of Science (I.F. 0.65)

2.      Nagdeve L., Dhakar K., Kumar H. (2020) “Development of novel finishing tool into Magnetic Abrasive Finishing process of Aluminum 6061” Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 35 (10); pp. 1129-1134 (I.F. 3.35).

3.      P Chaurasiya, P Pandey, U Rajak, K Dhakar, M Verma, T Verma “Epidemic and challenges of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): India response” https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3569665

4.      Dhakar K., Kumar A., Mishra P. M., and Soda S., (2019) “Green Supply Chain Barriers Analysis using Interpretive Structure Modelling (ISM)” International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management DOI:10.1504/IJLSM.2020.10025356. (SCOPUS)

5.      Dhakar K., Chaudhary K., Dvivedi A. and Bembelge O. (2019) “An Environment Friendly and Sustainable Machining Method: Near-dry EDM” Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 34 (12); pp. 1307-1315 (I.F. 3.35).

6.      Rohilla V., Dhakar K., Sharma R., Singla Y., (2019) “Experimental Evaluation of Magnetic Abrasive Finishing Process with Diamond Abrasive” International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 58 (1); pp. 55-70 (I.F. 0.67).  

7.      Dhakar K., Dvivedi A. and Dhiman A., (2016) “Experimental Investigation on Effects of Dielectric Mediums in Near-dry Electric Discharge Machining” Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Vol. 30 (5); pp. 2179-2185. (I.F. 1.22)

8.      Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A., (2015) “Parametric Evaluation on Near-Dry Electric Discharge Machining” Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 31 (4); pp. 413-421 (I.F. 3.35).

9.      Pandey H., Dhakar K., Dvivedi A., and Kumar, P., (2015) “Parametric Investigation and Optimization of Near-Dry Electrical Discharge Machining” Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol. 74 (9); pp. 508-511 (I.F. 0.77)

10.  Dhakar K., Pundir, H., Dvivedi, A., and Kumar, P., (2015) “Near-dry electrical discharge machining of stainless steel” International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, Vol. 17 (2); pp. 127-138. (SCOPUS)

11.  Dhakar K., Pundir, H., and Dvivedi, A., (2014) “Optimization and Comparison of Near-dry EDM and Dry EDM of Inconel 718” Journal of Production Engineering, Vol. 17 (2); pp. 25-29.

12.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A., (2017) “Experimental Investigation on Near-dry EDM using Glycerin-Air Mixture as Dielectric Medium” Materials Today, Vol. 4 (4), pp. 5344-5350. (SCOPUS)

13.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A. (2017) “Influence of Glycerin-air Dielectric Medium on Near-dry EDM of Titanium Alloy” International Journal of additive and subtractive materials manufacturing Vol. 1 (3/4); pp. 328-337.

 

(II)    International/National Conference Publications

1.      Singh S., Nagdeve L., Kumar H., Dhakar K. “Rice Straw Based Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer for Sustainable Bio-Composites: A Systematic Review” 6th International conference on Advanced Production and Industrial Engineering (ICAPIE-2021), 18th–19th June 21.

2.      Patel M., Sangral S., Jayprakash M., Yadav R., Dhakar K. “Mechanical behaviour of titanium foam fabricated using NH3HCO3 space holder through powder metallurgy route” 6th International conference on Advanced Production and Industrial Engineering (ICAPIE-2021), 18th–19th June 21.

3.      Verma T. N., Chaurasiya P. K., Rajak U., Dhakar K., Nagdeve L. (2020) “A Numerical Study on the Effect of Engine Characteristics by Using Ethanol-Moringa-Diesel Fuel” International Conference on Energy, Materials Sciences & Mechanical Engineering (EMSME-2020), 30th Oct. - 1st Nov. 2020, NIT Delhi

4.      Gupta P. K., Dhakar K., Rajoria C. S. (2020), “An Influence of Pulse Frequency on Hole-Making Performance of Ceramics by ECDM”, International Conference on Advancements in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2020), 16th – 18th Jan, 2020, Aliah University, Kolkata, India

5.      Nigam A., Makwana A., Sharma R., Nagdeve L., Dhakar K. (2019) “Preliminary Experimental investigations into Magnetic Abrasive Finishing of Aluminum Shaft” 11th International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 2019), IIT Indore

6.      Dhakar K., Dandekar M. and Paliwal D. (2019) “An Overview on Recent Advancements in Electrical Discharge Machining Methods” 6th International Conference on Production & Industrial Engineering, (6th CPIE 2016) NIT Jalandhar.

7.      Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A. (2018) “A Comparative Experimental Investigation of Electric Discharge Machining Process Variants” TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Materials Science and Technology (MS&T 2018), Columbus, Ohio, USA. 

8.      Dhakar K., Chaudhary K., Dvivedi A. and Kumar P. (2017) “Green Machining Process: Near-dry Electric Discharge Machining” TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Pan American Materials Congress, Florida, USA.

9.      Bhagoria P. and Dhakar K., (2017) “Parametric study of Electric Discharge Machining of HSS” International Conference on Mechanical, Energy & Power Systems (ICMEPS), Oriental, Bhopal.

10.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A. (2016) “Experimental Investigation on Near-dry EDM using Glycerin-Air mixture as Dielectric Medium” 6th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (6th ICMPC-2016), Victoria University, Melbourne Australia.

11.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A. (2016) “Influence of Glycerin-air Dielectric Medium on Near-dry EDM of Titanium Alloy” 4th International Conference on Production & Industrial Engineering, (4th CPIE 2016) NIT Jalandhar.

12.  Kumar R., Dhakar K., Singh K., Singh I. and Dvivedi A. (2015) “Parametric investigation of Electric Discharge Sawing process for MMCs” 24th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM) Kansai University Osaka, Japan, pp. 448-457.

13.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A., (2014) “Experimental Investigation on Near-dry Electric Discharge Machining” 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR) IIT Guwahati, pp. 404-1-6

14.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A., (2014) “Study of the Near-dry Electric Discharge Machining” 23rd International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM) IIT Roorkee, pp. 499-504.

15.  Dhakar K., Arora P., and Dvivedi A., (2014) “Effect of Process Parameters of Near-dry EDM on Machining of a Conductive Material” 23rd International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM) IIT Roorkee, pp. 511-517.

16.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A., (2013) “Experimental Investigation of Green Electric Discharge Machining of Al-SiC Metal Matrix Composites” International Conference on Smart Technologies for Mechanical Engineering (STME) DTU Delhi, pp. 883-885.

17.  Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A., (2013) “Prediction of Material Removal Rate in Near-dry Electrical Discharge Machining Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System” International Conference on Research and Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (ICRIME) GNDEC Ludhiana.

18.  Dhakar K., and Belokar R., (2011) “JIT in Supply Chain Management” 4th International Conference on Management next: Paradigm and Innovation, Gyan Jyoti Mohali, Punjab.

19.  Dhakar K., and Soda S., (2011) “The Evolution of Green Supply Chain Management and Trends Influencing Future Concepts” International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, pp. 150-154.

(III) Book Chapter

1.      Dhakar K., and Dvivedi A. “Dry and Near-dry Electric Discharge Machining” Advanced Manufacturing Technologies - Modern Machining, Advanced Joining, Sustainable Manufacturing, Springer International Publishing DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56099-1.

2.      K Dhakar, M Dandekar, M Tyagi “Advances in Electrical Discharge Machining: State-of-the-Art” Manufacturing Engineering, pp. 245-254.
Projects:

       Projects

S.No.

Project Title

Name of Sponsoring Agency

Amount Sanctioned

1.

AICTE IDEA Lab

AICTE

1,10,00,000/-

2.

Development of Portable Near-dry Electric Discharge Machining

MHRD, NPIU

895000/-

3.

Investigation of Mechanical and Environmental Properties of Bamboo Fibre Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites Fabricated by Compression Molding and Injection Molding Process

MHRD, NPIU

1142000/-

4.

Fretting Fatigue and Fretting Wear Behaviour of Titanium Foam Under Simulated Body Fluid Environment 

MHRD, NPIU

1538000/-

5.

Investigating the Effect of Temperature, Humidity and Particulate Matter on Corrosion in Galvanized Sheet Metal at Indian Atmosphere

PANASONIC

1500000/-

6.

Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC)

DST-NIMAT

20000/-
Testing & Consultancy:


Consultancy

1.      Biotech Era Transforming India (BETI)

2.      DSAND Animal Nutrition Pvt. Ltd.

 
Other Details:

1.   List of Conferences/Workshops/Seminars Organized

1.      ATAL FDP on Artificial Intelligence in Design and Manufacturing

2.      AICTE-RGPV Online TTP on Processing and Characterization of Novel Materials.

3.      Organized Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp

4.      Convention on Making Policies for Promoting Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startups


2.       Invited Lectures/Expert Talks/Chairmanships at Conferences                                              

1.      Expert talk Delivered at S.V. Polytechnic, Bhopal

2.      Expert Lecture Delivered at SAGE University, Indore

3.      Expert Lecture Delivered at S.V. Polytechnic, Bhopal

4.      Session chaired in International Conference (COPEN) at IIT, Indore

5.       Session chaired in International Conference (CPIE) at NIT, Jalandhar

6.      Session chaired in International Conference (EMSME) at NIT, Delhi

7.      Jury Member in State level Project Competition at SIRT, Bhopal


3.       Editor/Reviewer in International Journal

1.      Guest Editor in Materials Today’s

2.      Journal of Machining Science and Technology

3.      International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing – Green Technology    

4.      Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

5.      The Electrochemical Society Journals

6.      Journal of Advanced Manufacturing System

7.      International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

8.      Journal of Manufacturing Processes

9.      Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance