Rajyalakshmi G Editor

Dr. Jayakrishna Kandasamy is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Vellore Institute of Technology University, India. Dr. Jayakrishna’s research is focused on the design and management of manufacturing systems and supply chains to enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability performance. More recent research is in the area of developing tools and techniques to enable value creation through sustainable manufacturing, including methods to facilitate more sustainable product design for closed-loop material flow in industrial symbiotic setup, and developing sustainable products using hybrid bio composites. He has mentored doctoral students, graduate and undergraduate students (3 Ph.D, 3 M.Tech Thesis and 36 B.Tech Thesis) which have so far led to 90 journal publications in leading SCI/ SCOPUS Indexed journals, 38 book chapters, and 92 refereed conference proceedings, 4 authored books, 11 edited books in CRC/Springer Series. Dr. Jayakrishna has received numerous awards in recognition for the quality of the work that has been produced. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the manufacturing and industrial systems area and his initiatives to improve teaching effectiveness have been recognized through national awards.

Dr. Rajyalakshmi G received the Ph.D. degree in Production Engineering in 2015 and the M.Tech degree in Industrial Engineering in 2003 from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India. She has more than 19 years of teaching and research experience in Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in Sustainable manufacturing, Waste management, Optimization. She acts as a reviewer for more than 10 prestigious Web of Science journals. She has mentored doctoral students, graduate and undergraduate students (3 Ph.D, 15 M.Tech Thesis and 50 B.Tech Thesis) In addition, she has also published as an author (and co-author) 2 books with International Publisher, 15 book chapters, and more than 60 articles in Journals and Conferences. She is currently working as Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, and Vellore- India.