Dr. Kalyan Kumar Singh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and presently officiating as Associate Dean (Monitoring and Review) at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. He is with IIT (ISM) Dhanbad since August 2009. Previously, he has worked at NIT Jalandhar, HCST Mathura and IISc Bangalore in different capacities. He is selected “State Coordinator” for the state of Jharkhand by Ministry of Education, government of India 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 also the Honorary Secretary of “The Institution of Engineers (India)” Dhanbad Local Centre during 2016–18. Dr. Singh has been working in the area of Mechanical Characterization of FRP composites for over 18 years. His research includes the impact, fracture, fatigue, tribology, failures and machining of FRP composites. Impact on the FRP composite remains as the dominant area of his research. He has guided 12 Ph.D. and 35 M.Tech. Students as sole guide or main guide. He has published more than 116 research papers in international journals only. Currently, he is supervising seven Ph.D. scholars in the field of FRP composites. Total value of the R&D projects and STP courses under him is approximately 100 lakhs. He is also a member of International Society of Impact Engineering USA. Dr. Singh has received N. K. Iyengar award in 2014 and Canara Bank Research Paper Publication award for two consecutive years 2016 and 2017 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

Mr. Mahesh Shinde is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad. He obtained his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech. (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka in 2014 and 2016, respectively. During his M.Tech., he worked on copper nanocomposites to increase the strength and electrical conductivity of the material. He has published some good research papers in international journals and conferences. Currently, he is pursuing his research work under Dr. K. K. Singh on the impact damage behaviour of fibre reinforced nanocomposites.