Dr. Sankha Deb : Short bio

Dr. Sankha Deb is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in India. His research is in the area of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Robotics, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Processes and Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing techniques in Manufacturing. He published many research papers in journals and he is coauthor of a book. Sankha received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Montreal, Canada in 2005, his M.Tech degree in Manufacturing Process Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in 1999 and his B.E. (Hons.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty position at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2008, he had served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 2006 to 2008 and he was an Assistant Professor in the Center for Soft Computing Research at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta from 2005 to 2006. He was invited as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, École Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Canada in 2008 and 2009. He had also served in the industry for one year.