Dr. Gajanand Gupta Dr. Gajanand Gupta is working as Assistant Professor, Gr.-II in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India since December, 2012. He is a graduate in the discipline of Mechanical Engineering from University College of Engineering, Kota, India in 2009, post-graduate in mechanical engineering with specialization in production engineering from NIT Rourkela, Orissa, India in 2011 and completed his Ph.D. in the field of reliability and maintenance engineering from BITS Pilani, India. His teaching and research interests are primarily in the field of manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, maintenance engineering and management, reliability engineering etc. He is an active researcher in the field of reliability and maintenance engineering, manufacturing systems, simulation and analysis of RAMS etc. He has published more than 20 research papers in international journals and conferences.