Prof. (Dr.) Pramod Kumar Faujdar | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Bio

Dr. Pramod Kumar Faujdar is a distinguished academician, administrator, and researcher with over 17 years of extensive experience spanning teaching and industry. He currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, where he also plays pivotal administrative roles as Dean of Student Welfare and Proctor. In these capacities, he actively contributes to student development, discipline, and overall campus governance.

Dr. Faujdar began his academic journey with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Bharatpur, followed by a Bachelor of Engineering from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur. He earned his Master of Technology from Jagannath University, Jaipur, and further enhanced his managerial acumen with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Suresh Gyan Vihar University (SGVU), Jaipur. He has also completed his doctoral research toward a Ph.D. at Government Engineering College, Bikaner, under Rajasthan Technical University, Kota.

A certified professional in Lean Six Sigma (both Green Belt and Black Belt), Dr. Faujdar possesses strong expertise in quality management and process optimization. His key research and professional interests include Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Industry 4.0, and Smart Manufacturing.

He is a life member of several prestigious professional bodies, including ISTE, InSc, and IAENG. With more than 40 research publications in national and international journals and conferences, Dr. Faujdar has made significant contributions to the advancement of mechanical engineering and modern manufacturing practices.

Additional Administrative Titles

Dean Student Welfare

Proctor

Head of Department, Civil Engineeirng

Academic Degrees

Diploma, B.E., M.Tech., MBA, Ph.D.

Academic Appointments

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur from 27th February, 2026 to till date.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur from 31st January, 2015 to 26th February, 2026.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jagannath University, Jaipur, 24th January, 2012 to 30th January, 2015.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kautilya Institute of Technology, Jaipur from 16th August 2009 to 24th December, 2011.

Professional Experience

Head of Mechanical Engineering Department: Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur (Raj.) from September, 2015 to August,2023.
DSW and Proctor: Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur (Raj.) since September 2015.
Execution Engineer, Simplex Infrastructure Ltd., JERP, Reliance Project, from 2nd July 2007 to 3rd July 2009.

Courses Taught

M.Tech: Advance Operations Research, Research Methodology
B.Tech: Production Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Lean Manufacturing,Industruial Engineering
PhD: Quality Assurance and Reliability

Teaching

Production Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, Quality Assurance and Reliability,Industrial Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Operations Management, Operations Research, Ergonomics and Human Factor Engineering

Research Interests

Industry 4.0,Production Engineering, Quality and Process Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma

Publications

Kumar, P., Kantak, G.K. (2025). Prioritization and Modeling of Barriers to Smart Grid Communication for Energy Sustainability Employing Interpretive Structural Modeling Process. In: Awasthi, K.K., Srivastava, S., Rathore, S. (eds) The Green Revolution: Building Sustainable Solutions. RTESD 2023. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93444-5_17. pp. 238-248.
Gandhare, S. Narad, S., Kumar, P. and Madankar, T. (2024), "Integrating Quantitative Parameters for Automating Medical Equipment Maintenance Using Industry 4.0 and FMEA," 2024 In: 2nd DMIHER International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Education and Industry (IDICAIEI), Wardha, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IDICAIEI61867.2024.10842797. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10842797
Kumar, P., Bhamu,J., Bhadu,J. and Saraswat,P. (2023) " A Review on Industry 4.0 Technologies for Sustainability: State of the Art and Future Trends," International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future, Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan, Jaipur, India, Proceedings of ICONRER-2023, ISBN:978-81-954233-9-2,pp.25-34.
H. J. Singh and Kumar, P. (2022) "To compute the complete loss of voltage in the television network to optimize the maximum voltage regulation," International Interdisciplinary Humanitarian Conference for Sustainability (IIHC), Bengaluru, India, 2022, pp. 845-849, doi: 10.1109/IIHC55949.2022.10059794.
Kumar,P.,Singh,S.(2022), “Experimental Study for Cleanliness Evaluation of Tractor Engine Components”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical and Automation Engineering (ICRAMAE-2021), IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. Vol.1224, 012013, DOI 10.1088/1757-899X/1224/1/012013
Kumar, P.(2021), “Smart Grid communication challenges in context of industry 4.0- An ISM approach”, In: 2nd International Conference on Industrial and Manufacturing Systems -11th -13th Nov 2021, (CIMS-2021 by NIT Jalandar & PEC chandigarh)-(Presented).
Kumar,P.(2021) “Application of Kaizen Lean Approach to Reduce Rejections and Failure Cost at Shop Floor of Wire Harness Company: A Case Study” In: Online International Conference on Sustainable Engineering” organized by Engineering College Bikaner under TEQIP-III during 26th -27th Feb, 2021.(Presented).
Kumar,P. and Bhadu, J.(2019) “Application of Lean Six-Sigma Methodology to Reduce Rejections and Failure Cost at Shop Floor of a Wire Harness Manufacturing Company” In: International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future at SKIT on 7th to 9th November 2019 (Presented).
Kumar, P. and Bhamu, J.(2019), “Reduction of Terminal Rejections and Failure Cost through Kaizen at Shop Floor of a Wire Harness Manufacturing Company” In: Vijayan, S., Subramanian, N., Sankaranarayanasamy, K. (eds) Trends in Manufacturing and Engineering Management. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore.pp.817-832. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4745-4_71).

Journal Articles

Kumar, P., Brar, P., Singh, D. and Bhamu, J. (2023), “Fuzzy-AHP Approach for Barriers to Implement LSS in Context to Industry 4.0”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 72 No. 9, pp. 2559-2583. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-12-2021-0715 (Publisher: Emerald, ESI-Scopus-Q1, Impact factor:2.773)
Kumar, P., Sangwan, K.S., and Bhamu, J. (2021), “Analysis of Barriers to Industry 4.0 adoption in Manufacturing Organizations: an ISM Approach”, Procedia CIRP, Vol. 98, pp. 85-90. (Publisher: Elseveir BV, SCI Indexed , Impact factor:2.40)
Kumar, P., Bhadu, J., Singh, D. and Bhamu, J. (2021), “Exploratory Study on Design Principles and Key Technologies of Industry 4.0”, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, Vol.13 No.3, pp.234-257. (Publisher: Inderscience, Scopus-Q3 Indexed , Impact factor:2.20)
Kumar, P., Singh, D. and Bhamu, J. (2021), “Development and Validation of DMAIC based Framework for Process Improvement: A Case Study of Indian Manufacturing Organization”, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 38 No. 9, pp. 1964-1991. (Publisher: Emerald, ESCI-Scopus-Q2 Indexed , Impact factor:2.77)
Kumar, P., Bhadu, J., Singh, D. and Bhamu, J. (2021), “Integration between Lean, Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 Technologies”, International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage,Vol.13 No.1/2/3, pp.19-37.(Publisher: Inderscience, Scopus-Q3 Indexed , Impact factor :1.71)
Bhadu, J., Kumar, P., Singh, D. and Bhamu, J. (2021), “Lean Production Performance Indicators for Medium and Small Manufacturing Enterprises: Modelling through Analytic Hierarchy Process”, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Vol.13, pp.978-997.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-021-01375-6 (Publisher-Springer, Scopus-Q3 Indexed, Impact factor-1.721.
Kumar, P., Singh, D. and Bhamu, J. (2021), “Application of Kaizen Lean approach to Reduce Rejections and Failure Cost at Shop Floor of a Wire Harness Manufacturing Company: A Case Study”, Indian Journal of Engineering & Material Science, Vol.29, pp.116-123. (Publisher-CSIR-NISCAIR, ESCI-Scopus-Q3 indexed, Impact factor-0.881).
Kumar, P., Bhamu, J., Goel, S. and Singh, D .(2024), “Interpretive structural modelling of lean six sigma critical success factors in perspective of industry 4.0 for Indian manufacturing industries” International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management. Vol.15.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-024-02375-y
Gandhare S, Kumar P, Madankar T, Singh D, Bhamu J (2025), "Development and validation of a FMEA-based medical equipment maintenance framework using Industry 4.0". International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 42 No. 8 pp. 2250–2290, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-07-2024-0246.

Book Chapters

Kumar P., Singh, D. and Bhamu J. (2021), “Machine Vision in Industry 4.0: Applications, Challenges and Future Directions”, In: “Machine Vision for Industry 4.0: Applications and Case Studies”, Taylor & Francis LLC, Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, Florida, USA. e-Book ISBN: 9781003122401, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003122401 , pp-264-283
Kumar,P. and Kumar,S. (2021), “Exploratory study on Social Research” published in book titled “Social Research Methodology (An Overview)” with ISBN (978-81-948755-8-1).( Kripa Dristhi Publications, India).

Conferences, Talks & Speaking Engagements

Plenary Speaker at “Global Summit on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation (GSMRA2025).
Worked as keynote chair in “International Conference on Engineering, SOCIAL SCIENCES & Management: Challenges, Issues and Opportunities” at Sri Balaji College of Engineering and Technology Jaipur, May 21st ,2022.
BOS External member at Dr.KN Modi University,Niwai.
Contributed as Editor for the book titled “Futuristic Trends in Mechanical Engineering” IIP Proceedings, Volume 2, Book-1, Part-2, ISBN-978-93-95632-74-4, 01 Nov.2022.
Worked as external examiner at Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Anand International college of Engineering, SKIT, MJRP University, Poornima College of Engineering and Poornima University, Jaipur National University.

Affiliations

Life time member of “International Association of Engineers”-Member no.248551
Life time member of “Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)” Member no. LM132233.
Life time member of “Institute of Scholars (InSc)”-Member no. InSc2021A1C7

In the Media

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hUNXzJoAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pramod-Kumar-142
Linkdin profile link:
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🏛️ Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering

🎓 Qualification

Ph.D.

⏱️ Experience

7 Appointments

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Mechanical Engineering, Industry 4.0,Production Engineering, Quality and Process Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma

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