Dr. Vimal K.E.K

 

  Designation: Assistant Professor  

Resarch Interests

Circular Economy, Digitalization of Manufacturing suppl chain, Sustainability,  6 Sigma, 

Employment Profile

Job Title Employer From To
Assistant Professor National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 19-10-2022 Till date
Assistant Professor National Institute of Technology, Patna 16-08-2018 18-10-2022
Assistant Professor Other private institutions in Tamil Nadu 2 Years  

Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School):

Examination Board / University Year Division/ Grade Subjects
Ph.D NIT Tiruchirappalli 2016    
M.Tech NIT Tiruchirappalli 2012 First Industrial Engineering
B.E PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 2010 First Production Engineering

Awards, Associateships etc.

Year of Award Name of the Award Awarding Organization
2012 Rank Holder NIT Tiruchirappalli
2012 Best paper award Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Fellowships

Year of Award Name of the Fellowship Awarding Organization From (Month/Year) To (Month/Year)
2010 Assistantship Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India July, 2010 July 2012
2012 Research Fellowship Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India September 2012 June 2015

Details of Academic Work

Curriculam Development

  • Proposed Sustainability in Manufacturing for M.Tech (Production Engineering), NIT Patna

Courses Taught

  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Graphics
  • Supply chain management
  • Project Management
  • Operations Research
  • Total Quality Management
  • Lean Manufacturing System
  • Sustainability in Manufacturing
  • Production and Operations Management

Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/ Organizing Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor)

Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Date (s) Sponsor Venue
International conference on Automobile, Mechanical and Marine Engineering International Organizing Secretary Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai
National workshop on Renewable Energy and its applications National Organizing Secretary TEQIP III, NIT, Patna NIT Patna
Industry 4.0 Technologies: Application in Manufacturing Supply Chain” National Coordinator Electronics & ICT Academy NIT Patna

Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting organization
Design of Experiments for Engineers 29 – 12 – 2017 Guest lecture for Final year students, Mahendra College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India
Sustainable Supply Chain Management – Barriers, Pressures and Drivers 26 – 02 - 2020 Logistics and Supply chain Research Event, at Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom
Green Manufacturing - Concept and future trends 24 – 05 - 2020 FDP on Industrial Revolution post COVID’19 organized by ADHI college of engineering and technology, Chennai, India
Contemprory Design and Future Trends 15 – 05 – 2020 FDP on Green Manufacturing: the present and Future organized by Santhiram Engineering College, AP, India
An Overview of Various Multi Criteria Decision Making Techniques for Solving Research Problems 07 – 08 - 2020 FDP on Advanced optimization techniques for research problem solving Organized by Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Telangana, India
Technical Session Chair 05 – 08 – 2020 International Conference on Future Learning aspects of Mechanical Engineering 2020, Organized by Amity University, UP, India
New Age Materials and Technologies 06-10-2021 FDP Organized by Sree Vidhyanikethan college of Engineering, AP
Session chair 5th - 7th August 2021 PRIME-2021 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering ,NIT Patna
National Technical Advisory Committee 3rd – 4th April 2020 3rd International conference on Advanced Material and Modern Manufacturing,
Recent developments in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing 28-09-2021 Two Week Faculty Development Program on ‘Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology’ organized by SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Green Manufacturing - Concept and future trends 24-05-2020 One Week Faculty Development Program on Industrial Revolution on Post COVID"19 organized by ADHI college of engineering and technology, Chennai, India
Bill of Material for Material Requirement Planning 08-11-2020 4thYear Mechanical Engineering Students, School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT Vellore
Recent advances in Green and Sustainable Manufacturing 09-03-2021 FDP Organizaed by Siddarth College of Engineering and Technology, AP
Sustainable Manufacturing - Emerging Research Areas 19th November 2020 Technology Mission "Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Organized by Karunya University, Coimbatore on
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing - Process, defects and strategies 04-08-2021 One Week Faculty Development Program on ‘Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Manufacturing’ in organized by Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu

Membership of Learned Societies

Type of Membership (Ordinary Member/ Honorary Member / Life Member ) Organization Membership No. with date
Member Indian Welding Society L01705
Member Institute of Engineering (India) M1692946

Academic Foreign Visits

Country Duration of Visit Programme
United Kingdom 1 Week GCRF Networking Grant application Preparation work

Publications

(A) Refereed Research Journals:

S. No Authors Title Journal title Year Volume and Issue no.
1 Vimal, K E K & Vinodh, S Leanness evaluation using IF–THEN rules The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2012 63(1-4), 407-413
2 Vinodh, S., & Vimal, K E K Thirty criteria based leanness assessment using fuzzy logic approach. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2012 60(9-12), 1185-1195
3 Vimal, K. E. K., &  Vinodh, S. Application of artificial neural network for fuzzy logic based leanness assessment. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 2013 24(2), 274-292
4 Vinodh, S., Devadasan, S. R., Vimal, K E K., & Kumar, D Design of agile supply chain assessment model and its case study in an Indian automotive components manufacturing organization. Journal of Manufacturing Systems 2013 32(4), 620-631
5 Vimal, K E K, Vinodh, S., &Muralidharan, R. An approach for evaluation of process sustainability using multi-grade fuzzy method. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 2014 8 (1), 40-54
6 Vinodh, S., Kumar, S. V., & Vimal, K E K. Implementing lean sigma in an Indian rotary switches manufacturing organisation Production Planning & Control 2014 25(4), 288-302
7 Vimal, K E K.,Vinodh, S., & Raja, A Modelling, assessment and deployment of strategies for ensuring sustainable shielded metal arc welding process–a case study Journal of Cleaner Production 2015 93 364-377
8 R.Mohanraj, M.Sakthivel, S.Vinodh, K.E.K.Vimal Development of Value Stream Map for an Indian automotive components Manufacturing organization Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 2015 13(3), 1-24
9 Vimal, K. E. K., &Vinodh, S. Development of checklist for evaluating sustainability characteristics of manufacturing processes International Journal of Process Management and benchmarking 2015 3 (2), 213-232
10 Vimal K E K and Vinodh S LCA integrated ANP framework for selection of sustainable manufacturing processes Environmental Modeling and Assessment 2016 21 (4), 507-516
11 JeyaGirubh, Vinodh S, and Vimal K E K Application of Interpretative Structural Modelling integrated Multi Criteria Decision Making methods for sustainable supplier selection Journal of Modelling in Management 2016 11 (2), 358-388
12 Vimal, K E K, Vinodh S, Brajesh P and Muralidharan R Rapid prototyping process selection using multi criteria decision making considering environmental criteria and its decision support system Rapid Prototyping Journal 2016 22 (2) 225-250
13 Vimal, K E K, Vinodh, S., & Anand G Modelling and analysis of sustainable manufacturing system using a digraph-based approach International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 2017 1-15 (in press)
14 Vimal, K E K., Vinodh, S., & Raja, A. Optimization of process parameters of SMAW process using NN-FGRA from the sustainability view point Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 2017 28 (6) 1459-1480
15 K Sivakumar, R Jeyapaul, Vimal K E K, Pratthosh A DEMATEL approach for evaluating barriers for sustainable end-of-life practices Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 2018 29(6) 1065-1091
16 Vimal K E K, Sonu Rajak and Jayakrishna Analysis of network design for a circular production system using multi-objective mixed integer linear programming model Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 2019 N/A
17 T Sakthi Nagaraj , R Jeyapaul, K.E.K Vimal and K Mathiyazhagan Integration of human factors and ergonomics into lean implementation: ergonomic-value stream map approach in the textile industry Production Planning & Control 2019 30 (15), 1265–1282
19 J Jayakumar, JayakrishnaK. Vimal K.E.K.,and S Hasibuan Modelling of sharing networks in the circular economy Journal of Modelling in Management 2020 N/A
20 M Ethirajan, T Arasu M, J Kandasamy, V K E K, SP Nadeem, A Kumar Analysing the risks of adopting circular economy initiatives in manufacturing supply chains Business Strategy and the Environment 2021 30 (1), 204-236
21 K E K Vimal, K Mathiyazhagan, V Agarwal, S Luthra, K Sivakumar Analysis of barriers that impede the elimination of single-use plastic in developing economy context Journal of Cleaner Production 2021 272, 122629
22 K E K Vimal, J Kandasamy, AA Duque Integrating sustainability and remanufacturing strategies by remanufacturing quality function deployment (RQFD) Environment, Development and Sustainability 2021 23 (9), 14090-14122
23 K E K Vimal, ML Tseng, S Raju, M Cherukuri, A Ashwithi, J Kandasamy Circular function deployment: a novel mathematical model to identify design factors for circular economy Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-34 2021 N/A
24 P Goel, N Sharma, K Mathiyazhagan, KEK Vimal Government is trying but consumers are not buying: A barrier analysis for electric vehicle sales in India Sustainable Production and Consumption 2021 N/A
25 A Poduval, MS Ayyagari, M Malinda, V KEK, A Kumar, J Kandasamy Barriers in repurposing an existing manufacturing plant: a total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) approach Operations Management Research, 1-26 2021 N/A
26 J Kandasamy, SP Nadeem, A Kumar, V KEK, HB Nikhil, NH Solanki Economic and environmental feasibility of re‐routing the Indo‐Sri Lankan shipping channel: A green initiative of sustainable development Sustainable Development 2021 N/A
27 A Alagumalai, C Qin, KEK Vimal, E Solomin, L Yang, P Zhang, T Otanicar, ... Conceptual analysis framework development to understand barriers of nanofluid commercialization Nano Energy 2022 N/A
28 K E K Vimal, V Agarwal, K Mathiyazhagan Barriers in the adoption of buyback schemes for used plastic packaging material–a contextual relationship analysis Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2022 N/A
29 M Chandra, F Shahab, K E K Vimal, S Rajak Selection for additive manufacturing using hybrid MCDM technique considering sustainable concepts Rapid Prototyping Journal 2022 N/A

(B) Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings

  1. K.E.K.Vimal and S.Vinodh, (2011), “Lean Function Selection using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method”, 5th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2011) conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, S.V.National Institute of Technology Surat, Gujarat, during June23-6-8, 2011. The papers were given in the form of a booklet. This paper appeared in pages 606-610 of this booklet. This paper was presented by Vimal K E K.
  2. K. E.K.Vimal and S.Vinodh (2011),“Lean concept selection using Multi-Criterion Decision Making approach”, International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing: Issues, Trends, and Practices (ICSM 2011) held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Pilani during November 10-12, 2011. The proceedings were given in the form of a booklet. This paper appeared in pages 231-234 of this booklet. This paper was presented by Vimal K E K.
  3. Kandasamy Jayakrishna, S.Vinodh and K.E.K.Vimal (2011),“Sustainable concept selection using ANP”, 2011 International Conference on Advances in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management (ASCOMM 2011) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur during December 16-18, 2011. The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 231-234 of this booklet. This paper was presented by Mr. Kandasamy Jayakrishna.
  4. Vinodh, R.Jeya Girubha and Vimal K.E.K. (2011) “Sustainable Concept selection using PROMETHEE”, International Conference on Advances in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management (ASCOMM 2011) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur during December 16-18, 2011. The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 201-206 of this booklet. This paper was presented by Vimal KEK.
  5. Vinodh, Vimal K.E.K. and S Aravind Raj (2011) “Leaness assessment using Fuzzy Logic”. International Conference on Advances in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management (ASCOMM 2011) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur during December 16-18, 2011. The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 221-225 of this booklet. This paper was presented by S Aravind Raj.
  6. Jaya Krishna S, Vinodh S, Vimal, K E K(2011),“Application of cluster analysis for the conduct of eco-friendly studies”, 26th Indian Engineering Congress, 15-18 December 2011 – Bangalore, India The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 183 of this booklet. This paper was presented by S. Vinodh
  7. Aravind S, Vinodh S and Vimal K E K (2012)“ Agility Evaluation using Neuro Fuzzy approach, COSMAR 2012, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The proceedings were given in the form of a booklet. This paper appeared in page 55 of this booklet. This paper was presented by Aravind Raj S
  8. Vimal K E K, Vinodh S and Aravind S (2012)“A mathematical model to evaluate the workforce role in agile environment”, International conference on Agile manufacturing, 2012,Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University. The proceedings were given in the form of a booklet. This paper appeared in pages 231-234 of this booklet. This paper was presented by Vimal KEK.
  9. Jeya Girubha R, Devadasan SR, Vinodh S and Vimal KEK (2014), “Literature review on application of MCDM methods in material selection”Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications (ICAIEA) organized by Anna University, Chennai, India January 06-08, 2014. The proceedings were given in the form of CD. This paper appeared in pages 143 of this booklet, This paper was presented by Vimal K E K
  10. Vimal K E K and Vinodh S (2014) “Scoring approach for evaluation of process sustainability characteristics” Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications (ICAIEA)organized by Anna University, Chennai, India January 06-08, 2014. The proceeding is given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 159 of this booklet, This paper was presented by Vimal KEK
  11. Adarsh Singh, Vinodh S, Vimal K E K (2014), “Application of remanufacturing
    principles to an automotive engine valve component” 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference AIMTDR 2014, organized by IIT Guwhathi duringDecember 12-14, 2014. The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 143 of this booklet, This paper was presented by S. Vinodh
  12. Vimal K E K, & Vinodh S (2014) “Application of S-LCA methodology
    for assessment of automobile organization” 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference AIMTDR 2014, organized by IIT Guwhathi duringDecember 12-14, 2014. The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 100 of this booklet, This paper was presented by Vimal K E K.
  13. Manjunatheswara S, Vinodh and Vimal K E K (2014) “Application of Grey based decision
    making approach for lean tool selection” 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference AIMTDR 2014, organized by IIT Guwhathi duringDecember 12-14, 2014. The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 186 of this booklet, This paper was presented by Manjunatheswara S.
  14. Vimal K E K and Vinodh S (2015) “Modeling the manufacturing process considering environmental impacts”. International Conferene on Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering INCAPIE 2015, Organized by NIT Trichy during Febraury 20-21, 2015. The proceedings were given in the form of a CD. This paper appeared in pages 17 of this booklet, This paper was presented by Vimal K E K.
  15. Vimal K E K, P Sasikumar, I Adhavan, L Logesh and Hari Krishnan (2016) “Application of lean principles in a job shop organization – A case study”. International conference on Materials, Design amd Manufacturing process organized by Anna University Chennai during Febraury 17-19, 2016. The proceeding were given in the form of CD. This paper appeared in page 516 -519 of this booklet, This paper was presented by I Adhavan.

(C) Books & Monographs

Author(s) Title of Book/Monograph Name of Publishers Year of Publication ISSN/ISBN Number
K. Jayakrishna, K.E.K. Vimal, S. Aravind Raj, K.M.A.K. Kulatunga, Mohamed Thariq Hammed Sultan, and J. Paulo Davim Sustainable Manufacturing for Industry 4.0: An Augmented Approach CRC Press, USA November 2020  
KaliyanMathiyazhagan, K.E.K.Vimal, HarishKumar, AnbanandamRamesh, VernikaAgarwal Lean and Green Manufacturing Springer Publisher November 2021  

Contact Details 

Dr.Vimal K E K

Assistant Professor

Department of Production Engineering

Email - vimal@nitt.edu, vimalkek.engr@gmail.com