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Other Activities of Dr. V. K. JAIN
Professional Society Memberships
  • Ex. Associate Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India).
  • Member, Indian Society of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Member, Indian Society of Technical Education
  • Ex. Member, American Society of Precision Engineering (ASPE).
  • Ex. Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME).
In National Committees
  • Member of the National Committee for Accreditation of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi.
  • Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) of DST, Govt. of India.
  • Member, Management Advisory Committee (MAC) of DST, Govt. of India.
  • Member, National Committee for Precision Engineering.
As an Editor
  • Editor of International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice, and Application, USA
  • Guest Editor of special issue on "Microfabrication" of Int. J. manufacturing Technology and Management, Inderscience Pub., England (due to appear)
  • Guest Editor of special issue on "Advanced Machining" of Int. J. manufacturing Technology and Management, Inderscience Pub., England
  • Guest Editor of Special issue of International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory Practice and Application, on Total Quality Management (TQM).
  • On-line Editor of Int. J. manufacturing Technology and Management, Inderscience Pub., England.
  • Consulting Editor of American Biographical Institute, U.S.A
  • Asian Region Editor for Users' Encyclopedia (On CD-ROM) of International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice and Application
  • Editor of Proc. of 6th SERC School held at I. I. T. Kanpur during March 1999.
  • Editor for Proc. of 5th ISME Conf. on Mechanical Engineering held at M.N.R.E. C. Allahabad during Dec. 23-24, 1982.
Associate Editor
  • Associate Editor Int. J. Advance Manufacturing Systems
As a member International Editorial board
  • Member, International Editorial Board Int. J. Manufacturing Technology and Management, (Inderscience Publishers, UK).
  • Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials (IJMMM) (Inderscience Publishers, UK).
  • Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Advanced Machining Technology (IJAMT) (Springer Verlag).
  • Member, Editor of International Journal of Nano-manufacturing (IJNM) (Inderscience Publishers, UK).
  • Member, Editorial Board of Machining Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis)
  • Member, Editorial Board of Processing of Advanced Materials (Chapman & Hall)
  • Journal of Advances in Management Research (I.I.T., Delhi, India)
  • Member, Editorial Board of Product and Process Development part of Robotic and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (formerly Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems) (Elsevier, Publishers)
As a member of International Advisory Board
  • Member, Int. Advisory Board, Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer Verlag.
As a Reviewer
  • Reviewer of research publications of Trans. ASME, Journal of Engineering for Industry, New York (USA).
  • Reviewer for Research Publications in International Journal of WEAR.
  • Reviewer of The Institution of Engineers Journal, Production Engineering Group.
  • Reviewer for Precision Engineering (U.K.)
  • Reviewer for AIMTDR Conference being held in India.
  • Chairman Paper review committee of 5th ISME Conference held at M.N.R.E.C. Allahabad.
  • Reviewer for Research Publication in Production Engineering Division of Institution of Engineers (India).
  • Reviewer of Int. J. Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice and Applications.
Invited Lectures Delivered
  1. "Micro to Nano finishing" during International Conference on Mechanical Engineering held at Delhi College of Engineering during Dec. 12 to 14, 2005.
  2. “Energy Economy in Manufacturing” delivered at National Seminar on Energy Solutions held at L.N.C.T. Bhopal during May 15-16, 2004.
  3. “Micro- to Nano-finishing’, DST special lecture delivered at I.I.T. Roorkee during 2003.
  4. Advanced Machining Processes for High Strength Metals”, Aerospace Mfg. Technology, Proc. Of 13th National Conf. Of Aerospace Engg., Nasik, (1997).
  5. “On the electrochemical spark machining of electrically non-conducting materials”, India Japan Workshop on Advanced Mfg. Systems, I. I. T. Bombay, (1997) pp. 71-87.
  6. On "Machining of Composite Materials: A New Approach", University of California at Berkeley (USA), April 1989.
  7. On “Research in Non-traditional Machining Areas at IIT Kanpur”, Univ. of Windsor, Canada, 1991.
Invited Seminar Delivered
  • A seminar on Machining of Composite Materials: A New Approach was delivered at University of California at Berkeley (USA) April 1989.
As an Organizer
  • AICTE sponsored course on "Micromachining" during Oct. 25 - 29, 2005 held at I.I.T. Kanpur.
  • AICTE sponsored course on "Advanced Machining Processes" during Oct. 18 - 23, 2004 held at I.I.T. Kanpur.
  • DST sponsored 3rd SERC school on Precision Engineering held at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur during June 2002.
  • DST sponsored CONTACT PROGRAM for Young Scientists during July 2001.
  • DST sponsored CONTACT PROGRAM for Young Scientists during May 2000.
  • DST sponsored 6th SERC School on "Advanced Manufacturing Technology" during March 1999.
  • IRDT sponsored Summer School on "N. C. Machine Tools and Part Programming" during Sep.1998.
  • ISTE sponsored Summer School on "Nontraditional Machining Processes" during July 1987.
  • Summer/winter Schools (Three times) on "Non-traditional Machining Processes".
  • QIP Summer School on "Design of Machine Tools", during June 22-July 4, 1992.
  • ISTE Summer School on "Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems", during June 3 to June 15, 1991.
In Departmental and Institutional Activities at I.I.T. KANPUR
  • Member, Departmental Faculty Affairs Committee (DFAC) (two times).
  • Chairman, Health Center Users Committee (HCUC).
  • Member, Honorary Degree Committee of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  • Member, Academic Senate of I.I.T. Kanpur since March 1991 onwards.
  • Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee (DPGC) from Sep.1987-Dec.1988.
  • Convener, ME Department Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) for 2000-2001.
  • Three times Member, ME Department Project Evaluation Committee (PEC).
  • Chairman, Institute Assessment Committee from Feb. 1988-Dec.1988.
  • Member, Institute Assessment Committee from 1987-88.
  • Warden, Hall 5 during 1985.
  • In-charge, Department imports cash July 1984-July 1985.
  • Member, DPGC during1985-86.
  • Member, DUGC during 1983-84/1984-85.
At M.N.R.E.C. Allahabad
  • Chairman, Editorial board 5th ISME Conference held at M.N.R.E.C. Allahabad, 1982.
  • Chairman, Technical Committee 5th ISME Conference at M.N.R.E.C. Allahabad, 1982
  • Secretary, Departmental Committee for academic and other works.
  • Officer-In-charge, Procurement of Journals/books etc. for Mechanical Engineering Department in central Library
  • Officer-In-charge, ECM M/C Electroplating and welding lab.
  • Officer-In-charge, Departmental Library.
  • Officer-In-charge, time-table from year 1980 onwards.
  • Officer-In-charge, College Vehicle during the year 1981.
  • Officer-In-charge, P.G. Seminar and Project work in 1976.
  • Officer-In-charge, M/C Tools Plastic and Foundry Labs 1975-77
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