Dr Lokesh Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He is associated with Production and Industrial Engineering Research Group of the Department. He obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Supply Chain Management from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR). He also received the scholarships during B. Tech and M.E. His research interest are: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Supply Chain Management, Production Planning and Control, Operations Management, Production Engineering, Maintenance Management, Manufacturing Operations Planning, Life Cycle Costing, Soft computing and Applied Artificial Intelligence. Rapid Prototyping, Metal Casting, Machining, Non‐Conventional Manufacturing Methods.

He has published several papers in the reputed International Journals such as International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of simulation and Modelling, Advances in Production and Management. He is reviewer of research papers from various journals such as: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, European Journal of Operation Research, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Risk and Reliability, Journal of Engineering Manufacture UK, Operational Research Journal etc.