Designation: Professor & Head
Employee ID: 54
Qualification: Ph.D.
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: Detailed Profile

About Faculty: Prof. Girish Thakar obtained his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from SGSITS (DAVV), Indore in the year 1983. Subsequently, in 1984, he obtained Diploma in Marketing Management (DMM), where he stood fourth in merit. Later in the year 1988, he obtained his master’s degree from IIT Kanpur and PhD in 2011 from DAVV, Indore. He has guided about 75 PG students and 4 PhD students. He has published about 75 research articles in National-International Journals and Conferences and has a book chapter to his credit. He is the founder chairman of IIIE (Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering), Navi Mumbai and also a reviewer of Industrial Engineering journal. He has worked in the capacity of a member of many committees at the Institute level. He was also the Head of Department of Industrial and production Engineering Department for two years.

Education and Qualification:

S. No.	Degree	Specialization	Year	University/Board
1.	B.E.	Mechanical Engineering	1983	DAVV, Indore
2.	M.Tech.	Mechanical Engineering (Mfg.Sc. & IE)	1988	IIT Kanpur
3.	Ph.D.	Mechanical Engineering (Product Design for Environment)	2011	DAVV, Indore
4.	Diploma in Marketing Management (DMM)	Marketing Management	1984	IMS, DAVV, Indore

Work Experience:

S. No.	Designation	Department	Employer Name	Duration of Employment
1	Trainee Engineer	Training in Various Departments of Industry	M/s Methodex Systems Ltd., Indore	11.09.1983 to 10.09.1983
2	Assistant Planning Engineer	Production Planning	M/s Methodex Systems Ltd., Indore	11.09.84 to 16.03.1985
3.	Lecturer	IPE Department	SGSITS, Indore	20.03.1985 to 09.10.1998
4.	Reader	IPE Department	SGSITS, Indore	09.10.1998 to 31.12.2005
5.	Associate Professor	IPE Department	SGSITS, Indore	01.01.2006 to 10.03.2011
6.	Professor (i) Head, IPE Department (ii) Head, DOMS	IPE Department -do- -do-	SGSITS, Indore -do- -do-	11.03.2011 till Date 01.12.2016 to 30.11.2018 01.12.2020 till date

Research Details:

Research Area

a) Industrial Engineering

b) Marketing Management

PhD Supervision:

(I)	Ph.D. Completed and Awarded (04)
(i)	Mr. Amit Marwah- ““Supply Performance for Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing Organizations” Awarded (15.12.2017)
(ii)	Mr Bachchan Kanoongo – “A Study of Lean Manufacturing and Safe Practices in Indian Pump Industries” Awarded (30.03.2019)
(iii)	Ms Pallavi Sharma – “Comparative Analysis of Assembly Line Balancing Techniques Using MCDM Approaches” Awarded (14.06.19).
(iv)	Mr. Mayank Dev Singh- “Study of Implementation of Lean Green Six Sigma in the Indian SMEs Particularly in the State of Gujrat” Awarded (13.07.2019).
(II)	Ph.D. Submitted and Under Evaluation (Nil)
(i)
(III)	Ph.D. Under Process (01)
(i)	Mr. Avin Chandrakar – Completed Course Work