Dr. Ajay Kumar received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering (March 2016) from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (KA), India. Thereafter he moved to Washington State University (WSU), Pullman Washington (WA) USA for his first postdoc (March 2016-March 2017) and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) USA for the second postdoc (April 2017-Nov 2019). Since December 2019, Dr. Ajay Kumar has joined as Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Tirupati India. His major research work is in the area of Advanced Metal Casting, Metal Forming, Materials Processing, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Tribology and Surface Engineering. He has several publications e.g. #27 (International Journal); #5 Book Chapters; # 4 Indian Patents (2 Patents Granted), # 43 (International conferences) and # 12 (National conferences). He is the Winner of CHANDRAN MENON MEMORIAL AWARD - for Applied Research & Innovative Technology for 2022-23. The award was given in the 72nd INDIAN FOUNDRY CONGRESS (IFC) on 2nd February 2024, at BIEC, Bengaluru, Karnataka India. He is Life Member of the Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI).