Rate My Professor Uttam Mandal

Dr. Uttam Kumar Mandal serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Production Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Agartala. He obtained his B.Tech degree in 1996 from the National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT). He further pursued advanced studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, earning his M.Tech in 2005 and Ph.D. in 2011. Joining NIT Agartala on May 28, 2012, as Assistant Professor (Grade-II) in Production Engineering, he advanced to Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in 2019 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2024. His career trajectory reflects steady progression within the institution, contributing to teaching and research in manufacturing and optimization domains.

Dr. Mandal's research focuses on advanced machining, multi-criteria decision making, optimization, machining processes, fluid dynamics, and minimum quantity lubrication. He has authored 41 journal articles, 2 book chapters, 10 conference proceedings, 2 reviews, and 1 dissertation-thesis, accumulating 1203 citations with an h-index of 19. Notable publications include 'Experimental investigations and optimization of process parameters for sustainable micro-EDM of Ti6Al4V using Cu powder mixed dielectric' (Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 2024), 'Experimental study of surface modification of aluminium 7075 alloy using SiC powder mixed electric discharge machine' (International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 2023), and 'Selection of optimal aluminum alloy using TOPSIS method considering mechanical and physical properties' (Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 2017). He has supervised multiple doctoral theses, such as 'Modifications of steel surface to control biological fouling mediated by bacterial biofilm' by Sanjay Kumar (2025), 'EVALUATION OF FMEA USING REGRESSION BASED RPN AND MCDM TECHNIQUES IN AN ECLECTIC ENVIRONMENT' by Pushparenu Bhattacharjee (2023), 'INVESTIGATIVE STUDIES ON MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES OF BAMBOO REINFORCED SODIUM SILICATE COMPOSITE' by Nabanita Banik (2022), 'Text Detection, Extraction and Recognition from Natural Scene Image and Videos' by Lalita Kumari (2021), 'An Experimental Investigation and Optimization of Process Parameters of Electro Discharge Coating Using SiC-Cu Green Compact Electrode' by Sujoy Chakraborty (2018), and 'APPLICATION OF IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF BACKING PLATES AND FLUXES TO ENHANCE WELD PENETRATION OF TIG WELDED P-91 STEEL PLATES' by Akhilesh Kumar Singh (2017). His work impacts advancements in production engineering through sustainable manufacturing and decision-making methodologies.