Bhupesh Kumar Lad is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore. He is associated with Industrial Engineering Research Group at IIT Indore. He gained his PhD in Reliability Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD). Before joining IIT Indore he was working with GE global research center, Bangalore as a research engineer. 

Divya Shrivastava is an Assistant Professor with in Mechanical Engineering at the Shiv Nadar University, India. She gained her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD). Before joining Shiv Nadar University she was working with NIT Hamirpur (H.P). Her area of research includes: Operations Management, Quality Control and Maintenance Management. 

M. S. Kulkarni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is associated with the Industrial Engineering group of the Department. He gained his PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His post PhD industry experience includes application of quality and reliability engineering techniques in manufacturing and service industry.