Dr. Basanta Kumar Nanda is working as Associate Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India. He obtained his B.E degree from National Institute of Technology (Previously REC), Silchar, in Mechanical Engineering. He got his M. Tech from Bengal Engineering College in Production Engineeeing. He has also received his Ph.D degree in Production Engineering from VSSUT, Burla. He has presented a number of papers in different International Conferences in India and abroad. He has also reviewed a number of research papers of International Journals. He has been teaching manufacturing related courses since last twenty-six years.