Profile of the Instructors

Dr Pratima Khandelwal is an eduprenuer and the Founder of ‘FlyHigh’ Educational Excellence Services, an MSME unit in Bengaluru. It is dedicated for capacity building of teachers and students, primarily at higher educational institutions. She is a visiting professor at RUAS, Bengaluru, empanelled trainer at NPTEL, BS Program, IITM. She holds Masters and PhD in ‘Food Technology and Process & Food Engineering’, and carries collective 24+ years of teaching (MSc and BE BT and Food Technology), research, mentoring and leadership experience and holds 45+ publications, along with 2 patents and a few discoveries of useful Aspergillus strains. She has been awarded gold medal from GBPUA&T, Pantnagar and ICAR’s fellowships. She’s also into upskilling both teachers and students via customised, engaging and interactive techniques resting on empathetic and techno pedagogy. She has been offering training programs at AICTE FDPs, NPTEL, NAHEP, Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Training of Trainers (under MoFPT, GoI), beyond many central, state and private universities in India and abroad. Her training programs are designed in alignment with OBE and NEP 2020. She carries passion and pragmatism in offering tools and techniques for happier outcomes with participants and stakeholders deriving multidimensional benefits. She is the co-instructor of the program.   Dr. Rahul Jain is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai. Dr. Jain’s academic journey includes a Ph.D. and an M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Government Engineering College, Bilaspur. His research interests are centered around Manufacturing Engineering, with a particular focus on friction stir welding, modeling of manufacturing processes, and machining. Dr. Jain has made significant contributions to his field, authoring 27 publications between 2015 and 2024, which include journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His work has garnered over 1400+ citations with a h-index of 17. His expertise and dedication to teaching have also been acknowledged by both UG & PG students, who commend his knowledge and teaching style.