डॉ. प्रबीर सरकार
prabir@iitrpr.ac.in
Dr. Prabir Sarkar
Associate Professor
Office: 328, Satish Dhawan Block
PhD 2007, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
Broad Area: Product Design and Manufacturing
Specialization: Product Development, Sustainable design and manufacturing
Research Areas: Product Design, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Manufacturing, Sustainable Supply Chain, Design Creativity, Engineering Aesthetics, Bio-mimicry, Industrial Design (practicing).
Biography
Dr. Prabir Sarkar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. He is the founder chairman of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cell of IIT Ropar. Before joining IIT Ropar, he worked as an Associate Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce Gaithersburg, USA.
He completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in Design Creativity. He did his Master of Design also from IISc on Product Design and Engineering. He worked for Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) in the Research and Development division after completing his masters.
Dr. Sarkar’s research interests include product design, sustainability, creativity, and design research. He is interested in developing new methods and tools for helping designers and companies to design novel, useful, and sustainable products. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. His research group in the Design Research Laboratory and Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Laboratory are engaged in research in Ecodesign, biomimicry, engineering aesthetics, sustainable machining, and design creativity. Recently he is also working on developing products for rural applications. He is an editorial board member of Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Emerald and is a reviewer of several journals and conferences. Dr. Sarkar secured jointly funding of more than 100 crores from various external funding agencies. He is currently a fellow of the Institute of Engineers, India.
Teaching Interests
Product design and realization; Sustainable Design and Manufacturing; Manufacturing Systems; Design Research; Computer Aided Design of Manufacturing systems (CIDMS), Additive Manufacturing; Labs: Tinkering lab, Manufacturing lab.
Work Experience
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, July 2016-present
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, India, 2011-June, 2016
Associate researcher (Post Doc.), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, USA, 2008-2011
IISc Junior Research Associate, (Post Doc.), Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2007-2008
Development Engineer (senor design engineer), R&D, Bharat Earth Movers Limited, KGF, India, 2000-2003
Professional Achievements
Fellow of Institute of Engineers, India
Outstanding researcher award in Mechanical Engineering, VIFFA 2015 awards,
Editorial board member, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Emerald (SCI listed).
Founder editor-in-chief of International Journal of Product Design, Serials Publications
Key note speaker, Biomimicry, Design Inspired by nature, in International conference on Futuristic Development in Mechanical Engineering. Kautilya Institute of Technology and Engineering and School of Management (KITE-SOM), Sitapura, Jaipur, India, Feb, 21, 2018.
Key note speaker, creative problem solving techniques in product design at an international workshop on creative product design, Chandigarh University, 15 July 2014.
Chairman and Nodal officer IPR cell (2015-2021)
Co-coordinator (HOD equivalent) of the central workshop (2012-2018)
Selected Publications/Patents
J1. Prashant Kumar Singh and Prabir Sarkar, 2022. An Artificial Neural Network Tool to Support the Decision Making of Designers for Environmentally Conscious Product Development. Expert Systems with Applications. Elsevier. Accepted. (I.F.= 8.6).
J2. Jitender Singh*, Parth Ahuja*, Prabir Sarkar, 2022. A study of the non-visual factors of cars affecting the consumer’s cognitive appeal. Journal of Visual Art and Design. Vol. 14 No. 1, 2022, 66-85.
J3. Umesh Chaturvedi*, Monica Sharma, G.S. Dangayach, Prabir Sarkar, 2022. Life cycle assessment for environmental impact analysis of pharmaceutical compound manufacturing. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (accepted) (I.F.=1).
J4. Rachit Kumar Sharma, Geo Raju, Prabir Sarkar, Harpreet Singh, Ekta Singla, 2022. Comparing the environmental impacts of paracetamol dosage forms using life cycle assessment. Environment, Development and Sustainability. Springer, vol. 24(10), pages 12446-12466 (I.F.=3.2).
J5. Prashant Kumar Singh and Prabir Sarkar, 2021. A Multi-Criteria Decision Approach to Select Contract Manufacturer for Sustainable Development of Automotive Products: an Integrated Framework. Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-021-00181-8. (I.F. = 1.2).
J6. Rachit Kumar Sharma*, Prashant Kumar Singh*, Prabir Sarkar, Harpreet Singh, 2021. Sustainability in Supply Networks: Finding the Most Influential Green Interventions Using Interpretive Structural Modeling Technique. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering. Tayor and Francis (accepted) (I.F. = 2.3).
J7. Prashant Kumar Singh* and Prabir Sarkar, 2021. Understanding the priorities of designers for an ecodesign support during environmentally sustainable product development. World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Emerald Publishing Limited, DOI 10.1108/WJSTSD-12-2020-0101.
J8. Prashant Kumar Singh*, Akant Kumar Singh, Siddhartha and Prabir Sarkar, 2020. Optimizing the performance parameters of injection-molded polymer spur gears. Proc IMechE Part L: J Materials: Design and Applications. Institute of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 10.1177/1464420720977561. (I.F.= 0.7).
J9. Rachit Kumar Sharma*, Prashant Kumar Singh*, Prabir Sarkar, Harpreet Singh, 2020. A Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision Approach to Analyse Key Factors Affecting Sustainability in Supply Chain Networks of Manufacturing Organisations. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. Springer. (accepted) (I.F.= 3.6).
J10. Rachit Kumar Sharma*, Prabir Sarkar, Harpreet Singh, 2020. Assessing the sustainability of a manufacturing process using life cycle assessment technique-a case of an Indian pharmaceutical company. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. Springer. 22, 1269–1284 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-01865-4 (I.F.= 3.6)
Patents
Patents Granted
1. Amaresh Chakrabarti, Prabir Sarkar, 2014. Method for Idea Generation for Creation of Product Designs, Indian patent application no.: 859/CHE/2006, patent grant no.: 258579, date of filing: 16th May 2006 .
2. Archana Badodekar, Prabir Sarkar, Amaresh Chakrabarti, Prasad G Kamble, 2005. A manually operated aid for impaired people to ingress and egress train and method thereof, 453/CHE/2005, Indian patent grant no.: 227939, date of filing: 20th April 2005.
3. B.Gurumoorthy, Neeraj Pal, and Prabir Sarkar, 2000. Rupturable disposable syringe, Indian patent grant number: 198228, date of filing: 25th February 2000.
4. Gyanendra Singh Goindi, Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal, Dr. Prabir Sarkar, 2015. A Flexible Continuous Minimum Quantity Lubrication (FCMQL) system, Indian patent application number: 3971/DEL/2015, filing date: 07-Dec-2015. Patent grant no: 376967, dated 15/09/2021.
5. Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dinesh Chauhan, Duddela Sai Harish, Gaurav Gupta, Dhruv Kumar Bansal, 2016. Semi-automatic food processing device for preparing sweets and savories, Indian patent application number: 201611000957, filing date: 11-Jan-2016. Patent grant no: 384307, dated 14/12/2022.
6. Amit R Patel, Prabir Sarkar, Himanshu Tyagi, Harpreet Singh, Sudhakar Sagi, 2018. A Method for Determining a Single Discounting Rate for the Processes Involving Emissions. Application no: 201811044462. Date of filing: 26-Nov-18
7. US Patent Application No. 16/540,736. Inventors: Malkeet SINGH, Harpreet SINGH, Christopher Charles BERNDT, Prabir SARKAR. Date of Filing: 14/08/2019. Title: Technology and process for 3d printing using swarf particles
8. Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Bishal Ghosh, Mahak Sarin, Alluvala Mamata, Dev Prabhaker Singh Tomar, 2015. Stapler device with multi-tier force multiplication mechanism for binding hard materials, Indian patent application number: 3961/DEL/2015, filing date: 04-Dec- 2015.
Design patent granted (Design registration)
4. Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Devendra Kumar Chauhan (Department of Orthopedics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER, Chandigarh), students: Anshu Kaushal, Jaspal Singh, Kaustav Das, Milind Aggarwal. Bone alignment measuring device for knee surgery. Design Application No. 292918. Design accepted and published, Journal no: 42/2019, dated 18.10.2019
Recent Externally sponsored grants (total about 104 crores INR)
2020-2025 Approval for establishing of Sectoral Application Hubs (SAHs): Agriculture & Water under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS)
Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs)
Funding source Department of Science and Technology (DST), Gov. of India
Level of support 7 crores initially, total 100 crores over 5 years
Organizations involved IIT Ropar
Role Co-PI (Co-PIs: Dr. Pushpendra Singh, Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Mukesh Saini, Dr. Neelkant, Dr. Vijay Anand, Dr. Suman Kumar, Dr. Neeraj Goel)
2019- 2022 Micro Green Roofing
Funding source IMPRINT- 2, MHRD, GOI and ELT India
Level of support About 75 lakhs (58 lakhs from MHRD+ 17 lakhs from ELT India)
Organizations involved IIT Ropar, IIT Kharagpur, ELT India, industry
Role Principal Investigator
2017-2020 Big Data Analysis: A key to understand the Dynamics of Collaborative Knowledge Building
Funding source Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
Level of support INR 14,40,600
Role Co-Principal Investigator
For more details please refer to the CV.