Education
Ph.D.(Manf. Engg.) Sep 2001
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Awarded PhD degree
M.Tech.(Prod. Engg.) Feb 1989
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay CPI: 8.4
B.E.(Mechanical) June 1987
Govt. College of Engg., Aurangabad, Maharashtra: 74% (Distinction)
Experience
COEP Technological University Professor of Practice (Present)
BITS Pilani Guest faculty for WILP program Jul 2024 till date
Siemens Industry Software India Pvt Ltd Chief Learning Manager, Siemens Industry Software India Pvt Ltd Aug 2023-Aug 2025
Siemens Industry Software India Pvt Ltd
Software Engineering Manager Sept 2000-July 2003
Parametric Technology Corporation (India), Pune Senior Software Engineer Dec 1999- Sept 2000
IIT, Bombay Research Scholar July 1995-Dec 1999
Govt. College of Engg., Aurangabad
Faculty in Mechanical Engg. Dec 1989-July 1995
Bajaj Auto Ltd., Aurangabad Jr. Engineer, Machine Tools Division Feb 1989-Sept 1989
Publications
Noteworthy Research Publications:
1. Automatic planning of fixture layout by geometric reasoning of CAD part model, Kale, M. S. and Pande, S. S., Proceedings of the 19th All India Machine Tool Design and Research Conference held at IIT, Madras, Dec. 2000.
2. Automatic planning of machining fixture layouts through geometric reasoning of CAD part model, Kale M. S. and Pande S. S., Proceedings of the International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, University of Maryland, USA, June 26-28, 2000.
3. Intelligent reasoning of part model to determine machining setups and fixturing datums, Kale, M. S., Pande, S. S. and Ramkrishnan, N., Proceedings of the 18th All India Machine Tool Design and Research Conference held at IIT, Kharagpur, Dec. 1998.
4. Intelligent setup generation for automated fixture planning, Kale, M. S. and Pande, S. S., Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, held at Portland State University, USA, July 1998, pp.545-557.
5. Intelligent setup planning for automated fixture design, Kale, M. S. and Pande, S. S., Proceedings of the symposium on Manufacturing Automation and Robotics, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineers Forum, held at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto Canada, May 1998
6. A system for computer aided analysis of fixtures, Kale, M. S., Pande, S. S. and Ramkrishnan N., Proceedings of the XIIth National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, held at Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College, Allahabad, Jan 1997, pp II-1 – II-10.
7. Computer aided planning and setting of cams for the jobs produced on turret type single spindle automats, Kale, M. S. and Pande, S. S., Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on CAD/CAM held at PSG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, August 1994
8. Design and Development of microprocessor based data acquisition system for universal testing machine, Kale, M. S. and Ninale, C. A., Proceedings of the International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the future held at IIT, Delhi, Dec 1993.
9. Dimension-Reduction Technique for Polygons, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale
International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology 9 (1), 1-17 5 2017
10. Leveraging feature generalization and decomposition to compute a well-connected midsurface, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, Engineering with Computers 33 (1), 1-12 5 2016
11. Leveraging feature information for defeaturing sheet metal feature-based CAD part model, YH Kulkarni, RK Gupta, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, B Alain, CAD and Applications 13 (6) 5 2016
12. Computation of Midsurface by Feature-based Simplification-Abstraction-Decomposition, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 17 (1), 13 4 2016
13. Topological Validation of Midsurface Computed from Sheet Metal Part, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, Computer-Aided Design and Applications 5 2015
14. Defeaturing Sheet Metal Part Model based on Feature Information, YH kulkarni, RK Gupta, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, A Bernard, Proceedings of CAD’15, 297-302 2 2015
15. Formulating Midsurface using Shape Transformations of Form Features, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research, 2014
17. Midcurves Generation Algorithm for Thin Polygons, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Science (ETES), 76-82 4 2014
18. Strategies for using feature information in model simplification, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale, International conference on Computer Aided Engineering 4 2013
19. Using Features for generation of Midsurface, YH Kulkarni, A Sahasrabudhe, M Kale
International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 141-145 3 2013
Research Contributions
• Research guide for PhD: Was recognized as PhD guide from Pune University for guiding research in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Management (2009-2018)
• PhD research guided so far:
1. Development of algorithms for mid surface generation for sheet metal parts
Co-guided along with guide Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe (The then Director of Govt. College of Engineering, Pune and former AICTE Chairman)
• Awarded PhD degree in January 2017.
• Papers published: 5 in International journals, 6 in International/National conferences (Refer annexure I)
2. Design and development of Green IT management maturity model for select IT organizations in Pune region
• Awarded PhD degree in May 2017.
• Papers published: 2 in National journal and conference
3. Other research work guided: Formally Guided another three PhD research for 2 years but later changed to consultation due to changes in UGC rules for Industry PhD guides
• Development of maturity model for Cloud based education systems for engineering institutions
• Study of multi-tier multi-OEM supply chain management systems for select automotive companies in Pune region
• PhD Thesis reviewed:
Was appointed as reviewer and examiner for PhD research in Mechanical Engineering by Shivaji University
Potential Contribution to Engineering Education
With a unique blend of Academics, Research and Industry perspective matured over 34 years, I am confident of leveraging my profile to contribute in numerous ways for Engineering Education and for student community.
While I was in academics I realized the importance of engineering fundamentals for any student to be a successful engineer. However, this needs to be complemented by inculcating an industry perspective to be able to become competitive and industry ready. I noticed the limitations for a faculty to build an industrial perspective due to lack of exposure/opportunity beyond the prescribed syllabus. The syllabus is mostly based on the established/matured engineering knowledge and lacks agility to align with fast paced technological trends.
On the other side, being part of the industry, I sensed the under-recognition from the industry community towards significance of research culture and academics as more focus is on tactical problem solving rather than building research based strategic approach. The industry, however, now-a-days, is greatly promoting innovation culture for market sustainability.
Being part of both worlds, I see that the academia and Industries have been largely existing as isolated islands of excellence in their own bounds. They do not fully leverage their complementary potentials through meaningful and sustainable collaboration. With my skills and exposure, I can potentially contribute to realize this collaboration that will mutually benefit academic-industry ecosystems.
Given the exponential pace of technological evolution, the education model needs to be agile (with core competencies ensured), sustainable and complementary to the industry in general.
Below are some key areas I can contribute to accomplish institute’s vision and mission:
Student community
• Teach current industry relevant courses
• Guide BTech/MTech projects in Software/IT domains that have futuristic industry relevance
• Enable students to be industry ready by facilitating internship opportunities and leverage social/industry contacts for potential employment
• Provide mentorship and engage students in projects that provoke innovation attitude, business value proposition leading to entrepreneurial mindset
• Facilitate mentorship from the industry experts/institute alumni to benefit students from their success stories
• Promote practice of short term shadow internships to provide corporate exposure
• Encourage students to participate in international/national conferences/industrial events of repute to enhance the exposure
