Dr. Praveen Kumar Loharkar
Ph.D (Engineering)
Artificial Intelligence, Microwave Processing of Materials
Associate Professor
Mechatronics Engineering
Awards and Achievements
· Received “Best Faculty Award” at the Annual Convocation ceremony held on August 17, 2024 at NMIMS, Mumbai.
· Qualified the “Predictive Modeling Using SAS Enterprise Miner 14” global certification examination with a score of 904/1000.
· Qualified the “SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4” global certification examination with a score of 958/1000.
· Secured First position on the leader-board of participants at “Global Business School Network-GBSN beyond Virtual Conference” held from 15th -17th November 2021 for active engagement and Participation.
· Certified by Ministry of Education’s innovation cell for exceptional contribution as a Primary Evaluator in ‘Toycathon, 2021’.
· Awarded for Best Session Paper at National Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Materials organized by Government Holkar Science College, Indore held during 14th -16th December 2021.
· Received Three “Certificates of Appreciation” from NPTEL-SWAYAM for translating lectures of the NPTEL Course, “Energy conservation and waste heat recovery (112105221)” offered by IIT Kharagpur.
· Secured Topper position (Top 1%) and Gold Type Certificate in the NPTEL Course, “Engineering Metrology”, held from July-October 2019.
· Received Discipline Star certification from NPTEL for the period July 2019 – December 2019. Secured Topper position (Top 1%) and Gold Type Certificate in the NPTEL Course, “Product Design and Manufacturing”, held from Jan-April 2019.
· Secured Topper position (Top 5%) and Gold Type Certificate in the NPTEL Course, “Fundamentals of Surface Engineering: Mechanisms, Processes and Characterizations”, held from July-October 2018.
· Awarded for Best Session Paper at National Conference “Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering” held at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal during 29th -31st August 13.
· Qualified Internal Auditor for ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
· Secured First Position in the M. Tech (Industrial Design) Program at MANIT, Bhopal. Received MHRD Scholarship.
· Received Gold Medal from CEO ISMT Ltd. for being the “Top Performer” in the Company’s (ISMT Ltd. Pune) overall training assessment.
Reviewer
Reviewer for various Esteemed Journals such as:
· International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier
· Results in Engineering, Elsevier
· Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier
· Sigma Journal of Engineering, Yildiz Technical University
· Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier
Journal Papers
· Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2023). Evaluation of characteristics for microwave-assisted polymer coating of the steel substrate. International Journal of Materials Research, 114(4-5), 389–397.
· Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2021). Assessment of microwave susceptors for optimum temperature rise using parametric numerical simulation. Journal of Thermal Engineering, 8(3), 323–334.
· Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2021). Microwave-assisted corrosion resistant pure polyester coating of cold rolled closed annealed steel. Materials Today: Proceedings, 44, 1676–1680.
· Naik, S., Dandagwhal, R. D., & Loharkar, P. K. (2020). A review on various aspects of Kevlar composites used in ballistic applications. Materials Today: Proceedings, 21, 1366–1374.
· Shivhare, S., Loharkar, P. K., Vyas, S., Sharma, M., & Bagal, V. S. (2020). Polymeric energy materials: Development and challenges. Advanced Materials Letters, 11(11), 1–6.
· Gite, R. A., Loharkar, P. K., & Shimpi, R. (2019). Friction stir welding parameters and application: A review. Materials Today: Proceedings, 19, 361–365.
· Loharkar, P. K., Ingle, A., & Jhavar, S. (2019). Parametric review of microwave-based materials processing and its applications. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 8(3), 3306–3326.
· Rajendra Shimpi, & Loharkar, P. K. (2018). Investigation of near dry machining on EN 8 alloy steel using CCD. International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, Special Issue, 35–41.
· Aibada, N., Sundaram, S., Kalani, D., & Loharkar, P. K. (2018). Review of studies on helical compression springs. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 9(3), 936–945.
· Wani, C., & Loharkar, P. K. (2017). A review of phase change materials. Materials Today: Proceedings, 4(9), 10264–10267.
· Loharkar, P. K., & Choubey, N. S. (2017). Contribution of Information Technology in increasing productivity. CSI Communications, 40(10), 25–26.
· Loharkar, P. K. (2015). Parametric analysis of industrial cold drawing process. International Journal of Engineering Research and General Science.
· Fulari, H., Fegade, V., & Loharkar, P. K. (2015). Fuzzy cost benefit analysis. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 10(11), 10114–10118.
· Saraswat, A., Ojha, C., Fegade, V., & Loharkar, P. K. (2015). Analysis of hollow helical spring. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 10(11), 10516–10521.
· Kumar, P., & Agnihotri, G. (2013). Cold drawing process – A review. Metal Forming, 3(3).
Book Chapters
· Loharkar, P. K., Rajnish, K., & Katarne, R. (2026). Leveraging big data analytics to build supply chain framework and its impact on UN sustainable development goals. In Next Generation Technologies for Sustainable Development. Taylor & Francis (CRC Press).
· Chaudhari, R., Ingle, A., & Loharkar, P. K. (2025). Effect of PWHT on TIG and MIG welded joint of stainless steel and chrome moly alloy. In Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing, Volume 1. Springer.
· Loharkar, P. K., Ingle, A., & Singh, H. (2022). Prediction of temperature during microwave heating. In Recent Advances in Industrial Production (pp. 251–259). Springer.
· Chaudhari, R., Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2022). Medical applications of rapid prototyping technology. In Recent Advances in Industrial Production (pp. 241–250). Springer.
· Patil, N., Patil, M. R., Chaudhari, R., & Loharkar, P. K. (2021). Machining of Inconel-718 using EDM. In Recent Advances in Smart Manufacturing and Materials (pp. 129–136). Springer.
· Shivhare, S., Loharkar, P. K., Vyas, S., Bagal, V., & Sharma, M. (2019). Polyaniline-vanadium pentoxide nanocomposites. In ICIMA 2018 Proceedings (pp. 345–351). Springer.
· Shivhare, S., Loharkar, P. K., Vyas, S., Bagal, V., & Sharma, M. (2018). Polyaniline-vanadium pentoxide nanocomposites. In ICIMA 2018 Proceedings. Springer.
· Loharkar, P. K., & Pradhan, M. K. (2017). Modeling and analysis of cold drawing process. In Handbook of Research on Manufacturing Process Modeling and Optimization Strategies (pp. 40–53). IGI Global.
Conference Papers
· Loharkar, P. K., Sonawane, S., Kurumbanshi, S., Katarne, R., & Rastogi, S. (2024). Value-at-Risk (VaR) of selected NSE portfolio. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3242.
· Loharkar, P. K., Ingle, A., & Shivhare, S. (2021). PAni/Fe₃O₄ nanocomposite coating. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2369.
· Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2020). Numerical analysis of microwave heating. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 810.
· Kittur, J., Desai, B., Chaudhari, R., & Loharkar, P. K. (2020). EMI shielding effectiveness study. IOP Conference Series, Vol. 810.
· Chaudhari, R., Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2020). Arc welding methods in dissimilar metal joining. IOP Conference Series, Vol. 810.
