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Dr. Praveen Kumar Loharkar

Ph.D (Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence, Microwave Processing of Materials

Associate Professor

Mechatronics Engineering

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=fXYNuHQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

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:

  1. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier
  2. Results in Engineering, Elsevier
  3. Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier
  4. Sigma Journal of Engineering, Yildiz Technical University
  5. Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier

Journal Papers

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Gite, R. A., Loharkar, P. K., & Shimpi, R. (2019). Friction stir welding parameters and application: A review. Materials Today: Proceedings, 19, 361–365.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Wani, C., & Loharkar, P. K. (2017). A review of phase change materials. Materials Today: Proceedings, 4(9), 10264–10267.
  11. Loharkar, P. K., & Choubey, N. S. (2017). Contribution of Information Technology in increasing productivity. CSI Communications, 40(10), 25–26.
  12. Loharkar, P. K. (2015). Parametric analysis of industrial cold drawing process. International Journal of Engineering Research and General Science.
  13. Fulari, H., Fegade, V., & Loharkar, P. K. (2015). Fuzzy cost benefit analysis. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 10(11), 10114–10118.
  14. 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.
  15. Kumar, P., & Agnihotri, G. (2013). Cold drawing process – A review. Metal Forming, 3(3).

Book Chapters

  1. 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).
  2. 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.
  3. Loharkar, P. K., Ingle, A., & Singh, H. (2022). Prediction of temperature during microwave heating. In Recent Advances in Industrial Production (pp. 251–259). Springer.
  4. Chaudhari, R., Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2022). Medical applications of rapid prototyping technology. In Recent Advances in Industrial Production (pp. 241–250). Springer.
  5. 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.
  6. Shivhare, S., Loharkar, P. K., Vyas, S., Bagal, V., & Sharma, M. (2019). Polyaniline-vanadium pentoxide nanocomposites. In ICIMA 2018 Proceedings (pp. 345–351). Springer.
  7. Shivhare, S., Loharkar, P. K., Vyas, S., Bagal, V., & Sharma, M. (2018). Polyaniline-vanadium pentoxide nanocomposites. In ICIMA 2018 Proceedings. Springer.
  8. 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

  1. 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.
  2. Loharkar, P. K., Ingle, A., & Shivhare, S. (2021). PAni/Fe₃O₄ nanocomposite coating. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2369.
  3. Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2020). Numerical analysis of microwave heating. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 810.
  4. Kittur, J., Desai, B., Chaudhari, R., & Loharkar, P. K. (2020). EMI shielding effectiveness study. IOP Conference Series, Vol. 810.
  5. Chaudhari, R., Loharkar, P. K., & Ingle, A. (2020). Arc welding methods in dissimilar metal joining. IOP Conference Series, Vol. 810.