Dr. Rakesh Chandmal Sharma
Professor
RESEARCH AREA
Rail Vehicle Dynamics, Machine Design, Mechanical Vibrations
EDUCATION
AWARDS/HONORS
Dr. Rakesh Chandmal Sharma is working as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun India. He received M.Tech. from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India in 1998 and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India in 2010. His research interests include vehicle dynamics, mechanical vibrations and machine design. He has 25 years of academic experience. Dr Sharma has published around 125 research publications in reputed international SCIE/ESCI/Web of Science Indexed journals. Dr Sharma is enlisted in top 2% scientists and researchers list provided by Stanford University/Scopus from last four years. He has 2960 Google citations with h-index 36, i-10 index of 78 and 2387 Scopus citations with h-index 32. Dr. Sharma is serving as Associate Editor and Member of Editorial board for International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems (Scopus indexed) since 2015. He has conducted three International Conferences as a Co-Convener/Joint Organizing Secretary in the past and published three Special Issues of the International Conferences as the Guest Editor of Scopus Indexed journal International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems. Dr. Sharma has Guided 1 PhD and 5 M. Tech candidates. Two Industrial design patents and two copyrights has been granted to him. He has contributed 8 chapters in books of Springer Nature publications. He has been awarded best paper award three times in National and International Publication. Dr. Sharma has represented the country in a couple of world congress on railway technology as member of editorial board held in Italy and Spain.