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Dr. Tufan Chandra Bera

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Room No.-2226,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

About the Faculty

Presently, Prof. Tufan Chandra Bera is working as an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani. He joined the BITS Pilani in 2010 as a faculty member of Mechanical Engineering Department. He graduated from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, with qualification B.E. (Hons) in Production Engineering (2003). He completed his M. E. in Mechanical Engineering from Bengal Engineering and Science University (Now IIEST), Shibpur, Howrah (2005) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi (2011). He spent almost two months at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 2017 as a postdoc visiting scholar. His area of interest in teaching is manufacturing science and engineering along with CAD/CAM and CNC Technology. His research interest includes Conventional and Unconventional Machining, CAD/CAM/CAE, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Product Design and Development. He was professor-in-charge of Manufacturing Engineering Association (MNA), BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus for six years. He is also a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India) and Senior Member of The Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering. You may find him at his chamber 2226, FD-II. You may also contact him at tcbera@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in.

 

Qualification

  • PhD (Mechanical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 2011.
         Thesis Title: Studies on Tool/Workpiece Deflections in Peripheral Milling of Tubular Geometries.
 
  • M.E (Mechanical Engineering), Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, 2005.
         Thesis Title: An Investigation on Wire Wear in Wire-Cut Electrical Discharge Machining Process.
 
  • B.E (Production Engineering), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2003.
         Thesis Title: Parametric Studies on Electro-Chemical Deburring Process. 
 
 

Employment

  • Associate Professor, AL-13A2 in Mech. Engg. Dept, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Jan, 2022 - Till Date)
  • Postdoc Visiting Scholar in EEE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (June, 2017-July, 2017)
  • Assistant Professor, Gr-I, AL-13A1 in Mech. Engg. Dept, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Jan, 2016 - Dec, 2021)
  • Assistant Professor-II in Mech. Engg. Dept, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Nov, 2014 - Dec, 2015)
  • Assistant Professor-I in Mech. Engg. Dept, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Nov, 2011-Oct, 2014)
  • Lecturer in Mech. Engg. Dept, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Sep, 2010 - Oct, 2011)