Dr. Gunjan Soni holds B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from The University of Rajasthan, M. Tech. (Industrial Engineering) from IIT-Delhi and PhD (Industrial Engineering) from Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani. He is having 19 years of experience and is now serving as an Associate professor (Department of Mechanical Engineering along with Joint faculty at Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering). At MNIT Jaipur he has developed several new courses such as Applied Machine Learning, Six Sigma, Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Systems, Applied Probability and Statistics at UG and PG level. He has also established Intelligent Automation and Robotics Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has published more than 120 papers in various international journals. He has guided 12 PhDs and over 24 Masters’ theses. He is doing four research projects in which two are international and other two are at national level. His major research contributions are in the areas of supply chain optimization, predictive maintenance, and AI applications in manufacturing systems.