BRIEF CV OF DR. PRABIR MUKHOPADHYAY

PERSONAL

Date of birth: 31st October, 1969

Sex: Male

Marital status: Bachelor

EXPERIENCE:

1. Nov 2004–present  

National Institute of Design, PG Campus, Gh-0 Extension Road, Gandhinagar-382007, India

Associate Senior Faculty : in Ergonomics. Responsibilities include:

• Teaching Ergonomics to Post Graduate and Undergraduate design students across different disciplines like, product, furniture, ceramic, toy, software and user interface and new media design.

• Conducted session in Ergonomics for workshops for participants from industry.

• Conducted a course on Ergonomics for DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore, India as visiting faculty.

2. January 2002–August 2004

Department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Research Assistant.Responsibilbites included:

• Pursue my PhD in Industrial Ergonomics

• Taught laboratory and tutorials for: Work Study and Operations Management for Production Management and Manufacturing Systems students, Occupational Ergonomics for Manufacturing Students and Ergonomics to Taught Post Graduate students of Safety and Ergonomics.

3. January 2000–December 2001

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.

Faculty in Ergonomics. Responsibilities included:

• Teaching Ergonomics to Post Graduate and Undergraduate design students across different disciplines like, product, furniture, ceramic design.

• Conducted a course on Ergonomics for the students of Indian Institute of Craft and Design (IICD) Jaipur.

Consultancy project management. Clients included:

• Indian Railways

Provided ergonomics consultancy project on "Ergonomic and Architectural Design Improvements of Light Machine Shop Floor" of the Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi.

• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Worked as Ergonomist in a consultancy project on "Ergonomic Study on the Hand Block Printers of Jaipur".

• Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), Ahmedabad, India.

Worked as Ergonomist and Project Head in a consultancy research project on "Ergonomic Study for the improvement of Working Efficiency of the Agarbatti (incense sticks) Workers".

EDUCATION:

• 2002–2004 University of Limerick, Ireland

 PhD.  In Industrial Ergonomics

         Recipient of European Union Scholarship

• 1991-1993 University of Calcutta, India

MSc. In Physiology with specialization in Ergonomics

• University of Calcutta, India

BSc (Honours) in Physiology

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

August 1994- December 1997

Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Calcutta University.

•Junior Project Fellow on the project entitled "Assessment of impact of Hot Hazardous Working

Environment on Industrial and Agricultural Workers and Development of Ergonomically

Designed Personal Protective Devices".  Sponsored By the Ministry of Environment and Forests,

Government of India.

•Researcher in the project "A Pilot Study on Ergonomic Evaluation on a Newly Designed

Regenerative Break Developed for the Cycle Rickshaw" in collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

1.Mukhopadhyay, P., O' Sullivan, L.W., Gallwey, T., 2007, Estimating upper limb discomfort level

due to intermittent isometric pronation torque with various combinations of elbow angles, forearm

rotation angles, force and frequency with upper arm at 90 degree abduction, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 37, 313-325.

2. Mukhopadhyay, P., O' Sullivan, L.W., Gallwey, T., 2007, Effect of upper arm articulations on

 shoulder arm discomfort profile in a pronation task, Occupational Ergonomics, Accepted for publication (page numbers pending).

3. Mukhopadhyay, P., O’ Sullivan, L.W., Gallwey, T., 2007,Upper limb discomfort profile due to intermittent isometric pronation torque at different combinations of shoulder-arm system, Ergonomics, Accepted for publication subjected to minor corrections(page numbers pending).

3. Mukhopadhyay, P., 2007, Heat stress in industry: A problem in India, Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety, 14, 12-13.    

4. Mukhopadhyay, P., 2006, Beyond the horizon, Ergonomics in Design, 14, 4-5.

5. Mukhopadhyay, P., 2006, User study: Some problems in India, Ergonomics Australia, 20, 14-17.

Chapter in Book

 Low cost tools in musculoskeletal research, in the book entitled: Ergonomic intervention for enhancing health and efficiency. Published by Himanshu Publications, ISBN-81-7906-148-5.

Conference

1.Mukhopadhyay, P., 2005, Postural issues in hand block printing, Proceedings of the seminar, " Indian craft, future in a globalizing world", held at National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad, p36.

2. Mukhopadhyay, P., Das, S., 2005, Pilot ergonomic study on fabric washing in textile hand block printing unit in Jaipur, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment(HWWE2005), held at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 698-703.

3. Mukhopadhyay, P., Gallwey, T. and O'Sullivan, L.W., 2003, Effect of grip force and shoulder abduction angles in repetitive clockwise forearm pronation/supination movements, in Proceedings of the International Annual Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, 7th - 9th May, Munich, 81-88.

4. Mukhopadhyay, P., Gallwey, T. and O'Sullivan, L.W., 2003, Effect of combined grip force and forearm supination torque on discomfort for abduction at prone/supine angles, in Proceedings of Irish Ergonomics Review, 12 June, NUI Galway, Ireland, 7-12.

5. Sen, R.N., Das, S., Muphopadhyay, P., Sen, A., 1995, A new Ergonomic Head Gear for the Agricultural workers to protect against solar radiations and rains. Proceedings of the First Congress of Federation of Indian Physiological Societies (FIPS), held at CGO complex, New Delhi, 1-3 March, p59.

6. Sen, R.N., Das, K., Basu, K., Mukhopadhyay, P., 1996, ergonomically designed anti-mosquito clothing for agricultural workers. Proceeding of the Second International Symposium on Ergonomics, Occupational Health, Safety and Environment, (2nd ISE-OH-SE) held at CGO Complex, New Delhi, 25-28 Nov, P6 (4). Abstract only

AWARD:

Received the Best Paper Award in Memory of Prof.Dr.Ellwyn Edwards for the paper presented at the Second International Symposium on Ergonomics Occupational Health Safety and Environment (ISE-OH-SE) held in New Delhi 1996.