Dr. Afzaal Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Palakkad. He completed his B.E - Mechanical Engineering, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University (Pt.RSSU), Raipur, (C.G), India, M.Tech - Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, (W.B), India, PhD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. His research interests broadly centers on the non-coventional machining, hybrid machining, deep hole drilling, laser based surface alloying and metal additive manufacturing (AM).