Patri K. Venuvinod is a technology-academic with extensive international experience. Educated at College of Engineering, Osmania_University, Hyderabad, and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Venuvinod has a PhD from University of Manchester Institute and Science and Technology (UMIST), U.K.. Subsequently, he was elected as a Fellow of CIRP, Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK), and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers; and Senior Member of Institute of Industrial Engineers. Venuvinod's 37-year teaching career included long stints at Regional Engineering College, Warangal, India; Hong Kon...