Dr Suraj R Marathe, Assistant Professor and workshop Superintendent in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda Goa, has a total of 10 years of teaching experience and 13 years of industrial experience. He has completed his BE (Mechanical Engineering) and Master in Engineering (Industrial Engineering) from Goa College of Engineering, Goa University, and completed the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Manufacturing from Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati, Assam. Presently he is president of the Institutions Innovation Council and Innovation Ambassador for Don Bosco College of Engineering. He is the Secretary of the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) -Goa Chapter (2019 – till date). He is the recipient of the “Breakthrough Engineering project Award 2012” by CGL for the continuous innovative development of Industrial Engineering in its operations and significant encouragement to the CGL motor division in India. He was awarded BasicMost Applicator in 2008 in appreciation and recognition of his work in the area of Industrial Engineering by Accenture LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA. He was a member of the Board of Studies in BE (Mechanical Engineering) and ME (Industrial Engineering) of Goa University. He is a member of various Professional bodies like IIIE, ISTE, and SAE-INDIA. He is on the reviewer panel of various international journals in the areas of Quality, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering. His areas of interest are Quality Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Six Sigma and Optimization Studies.