Thaneswer Patel
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
About
Thaneswer Patel is currently a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) in Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. He began his career as a Project Officer on a contractual basis at the Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, from February 2005 to July 2006. He has been associated with NERIST since July 2006, transitioning from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, and now Professor since July 2022.
Thaneswer holds a B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Agricultural Engineering, Jabalpur (M.P.), completed in 2001. He earned his M.Tech in Farm Machinery & Power from IIT Kharagpur in 2004 and obtained his Ph.D. in 2015 from the Design Department at IIT Guwahati. His expertise spans Agricultural Tools and Equipment Design, Physical and Occupational Ergonomics, and Virtual Ergonomic Evaluation with Digital Human Modeling Software.
Active in his field, he is a member of several scientific societies, including the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), and the Solar Energy Society of India (SESI). Thaneswer is deeply involved in teaching and research, having guided numerous B.Tech and M.Tech theses and published extensively in reputable international journals.
Employment
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North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology Professor2006 - Present
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati PhD2012 - 2015
Projects & Funding
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Publications (23)
- Physiological responses to heat stress in rice transplanting workers in Northeast India and work-rest schedule recommendations Save
- Ergonomic design and performance evaluation of a tea (Camellia sinensis) plucking basket for minimising musculoskeletal disorders Save
- Predictive Modeling of Work-Rest Schedule for Agricultural Workers Using Heat Stress and Physiological Data Save
- Noise exposure to tractor drivers in field operations Save
- Context-specific design interventions in blending workstation: An ergonomics perspective Save
- Impact of ergonomic intervention in manual orange harvester among the workers of hilly region in India Save
- Work-related pains among the workers associated with pineapple peeling in small fruit processing units of North East India Save
- Isometric handgrip strength of agricultural workers from northeast region of India Save
- Musculoskeletal ailments in Indian injection-molded plastic furniture manufacturing shop-floor: Mediating role of work shift duration Save
- Towards virtual ergonomics: Aviation and aerospace Save