About author : Dr.Ashish Patel is a BE graduate in mechanical engineering from LE COLLAGE MORBI in Saurashtra University Gujarat. He has completed a postgraduation degree in M.E. ( PRODUCTION) from MS University Baroda Gujarat. Dr. Ashish Patel has been awarded a Ph.D. in Mechanical engineering from SVNIT, SURAT under the guidance of Dr. Tushar. N Desai professor of mechanical engineering in the year 2021for the research area of A Study of Selected Issues of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Adoption in Indian Textil. Dr.Ashish Patel working as an Assistant Professor in the mechanical department at Laxmi institute of technology,sarigam since 2012. Specialization in teaching in Quality control, industrial engineering, production engineering, power plant engineering, industry 4.0, etc. Area of research in Industrial engineering manufacturing engineering sustainable supply chain management quality management six Sigma etc.

About book : This book, industrial engineering (IE), provides various concepts and theoretical and practical knowledge related to the area of industrial engineering. all the topics covered as per the syllabus of GTU such as plant layouts, job evolution, industrial legalization, production planning and control, SQC, QC, entrepreneurship, strategic management, etc are discussed to help develop the required skill among the students to study in this area. this book also creates awareness about the historical developments in the various fields of IE.