Dhirendra Kumar Author & Editor

Dr Dhirendra Kumar is Senior Extension Engineer at North Carolina State University in the USA. He has worked as an engineer, technical adviser and programme manager for Outboard Marine, John Deere, Pratt and Whitney, and Pitney Bowes. Since turning to academia, Dr Kumar has been a researcher, senior lecturer, and a visiting and adjunct professor, holding different posts at the Universities of Iowa, Nebraska, Hartford, Central Connecticut and New Haven. He has written books, instructional manuals, and many conference papers and is a member of a number of advisory boards and scholarship committees. In his current role he advises graduate students on industrial projects and leads projects in organizations external to his university. Dr Kumar is also developing and taping courses for distance learning on topics, such as Enterprise Growth Strategy, Resources Transformation, and Continuous Improvement.