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In the present issue of the International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, emphasis is laid not only on contemporary issues surrounding manufacturing and industry but contributions are also made towards the ever-growing discourse surrounding business, engineering, as well as tech.

A large number of studies spread across this issue are manufacturing, industry oriented. This is evident in studies such as ‘Development of Framework for Analyzing the Barriers in Total Productive Maintenance,’ ‘Optimization of Parameters of Friction Stir Welding OG AA-6061,’ ‘A Study on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite Reinforced With TiO2and Graphene Oxide,’ ‘Industrial Importance of Aluminium-Fly Ash Composite and Its Application-A Review,’ ‘An innovative approach to modeling the benefits of supply chain collaboration by using interpretive structural modelling,’ ‘Numerical Simulation of NACA 2415 Airfoil at Different Low Reynolds Numbers and Angles of Attack,’ ‘Influence of pentagonal texture on performance of slider bearing,’ ‘Particle Swarm Optimization for the Optimal Wind–Thermal Coordination,’ ‘Influence of radial clearance on the static performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing system,’ ‘Influences of Alloying Element on the Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloy- A Review,’ ‘Development and Implementation of a Proto-type Pop-Corn Machine with Aluminium and Glass for Nigeria,’ ‘Strength, Permeability and Carbonation properties of Concrete containing Kota Stone Slurry,’ ‘Effect of Coarse Aggregate size on strength of high performance concrete’ and ‘Design of a High Frequency Stable Oscillator with Tunable Frequency using Field Programmable CMOS Current Conveyor.’

Additionally, studies such as ‘QFD Concepts Integrated with Design of Indian Military Vehicles,’ ‘Conceptual Framework for the Application of Big Data in the Automobile Industry,’ ‘Development of Desert Cooler Design to Control Humidity and Temperature,’ ‘Engineering Interventions for Technological Advancements in Dairy Industry,’ ‘Dielectric Properties of Φ (CCTO)-(1-Φ) Silicone Resin Composites with 0-3 Connectivity,’ ‘Dielectric Spectroscopy of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Mixture Showing Different Temperature Range’ and ‘Analysis and Simulation of Eighth-Order Active-R Band Pass Filter Using Biquadratic Topology’ bring to light, engineering rooted concepts.

Business-centric studies such as ‘Open Innovation adoption strategy enhancing performances in Malaysian SMEs’ and ‘International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium Enterprise (IFRS for SMES) and the Statement of Accounting Standards (SAS): A Comparative Study’ also found a place in this issue.

Any discussion surrounding contemporary subjects would not be complete without techno-centric studies. This has been addressed through studies such as ‘Smart Application for Food Donation Using Cloud Computing,’ ‘Hand held Dermal Scanner’ and ‘Design of Solar Powered UAV.’

More niches were explored in this issue through studies such as ‘Design and Fabrication of Low Cost Crop Cutting Machine,’ ‘Study of Temporal Variation in Ambient Air Quality during Diwali Festival in Delhi – A Case Study,’ ‘Q Anisotropy in the region of Garhwal Himalaya’ and ‘In silico Identification and Optimization of Natural Inhibitors for Drug Target Sites in Cryptosporidium parvum: A Review.’

We hope the diversity and variety of studies in this issue illuminates and inspires our readers to make topical contributions to the journal. We are grateful for their support.

Editor-in-chief
Dr. Bhupendra Singh Chauhan