Prof. Dinesh Kumar
Electrical and Computer System Engineering
RMIT, University, Melbourne, Australia.

Brief about him

Professor Dinesh Kumar received his Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Madras (Chennai) and Doctor of Philosophy from IIT, Delhi. He is working as a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, at RMIT University, Melbourne city campus, Australia and his area of interest is biomedical engineering, bio-signal processing, neuro-motor control, and human computer interaction. Professor Kumar published 83 research papers in various reputed journals, and 255 conference proceedings. He is also author of 2 books and 8 book chapters. He supervised 83 Ph.D. and 7 master scholars. He is currently supervising 8 PhD scholars. He is also holding administrative positions like editor, associate editor and guest editor of reputed research journals and he has been chaired around 25 conferences. Presently, he has been recognized as a leader of biomedical engineering research.

Prof. Ishfaq Ahmad 
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), USA

Brief about him

He received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and an M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A., in 1992 and 1987, respectively.
His research focus is on the broader areas of parallel and distributed computing systems and their applications, optimization algorithms, multimedia systems, video compression, assistive technologies, smart power grid, and energy-aware sustainable computing. His research work is published in 250 articles in books, peer-reviewed journals, and conference proceedings, and he has extensively engaged with industry including collaboration with over 60 companies. Dr. Ahmad has received numerous international research awards, including several best paper awards at leading conferences proceedings and top ranked journals, IEEE Service Appreciation Award, and 2008 Outstanding Area Editor Award from the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. His research work in high-performance computing and video compression is widely cited with over 17,000 citations to his papers. His research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Science Foundation, SRC, Department of Education, and several companies in the U.S.  He is founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, and co-founder of the International Green and Sustainable Computing (IGSC) Conference. In addition, he has served as editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Distributed Systems Online, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, and IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.
In addition, he is a visiting scientist at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York, a visiting Scientist at the Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) in Beijing, China, and holds honorary professorships at the University of Electronic Sciences at Chengdu, China, and Amity University in India and UAE. He is a certifiedABET (Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) evaluator, and a member of the advisory board for European Commission on Energy Efficiency in Information and Communication Technologies. He Distinguished Life Fellow of the IDES (Institute of Doctors, Engineers, and Scientists) of India, and is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Prof. Shyam Sundar Pattnaik
Director
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

Brief about him

Prof. Shyam Sundar Pattnaik is presently the Director of National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh. The institute is an autonomous institute of Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt. of India established in the year 1967. Before joining to the post of Director, Prof. Pattnaik served as Vice-Chancellor of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, a Technical University of Govt. of Odisha. Prof. Shyam Sundar Pattnaik completed his Post. Doctoral Research from University of Utah, USA and PhD in Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) from Sambalpur University, Odisha. Under the able supervision and guidance of Prof. SS Pattnaik, 17 (Seventeen) students have completed their PhDs and five more are pursuing their PhD work. He has 52 ME thesis to his credit and has published 252 papers in journals and conferences of repute. He has two international books and four international book chapters to his credit. A recipient of BOYSCAST FELLOWSHIP from DST, Govt. of India, Prof. Pattnaik also is warded with SERC Visiting Fellowship, INSA Visiting Fellowship, UGC Visiting Fellowship, Distinguished Faculty Award, National Educational Excellence Award, National scholarship, Best paper Award etc. He is also listed in WHO’S WHO in the WORLD. He is a Life Fellow of IETE, Life Member of ISTE and Senior Member of IEEE, USA. Prof. Pattnaik is a known researcher in the field of antenna and soft computing and their application to biomedical. He is the brain behind the use of GOOGLE HANGOUT to conduct Faculty training Programmes thus giving a new dimension to digital pedagogy. During his tenure as Vice Chancellor, Prof. Pattnaik brought out many innovative approaches in the University to give a new thought process to the development of technical education in the state of Odisha. Prof. Shyam Sundar Pattnaik is involved in the various national and international committees in the capacity of Chairman and member.

Dr Narayan Panigrahi
Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
DRDO Bangalore, India

Brief about him

Dr Narayan Panigrahi, leads the Geographic Information System Group in CAIR, where he led a team of scientists towards successful design, development and implementation of indigenous Geographic Information System (INDIGIS). The GIS technology has been developed to achieve self reliance and guard against technological denial regime. The system has been installed in various Laboratories of DRDO user projects. He has pursued the scientific basis of the subject “Geographical Information System (GIS)”, over a decade through design and development of GIS systems for armed forces. He has been engaged in educating the armed forces in the field through various field training programs, Continuation of Education Programs (CEP) and lecturers. He has organized five CEPs to popularize and disseminate the scientific aspect of GIS and spatio-temporal information systems among the scientists and users within DRDO laboratories.