Chair Persons

General Chair

Dr. Jahangir Hossain received B.Sc. and M.Sc. Eng. degrees from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Bangladesh, in 2001 and 2005, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia, all in electrical and electronic engineering.
He is currently working as a Professor at the School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney. Before joining there, he served as an associate professor at Macquarie University for 3.5 years, as senior lecturer and a lecturer at the Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University for five years and as a research fellow in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia. Previously, he worked as a lecturer and assistant professor at Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, for six years. He has published more than 300 articles in international refereed journals and conferences, which attracted more than 8600 citations (Google Scholar) with an H-index of 50. He is a senior member of IEEE, editor of IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, and IET GTD journal, and he has secured more than a $5M research grant. His research interests include power systems, wind generator integration and stabilization, voltage stability, micro grids, robust control, electrical machines, FACTS devices, and energy storage systems.

Program Chair

Prof. Tapas Kumar Panigrahi is currently working as Professor in Electrical Engineering Department, Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Berhampur, Odisha. His research interests include power quality and protection and control in distributed generation, Micro-Grid, Energy Systems. He has nearly 28 years of teaching experience. He has guided 2 PhD students and more than 20 M.Tech Students. He has authored and presented several research articles in international journals, conferences and book chapters. He has also published 2 Patents. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), and Fellow institute of Engineers (India).

Program Co-Chair

Dr. Soumya Ranjan Das is currently with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Berhampur. He has authored several research articles in international journals and conferences, and one textbook with Katsons publication. His research interests include grid integration of renewable energy systems, distributed generation and custom power device-based power quality analysis and design of interfacing convertors for renewable energy resources. He is a lifetime member of Institute of Engineers India. Dr. Das also received the Biju Patnaik University of Technology, University Foundation Research Award in 2023. Also he has reviewed many research articles in reputed International Journals.

Publication Chair

Dr. Dillip Kumar Mishra received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Prior to that, he completed his M. Tech (Honours), Bachelor (Honours), and Diploma (Honours) in Electrical Engineering in India. Currently, Dr. Mishra holds a position as a postdoctoral fellow at Automotive Engineering and is the president of CUPDA Clemson University, USA. With over eight years of combined experience in both industry and academia, Dr. Mishra possesses a wealth of practical and theoretical understanding. His research focuses on various areas, including power system stability, frequency regulation, renewable energy systems, power system resiliency, microgrids, EVs, and energy storage. Dr. Mishra's academic contributions extend beyond his degrees. He has authored over fifty research papers published in renowned international journals and conferences and two books. His expertise and knowledge have led him to be considered a potential reviewer for esteemed international journals such as IEEE Transactions, Elsevier, Wiley, IET, and Springer. Furthermore, Dr. Mishra actively contributes to the academic community. He serves as an editor/guest editor for Applied Science, Wiley, Elsevier, Hindawi, Frontiers of Energy, and IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (Special section). Dr. Mishra has been awarded the President Scholarship, International Research Scholarship, and Vice-Chancellor Conference Fund by the UTS, Australia, in 2019. He was awarded the NAWA PROM program fellowship in joint collaboration with the European Union, the Republic of Poland, and UTS, Australia, in 2022. He also received the young researcher fellowship from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 2023. Further, Dr. Mishra was nominated for MARQUIS Who’s Who in America for the year 2024. Dr. Mishra, is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) and the Electrical Energy Society of Australia (EESA). He has visited various countries, such as the United States, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Fiji, and Poland, to deliver his research presentations at various conferences and symposiums.

Technical Chair

Dr. Prakash K. Ray is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR), Bhubaneswar, India (Formerly CET, Bhubaneswar). He completed his PhD degree from MNNIT, Allahabad, India and Post Doctoral Fellowship from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
He is a Senior Member of IEEE and Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). His research area includes distributed generations, digital signal processing and soft computing applications in power system and power quality. He has published more than 100 technical papers in International Conferences and Referred Journals.

Technical Co-Chair

Dr. ASIT MOHANTY (Senior Member, IEEE) was graduated from NIT Durgapur. He is presently on a temporary absence from his position as the Principal of MIET, Bhubaneswar. He has been affiliated with the National Energy University in Malaysia since July 2023. He possesses a substantial four-year research background from MNNIT Allahabad, along with almost two decades of expertise in the field of teaching and research. The areas of his study focus on the modeling and control of distributed energy sources, power system stability and control, power quality, and the application of soft computing in power systems. He has authored over 200 technical articles in international conferences and peer-reviewed journals. He holds the title of Fellow at the Institute of Engineers India and is a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (LMISTE).

Finance Chair

Prof. Srikanta Patnaik is the Founder, Director and Professor of Information Management at Interscience Institute of Management & Technology, Bhubaneswar. This year, he has been appointed as Lecturers de la Catedra (Adjunct Faculty Member) at National University of La Plata with the UNESCO Chair Professor Dr. Francesco Vigliarolo for the UNESCO Programme on "Economic Systems and Human Rights". Visit for Details
He has supervised more than 30 Ph. D. Theses and 100 Master theses in the area of Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published more than 100 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 3 text books and edited more than 100 books and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like IEEE, Elsevier, Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, IOS Press and SPIE.
Dr. SrikantaPatnaik is the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Information and Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics published from Inderscience Publishing House, England and, Editor of Journal of Information and Communication Convegence Engineering and Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (JIFS). He is also Editors-in-Chief of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany and Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering (ACEE) and Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP), published by IGI Global, USA.
Prof. Patnaik is awarded with MHRD Fellowship by the Government of India, for the year 1996. He is nominated for MARQUIS Who’s Who for the year 2004 and nominated as International Educator of the Year 2005 by International Biographical Centre, Great Britain.
He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is also Fellow of IETE, Life Member of ISTE, and CSI. Dr. Patnaik has visited various countries such as Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Algeria, Thailand and Vietnam for delivering Key note addresses at various conferences and symposiums and workshops.