Prof. (Dr.) Rutuparna Panda
Designation: Professor & HOD
BPUT Reg. ID: T250744001
DOJ: 12-05-2025
Head of the Department (HOD), Dean Research, IIMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Rutuparna Panda (Member IEEE) was born in 1963. He received B.Sc Engg. (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering) and M. Sc. Engg. (Communication Systems Engineering) Degrees from UCE Burla in 1985 and 1988, respectively. He obtained Ph.D. (Engg) degree from IIT, KGP in 1998. He is a former Professor in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, VSS University of Technology, Burla. He was the former HOD ECE Dept., HOD CSE Dept., DEAN, Academic Affairs, DEAN, SRIC, and DEAN Continuing Education Programme. He has guided 38 M.Tech. Theses and 10 Ph.D. Theses. He has over 200 papers in International/National Journals and conferences. Dr. Panda has more than 4000 academic citations with h-index of 35 and i10-index of 70 as per google scholar. He is the co-author of two books titled “AI Techniques for Biomedical Engineering Applications” and “Region based Approaches for Image Fusion”. He is the co-author of 8 Book Chapters. Currently, Dr. Panda is serving as an associate editor of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EAAI). He is a member of IEEE and a Fellow of IETE(India). He is the reviewer of many reputed international Journals like IEEE Transactions and Elsevier Journals. He received ‘Highly Cited Research Award’ in Dec. 2016 from Swarm and Evolutionary Computation Journal, Elsevier. He received ‘Certificate of Appreciation Award’ for quality research Journal Publications for the year 2020 from VSS University of Technology, Burla. His one article is found in top ten popular articles of IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. His area of research interests includes – Digital signal/image processing, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, VLSI Signal Processing, Soft Computing, Machine intelligence and AI.

Prof. Sanjay Sharma
Designation: Assistant Professor
BPUT Reg. ID: T240544012
DOJ: 13-05-2025
BCA Ranchi University, MCA Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.

Prof. Sharma is an MCA from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. He is known for his state-of-the-art skills in Web Designing, Networking and System Administration. He has more than five years of corporate exposure as a Software Test Engineer and has been awarded as a best resource for accomplishment of effective team work. He worked for Telecom Company in Boston, USA with Onsite team to re-engineering the automation testing process. He worked as programmer for developing web base systems and had Academic experience involved in Teaching and Training IT subjects. He has participated in various seminars, conferences and workshops in Information Technology and Computer Science.

Mr. Subrat Kumar Nayak
Designation: Assistant Professor
BPUT Reg. ID: T250144027
DOJ: 09-01-2024

Mr. Subrat Kumar Nayak holds BCA and MCA degrees, and his academic interests lie in Computing, Communication, and Sensor Networks. Known for his clarity in teaching and hands-on approach, he focuses on enhancing student understanding of computer networks and embedded systems. At IIMT Bhubaneswar, he actively contributes to course delivery, project mentoring, and student development in advanced computing technologies.