Prof. (Dr.) Umasankar Das

Designation: Principal
AICTE ID: 1-44533254287
BPUT Reg. ID: T250144019
DOJ(IIMT): 16-03-2026
Principal Since: 26-10-2026
Contact:7381067740
Email id: [email protected]

Prof. (Dr.) Umasankar Das is the Principal of IIMT. He joined the institute as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and was elevated to the post of Principal on 26 October 2026.
He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering (2019) from the National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (NIAMT), Ranchi, formerly the National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), under Ranchi University. He earned his M.Tech. in Machine Design from Bharath University, Chennai, in 2005, and an MBA in Human Resource Management from Pondicherry University in 2009.
With over 21 years of experience across research, teaching and industry, Prof. Das has guided numerous B.Tech. and M.Tech. students and has published more than 15 research papers in reputed international journals. His research interests include machine design, friction stir welding, composite materials and manufacturing engineering.
He served as a Competent Person recognised by the Directorate of Factories and Boilers, Government of Odisha, from August 2024 to August 2025. He is a certified trainer in the Indian iron and steel sector and an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (India).

Prof. (Dr.) Rutuparna Panda,

Designation: Dean (Research & Publications)
BPUT Reg. ID: T250744001
DOJ:12-05-2025
IIMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Prof. (Dr.) 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.