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guided more than 20 BTech projects, 05 MTech projects and currently 02 PhD research scholars are enrolled under his supervision. He has also actively participated as a reviewer in peer reviewed journals as well as international/national conference proceedings. Dr. Pattanayak has also conducted/organized academic-industrial interaction programs among the research community in the institute level.
Prof. H. C. Das is currently working as Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya. He has obtained his Ph.D. from NIT Rourkela. The research interest of Prof. Das includes vibration analysis, composite materials and explosion modeling. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience with more than 60 national and international publications. He has guided 12 PhD scholars, 25 MTech projects, and numerous BTech projects. He has successfully completedmore than 10 industrial consultancy projects. Currently, he holds the position of the Dean (Faculty Welfare) and Chairman (IQAC) at NIT, Meghalaya.

Prof. Pinakeswar Mahanta is currently the Director of National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh, Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Ha has served as professor of mechanical engineering at IIT Guwahati. He did his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Rourkela in 1985. His areas of research include thermodynamics, heat transfer and renewable energy. He has established an international platform for research in bio-energy with the University of Nottingham, University of Birmingham, and Loughborough University, UK. He also has established collaboration in the field of clean coal technology with the University of Cranfield, UK and UCL, Belguim. He has published more than 120 papers in peer reviewed international journals, and edited four books. He has guided/mentored more than 30 BTech projects, 35 MTech projects, 18 PhD students and 01 PDF. Professor Mahanta's latest achievements include JSPS fellowship by invitation to Gifu University, Japan, Guest Lecturer at Hof University, Germany, and Indian Distinguishing visiting fellowship by the University of Nottingham, UK.