Honorary Chair

Prof. Lakhmi C. Jain

KES International, UK
PhD | ME | BE(Hons)| Fellow (Engineers Aust),
Founder, KES International

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Professor Lakhmi C. Jain, PhD, Dr H.C., ME, BE(Hons), Fellow (Engineers Australia), is with the Liverpool Hope University and the University of Arad. He was formerly with the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Canberra and Bournemouth University. Professor Jain founded the KES International for providing a professional community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation and teaming. Involving around 5,000 researchers drawn from universities and companies world-wide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generate synergy in teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the area of KES.

General Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Kazumi Nakamatsu

University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan

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Prof. (Dr.) Kazumi Nakamatsu received the Ms. Eng. and Dr. Sci. from Shizuoka University and Kyushu University, Japan, respectively. He is a full Professor at School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Japan. His research interests encompass intelligent systems and their applications. He has developed some paraconsistent annotated logic programs called ALPSN (Annotated Logic Program with Strong Negation), VALPSN (Vector ALPSN), EVALPSN (Extended VALPSN) and bf-EVALPSN (before-after EVALPSN) recently, and applied them to various intelligent systems such as a safety verification-based railway interlocking control system and process order control. He is an author of over 150 papers and 20 book chapters, and 10 edited books published by prominent publishers. Kazumi Nakamatsu has chaired various international conferences, workshops and invited sessions, and he has been a member of numerous international program committees of workshops and conferences. He serves as Founding Editor of the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems and editorial board member of many international journals. He has contributed numerous invited lectures at international workshops, conferences, and academic organizations. He also is a recipient of many conference paper awards.

General Chair

Prof. Florin Popenţiu Vlădicescu

University “Politehnica” in Bucharest, Romanian

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Professor Florin Popentiue Vlădicescu, was born on 17 September 1950, graduated in Electronicsand Telecommunications from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest in 1974, holds a PhD in Reliability since 1981. He has been appointed Director of the “UNESCO Chair in Information Technologies Department” at University of Oradea. Also, he is Professor to University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science. Professor Florin Popentiue Vlădicescu is the founder of the first “UNESCO Chair of Information Engineering” , in UK, established at City University London, in 1998. He published over 150 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. Also he is author of one book co-author of 4 books. He has worked for many years on problems associated with software reliability and has been Co-Director of two NATO Research Projects. Also he is on the advisory board of several international journals, including “Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory & Applications” and is a reviewer to “ACM Computing Reviews. He is currently Associated Editorto the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology (IJICT) – Inderscience Publishers. He is an independent expert to the European Commission - H2020 programme, for Net Services – Software and Services, Cloud. Professor Florin Popentiue Vlădicescu is currently Visiting Professor to:

• Telecom Paris, ENST
• Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines Paris, ENSMP
• Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, ENSTA
• ETH - Zurich
• Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, UPMC
• Delft University of Technology
• University of Twente Enschede
• Technical University of Denmark Lyngby
• Sultan Qaboos University
• University of Calcutta

He was elected Fellow of the Academy of Romanian Scientists in 2008

General Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Peplluis de la Rosa Esteva

Full Professor and Executive Dean in the School of Technology at Woxsen University

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Dr. Peplluis de la Rosa Esteva is a Full Professor and Executive Dean in the School of Technology at Woxsen University, originally from Mallorca, Spain (EU). With over 35 years of academic experience, his research expertise spans Blockchain, Agentic AI, and Cryptocurrencies, with a strong focus on bridging the AI adoption gap across organizations.
His areas of specialization include Decentralized Finances and Quantum-inspired Blockchain, Dr. Esteva has published over 200 papers in top-tier international journals, with h-index = 40, and has supervised more than 20 Ph.D. across three continents (USA, Mexico, Colombia, Switzerland, France, Spain, and India). Beyond academia, he has played a pivotal role in the tech industry, serving as CEO for multiple technological companies and collaborating with global academic and industry leaders.
Passionate about mentoring the next generation of scholars, Dr. Esteva actively supports entrepreneurship driven by technological R&D. He fosters lead-by-example industry driven research in class project-based learning.

Programme Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Rutuparna Panda

Dean Research, IIMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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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.

Publication Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Srikanta Patnaik

Chairman, I.I.M.T., Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

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Prof. Srikanta Patnaik is Director of I.I.M.T., Bhubaneswar, India. He has received his Ph. D. (Engineering) on Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University, India in 1999. 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 around 100 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 2 text books and 55 edited volumes and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like IEEE, Elsevier, Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, etc.. 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), which are all Scopus Index journals. 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. 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 more than 20 countries across the globe and visiting professors to some of the universities.

Publication Co-Chair

Dr. Umaranjan Jena

Professor, I.I.M.T., Bhubaneswar, Head of Computer Sciences & Engineering (Cyber Security) and Professor-in-Charge Examination.

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Dr. Umaranjan Jena is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Cyber Security) with over 35 years of experience. Holding a Ph.D. in Engineering, his specialization lies in Cyber Law & Policy. He has contributed extensively to academia, authoring 58 papers in international journals and presenting 106 papers in international and national conferences. His research involvement includes undertaking two R&D projects. His work reflects a commitment to advancing cybersecurity policies and legal frameworks.

International Advisory Committee Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Tao Shen

School of Information Engineering and Automation Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.

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Prof. (Dr.) Tao Shen , is a doctoral supervisor in School of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology. He had received his master’s degree and Ph.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology in USA, bachelor degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He is an executive director and Deputy Secretary-General of Youth Committee of Chinese Materials Institute, a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) and China Computer Federation(CCF). He is a peer-reviewer with National Natural Science Foundation of China, a high-caliber talent accredited by provincial government of Yunnan province. He participated in over 10 research projects, including projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Applied Basic Research Programs of Yunnan Province, and Science Foundation of Department of Education, Yunnan Province. He has published more than 40 papers indexed by SCI/EI, 2 monographs, and held numerous patents and copyrights. His main research fields including: Terahertz technologies and their applications, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Smart Power Grids.

Finance Chair

Prof.(Dr.) Jayadev Kar, Ph.D

Director, I.I.M.T, Bhubaneswar

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Dr. Jayadev Kar is a distinguished academician and administrator with a robust background in human resource development, management, and multidisciplinary education. With an MBA in Personnel and Marketing from Utkal University and a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development with specialization in MIS & HR, Dr. Kar has over three decades of influential experience in academia, leadership, and institutional development. His extensive contributions span across student-centric curriculum design, research, and administrative innovation. Formerly a Professor and Dean at the Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar, and Technical Head at Pathani Samanta Planetarium, he has guided numerous Ph.D. theses and authored multiple books in vocational education. Currently serving as Director at Interscience Institute of Management & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Dr. Kar continues to drive academic excellence and institutional progress through outreach, scholarship, and strategic academic leadership.

Technical Chair

Prof.(Dr) Debashish Jena

Director, I.I.M.T, Bhubaneswar

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Prof. Jena has more than 15 years of Industry experience. He was consulting to Health Department, Govt. of Orissa for a period of 2 years. He is the author or co-author of over 50 publications and book chapters. His research interests are Information Security, Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, and Network Security. He teaches Networking, Network and Information Security. His professional memberships include IEEE, ACM, ISTE, IACSIT, MIE (I), CSI, and OITS.

Organizing Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Pramod Kumar Prusty

Dean Academics, I.I.M.T, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

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Prof. Pramod Kumar Prusty is the Dean Academics of IIMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He has received his Ph.D degree from Utkal University, Vani Vihar on Accounting and Finance based topic. He has supervised five Ph.D Scholars. He is the Author of 35 Research Articles and 3 Test Books i.e., Management Accounting, Cost Accounting and also Advanced Cost and Management Accounting which are useful for CA , CMA and MBA Students. He has supervised more than 300 Projects in different Disciplines. Prof. Prusty has Chaired as Key Note Speaker in many Conferences within the Country. During his Professional Career Prof. Prusty has performed his job as a successful Academician and Administrator around 40 years in different Govt., Govt Autonomous Colleges including Ravenshaw and also in different reputed Educational Institutions as Prof. and Dean of Commerce.

Publicity Chair

Mrs. Soma Mitra

B. Tech (E&TC), CCNA, MBA (HR & F) Utkal University, M.A. (English), Ph.D. (Behavioral Science) Continuing.

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Mrs. Soma Mitra is a Registrar cum Assistant Professor in Human Resource and Communication at IIMT, Bhubaneswar, with a rich background in HR and finance, holding an MBA and an M.A. in English from Utkal University, Odisha. Her career spans significant contributions in Communicative English, Soft Skills, and Life Skills. As the Associate Dean of Corporate Relations at IIMT's SRIC Cell, she plays a crucial role in outreach research publications, especially in STEM fields. Mrs. Mitra has made notable contributions to Behavioral Science and topics such as IoT in recruitment, RWA management, urban rail infrastructure, and HR analytics. Her dedication to research and continuous professional development highlights her commitment to excellence and leadership in both academic and professional spheres.

Conference Convener

Mr. Alok Arun

MBA, NCMP Level 5, NCIAP, Ph.D. (Financial Economics) Continuing, Assistant Professor, I.I.M.T. Bhubaneswar

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Mr. Alok Arun has completed Integrated MBA from Ravenshaw University, Cuttack Odisha in 2019 with specialization in Finance & Financial Markets. He has achieved Level 5 certification from National Stock Exchange (NSE) as “NSE Academy Certified Market Professional (NCMP)” and “NSE Academy Certified Investment Analyst Pro Certification”. He has also several certifications from National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) such as “NISM-Series- VII: Securities operations and Risk Management” and “NISM-Series- X-B: Investment Advisor Module”. He has done certificate course in ‘Use of Python in Finance” and “Tally”. Currently he is pursuing Ph.D. in Financial Economics.