Bhabani Prasanna Pattanaik Editor

Bhabani Prasanna Pattanaik is currently working as Principal and Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hooghly Engineering & Technology College, Hooghly, West Bengal. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, in 2018. Prior to his Ph.D., he completed M. Tech (Heat Power Engineering) with first class from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2002, and B. E. (Mechanical Engineering) with first class from Orissa Engineering College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, in 2000. He possesses more than 18 years of teaching, research and administrative experience at various reputed organizations. He is a life member of ISTE, IE (India), Combustion Institute (India) and SAE (India). He has authored 16 research papers in peer-reviewed and referred International Journals indexed in SCI SCIE, Scopus, ESCI, Web of Science, 28 papers in indexed Conference Proceedings, and 4 numbers of indexed book chapters. He has received grants from DST, AICTE, TEQIP concerning to his research proposals. He has also contributed as a Resource Person for many reputed Conferences, Seminars and symposia.

Dhirendra Kumar Shukla is a Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida. He has more than 14 years of academic and research experience in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, and healthcare analytics. He completed his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from MNNIT Allahabad, India, and earned his M.Tech. in Software Engineering from MNNIT Allahabad and B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from RGPV, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has an H-index of 21 with over 1,412 citations. He has published more than 90 research papers in SCI and Scopus-indexed journals and conferences and has contributed 40 book chapters. He has edited 14 international books with CRC Press and other reputed publishers and holds 11 granted patents. He regularly chairs technical sessions, reviews for international journals and conferences, and has led major international conferences including ICABCS-2023, ICAIIT-2023, ICICCT-2024, ICCMST-2024, ICAISI-2025, ICRTICC-2025, and ICSDS-2025.

Sambit Satpathy is currently working as Associate Professor at the Department of CSE, Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, and MTech in Computer Science and Engineering (Embedded System Design) from Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology, SUIIT, Burla. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering from BPUT, Odisha. He has approximately 9 years of teaching and research experience. He has qualified UGC-NET and GATE multiple times. He has presented and published more than 40 papers in international conferences and journals indexed in SCIE, Scopus, ESCI, and Web of Science. Currently his H-index and i-10 index are 12+, with more than 700 citations. He is Member of IEEE, ASME and Life member of CSI and ISTE. He has published a book on Application of Machine Learning. His research interests include Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Optimization, Healthcare System. He also works as an associate editor, editorial board member in several sci indexed journals.

Kamalakanta Muduli, is presently working as Associate Professor and Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. He is also a Visiting Researcher at University of Derby, UK. He has obtained his PhD from School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. He has over 20 years of academic experience in Universities in India and Papua New Guinea. He is a recipient of the ERASMUS+ KA107 award bestowed by the European Union. He has published 106 papers in peer reviewed international journals, most of which are indexed in Clarivate analytics, Scopus and listed in ABDC and more than 37 papers in National and International Conferences. He has also guest edited 10 Special Issues in journals and 19 books with internationally reputed publication houses. He is also a senior member of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and professional member of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society.