The institute has 16 Centers of Excellence (CoE) each having leading-edge knowledge, competency and clear focus on a specific area of research and/or development. Many faculties at NIST are accepting PhD candidates for research under their guidance



NIST Centres of Excellence

COE Electronic Design Automation Software Tools for VLSI/ASIC Design (ECE/EEE/EE/CSE) COE CADENCE (ECE/EEE/EE) COE Embedded System (ECE/EEE/EE/CSE)
COE IBM Lab (CSE/IT) COE HPC and Cloud Computing (CSE/IT) COE Nano Science & Technology (ECE/EEE/EE/EI)
COE Data Science (CSE/IT) COE Computer Vision & Network Security (CSE/IT) COE Renewable Energy (MECH/ CSE/ECE/Civil)
COE Mechatronics (MECH/ EE/Civil) COE LabView Academy (EIE ) COE Industrial Control & Automation (EIE/EEE/EE)
COE CAD/CAM (MECH/ Civil) COE Internet of Things (CSE/IT/ECE) COE SAP (CSE/IT/ECE/EEE/EE)



NIST CoE comprises mentors, the academic experts, who maintain the highest standards in their particular field and share knowledge and best practices with the research scholars. Each CoE is supported by fully-equipped, ultra-modern laboratories to carry on research work on a specific topic.



NIST Faculty Members Guiding PhD Candidates

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Dr. Ajit Kumar Panda
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Microelectronics (Semiconductor)
Dr. Abhro Mukherjee
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Embedded control and Automation
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Patjoshi
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Avd. Control and VLSI Design
Dr. Satya Sopan Mahato
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Solar cell, Semiconductor Devices, TCAD
Dr. Shasanka Sekhar Rout
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
VLSI Signal Processing
Dr. Sandipan Mallik
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Semiconductor Devices, Thin Film Deposition & Characterization Technology, Photovoltaic
Dr. Sudhakar Das
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices and Modeling
Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
RF Circuit Design, Microstrip Antenna and Filter
Dr. Asit Kumar Panda
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Microwave and Wireless Component
Dr. Pradyumna Patra
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Antenna ,Microwave Systems
Dr. Santosh Patnaik


Area of Specialization:
Microwave and Wireless Component
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. Shom Prasad Das
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Machine Learning, Data Science, Credit Risk Analytic, Precision Agriculture
Dr. Tapas Kumar Mishra
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Ad-hoc and Sensor Network, Algorithm, Data Science
Dr. Santosh Kumar Das
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing, Ad-hoc & Sensor Networks, Mathematical Modeling
Dr. Satya Ranjan Pattanaik
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Computer Simulation, Digital Image Processing
Dr. Sudhir Ranjan Pattanaik
Professor

Area of Specialization:
IoT, VANET, WSN
Dr. Motahar Reza
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Parallel Algorithm, Machine Learning and Data Science
Dr. Hemant K Reddy
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Cloud Computing, IoT
Department of Electrical Engineering
Dr. Santanu Kumar Pradhan
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Power and Control System
Dr. Murthy Cherukuri
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Power System
Dr. B Rajanarayan Prusty
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Power System Uncertainty Analysis
Dr. Sachidananda Prasad
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Power Systems
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Khadanga
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Electrical Power system, Renewal Energy Sources
Dr. Mrutyunjaya Mangaraj
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Application of Power Electronics in the Power System
Dr. Basant Kumar Sahu


Area of Specialization:
Control System Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Dr. Bhimavarapu Sambi Reddy
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Design of Biomedical Implementation
Dr. Souren Misra
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
CFD, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structures, Mechanical systems
Dr. Parameswar Dash


Area of Specialization:
Robotic Assembly
Dr. Roma Sahu
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Geotechnical Engineering
Department of Management
Dr. Ratnakar Mishra
Professor

Area of Specialization:
HR
Dr. Bhanu Prasad Behera
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Operations Management
Dr. Bhaskar Bandyopadhyay
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Marketing
Dr.Suresh Chandra Patnaik
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Marketing
Dr. Prabin Padhy
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Finance
Dr. Akankhya Patnaik
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Marketing
Dr. Nagen Bhusan Patnaik
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Linguistics (Phonetics)
Department of Master of Computer Application and Science
Dr. Debashis Panda
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Solid state electronics
Dr. Mihir Hota
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Optical communication and Nanotechnology
Dr. Deepanjali Misra
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Green Photonics, Spintronics
Dr. Shrabani Mahata
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Nanotechnology
Dr. Duryodhan Sahu
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Organic Chemistry
Dr. Ranjan Kumar Padhy
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Nanotechnology
Dr. Manabendra Patra
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Surface Chemistry, Nanothechnology, Environmental
Dr. Sahadeb Kuila
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Partial Differential Equations
Dr. Subrata kumar sahu
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Summability theory
Dr. Bishnukar Nayak
Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization:
Cosmology, General Theory of Relativity
Dr. Pallab kar
Professor

Area of Specialization:
Optimization
Dr. Bhaskar Bhaulo


Area of Specialization:
Optimization
Dr. Lakshmi Kanta Raju
Associate Professor

Area of Specialization:
Inventory Control



Besides mentoring the Ph.D fellows, the institute's faculty work on many projects from SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board) and prominent corporate houses throughout the year in the areas of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, VLSI Embedded System's Design, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Wireless Communication Technology and Electrical Engineering. NIST faculty have got Rs. 1 Cr of R&D funding in Just one year.