Chairman : Prof. Damodar Acharya
Vice – Chairman : Prof. Ganapati Panda
Secretary : Prof. SR Samantaray
Treasurer : Prof. SK Sarangi

Members :
Dr. BK Mishra
Mr. DP Misra
Prof. UC Mohanty
Mr. AK Tripathy
Prof. Radhakant Padhi

1. 1. April 27, 2021 : Webinar on “Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Deep Learning” jointly with Computer Science and Engineering Department of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) by Professor Ganapati Panda, a prominent fellow of the Academy and a member of Bhubaneswar Chapter.
   2.  December 7, 2021 : INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar is organizing a Distinguished Lecture series wherein First Inaugural Lecture on “Science-Engineering-Technology: Synergy for Sustainable Growth” which was delivered by Professor Indranil  Manna, President of INAE and Vice Chancellor, BIT, Mesra.
   3. January 7, 2021 : Second Lecture of the  joint Distinguished Lecture series of INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar, which was  delivered by Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Institute Chair Professor & Sir J C Bose National Fellow, Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur on “”Democratized Diagnostic Technologies towards Affordable Healthcare for the Underserved”.
   4. February 7, 2022 : Third Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Revenge of Silicon- tracing the trends in computing and communication and how the machines mimic man” delivered by Prof N Balakrishnan, Indian aerospace and computer scientist.
   5. March 7, 2022 : Fourth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “India’s self-sufficiency in materials for 21st century” delivered by Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Technology & New Materials Business,  Tata Steel.
   6. March 8, 2022 : Fifth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Achieving Sustainability and Net Zero Mandate through Adoption of Hydrogen Economy, CO2 Refineries, & Biomass Conversion”  delivered by Professor G. D. Yadav, Emeritus Professor of Eminence and Former Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
   7. April 5, 2022 : Sixth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Vulnerabilities in Federated Learning Networks” delivered by Dr. Prasant Mohapatra, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Vice Chancellor for Research at University of California, Davis.
   8. April 7, 2022 : Seventh Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Hydrodynamics of sediment transport: grain scale to continuum scale” delivered by Prof. Subhasish Dey, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.
   9. May 5, 2022 : Eighth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Natural materials for noise control of home appliances and automobile” delivered by Prof. Amiya Ranjan Mohanty , Professor & Head, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
   10. May 7, 2022 : Ninth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Si Photonics systems as interconnects in current data centres” delivered by Prof. Prasanta Kumar Basu , Retired Professor, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta.
   11. May 11, 2022 : Technology Day Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and Technological Intervention for Sustainable Development delivered by Prof. Uma Charan Mohanty, School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences (SEOCS), IIT Bhubaneswar, Argul, Khurda, Odisha.
   12. June 11, 2022 : Eleventh Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Distributed Energy Resources Rich Microgrid: Operation and Control” delivered by Prof.  Sukumar Mishra, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
   13. June  17, 2022 : Tenth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Atmanibhar Bharat 2047 : On Moving Indian Higher Education Institutions up in the World Rankings” delivered by Prof. Farrokh Mistree, L.A. Comp Chair and Professor, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
   14. July 9, 2022 : Twelfth  Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “Discrete Element Analysis of Particulate Systems” by Prof.  Barada Kanta Mishra, Director IIT Goa.
   15. July 13, 2022 : Thirteenth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on “5G Networks and Security – Opportunities and Challenges”  by Prof.  Ashutosh Dutta,   Chief 5G Strategist and Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering for Engineering Professional Program at JHU.
   16. July 22, 2022 : Fourteenth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar on ” Shocking – Yet True…” delivered by Prof. Gopalan Jagadeesh,  Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.
   17. August 10, 2022 : Fifteenth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar  on “From  Make in India to Design and Make in India” delivered by Prof. Janet Katherine Allen,  John and Mary Moore Chair of Engineering and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The University of Oklahoma.
   18. September 9, 2022 : Sixteenth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar  on “Development of Cognitive Robotic Systems: Challenges and future perspectives” delivered by Prof. Laxmidhar Behera, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
   19. September 16, 2022 : Seventeenth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar  “Navigation and Control of Marine Vehicles” delivered by Professor Bidyadhar Subudhi, School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Goa.
   20. September 21, 2022 : Eighteenth Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar  on “Importance of Precision-Time in Electric Grid: Availability and Usages” delivered by Professor Ashok Kumar Pradhan, FNAE, Senior Member, IEEE, Institute Chair Professor and Chairperson, Subir Choudhury School of Quality and Reliability, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
   21. October 19, 2022 : 19th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar  on “CPS, IoT and AI” delivered by Prof. U B Desai, Former Director IIT Hyderabad.
   22. November 03, 2022 : 20th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar   on “Konarka Temple and Its Iron Beams: An Epitome of Aesthetics & An Engineering Feat” delivered by Prof. Omkar Nath Mohanty, Director, Technology & Academic Initiative, RSB Metaltech., RSB Group, Pune.
   23. November 25, 2022 : 21st Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by  INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar   on “Accelerator Architectures for Deep Neural Networks and Homomorphic Encryption” delivered by Prof. Keshab K. Parhi, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
   24. December 5, 2022 : 22nd Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter , jointly with SOA University and IMMT Bhubaneswar   on “Design of Experiments”  delivered by Professor Tapan P. Bagchi, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Vinod Gupta School of Management, Kharagpur; Adjunct Professor of Quantitative Methods.
   25. February 27, 2023 : 23^rd Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Applied Research in Computer Architecture, AI, and HPC – a Personal Journey” delivered by Dr. Ashwini K. Nanda, Founder and CEO of , HPC Links Pvt Ltd, in India and US.
   26. April 18, 2023 : 24th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section  on “Declining Interest in engineering education: quality concerns, causes and suggested policy interventions” delivered by Professor Prem Vrat, Chairman Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad.
   27. May 11, 2023 : 25th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Lasers or Missiles- Which one to select for Air-Defence Applications” delivered by by Dr. Jagannath Nayak,  Centre for High Energy System and Science, Hyderabad.
   28. September 18, 2023 : 26th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “From Research to Innovation: A Way forward for India’s Higher Educational Institutions” delivered by Prof. V Ramgopal Rao, FNAE, Group Vice-Chancellor, BITS Pilani & Former Director, IIT Delhi.
   29. October 14, 2023: 27th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Advancing Science and Serving Humanity” delivered by Dr. Tapan K. Gandhi, FNAE, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Cadence Chair Professor of AI and Automation, Joint Faculty in School of AI, IIT Delhi.
   30. October 26, 2023: 28th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Empowering Renewable Energy Integration: A Smart Grid Initiative at IIT Roorkee” delivered by Dr. Narayana Prasad Padhy, Director, MNIT Jaipur.
   31. October 28, 2023: 29th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Modeling, Analysis and Control of the National Air Transportation System” delivered by Dr. P. K. Menon, Ph. D., Optimal Synthesis Inc., Los Altos, California, USA.
   32. January 31, 2024: 30th Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Experimental Evaluation of Nanofluids In Building Heating Coils (Part-I). Computational Analysis of Nanofluids for Cooling in Microchannel Heat Exchangers (Part-II)” delivered by Dr. Debendra K. Das, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), USA.
   33. February 17, 2024: 31st Lecture of the Distinguished Lecture series organized by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, jointly with SOA University, IMMT Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Key Issues and Solutions Through Large Language Models in Supply Chain Management” delivered by Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, FNAE, FNASc, FIISE (USA), Director, IIM Mumbai.
   34. March 1, 2024: 32nd Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Foundation Design for ATAL SETU – An Engineering Marvel and Sustainable Foundation Solutions for various Mega Structures” delivered by Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, FNAE, Prof. T. Kant Chair Professor (HAG) and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
   35. March 20, 2024: 32nd Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Foundation Design for ATAL SETU – An Engineering Marvel and Sustainable Foundation Solutions for various Mega Structures” delivered by Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, FNAE, Prof. T. Kant Chair Professor (HAG) and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
   36. March 21, 2024: 34th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Where Language meets Technology”   delivered by by  Prof. Anupam Basu, Raja Ramanna Chair Professor, Jadavpur University.\
   37. May 9, 2024 : 35th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section “Anti-seismic devices for earthquake resilient infrastructure” delivered by Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, Associate Dean (Infrastructure), Professor of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
   38. May 17, 2024 : 36th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Artificial Intelligence – Emerging Face of Scientific, Industrial and Social Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities for India” delivered by Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
   39. July 18, 2024 : 37th  Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “World Trade Center Building Disaster: Stimulus for Fire Safety Innovations” delivered by Prof. Venkatesh Kodur, University Distinguished Professor and Director, SAFE-D Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
   40. July 19, 2024 : 38th  Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Autopilot Inspired Artificial Pancreas for Type-1 Diabetic Patients of India” delivered by Prof. Radhakant Padhi, Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Associate Faculty, Center for Cyber Physical Systems, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
   41. September 30, 2024 : 39th  Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Human-Centric Manufacturing – a new era” delivered by Prof. Surjya K. Pal, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur.
   42. October 1, 2024 : 40th  Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Uncovering Bias and Perspectives in News: NLP Approaches for Automated Content Analysis” delivered by Prof. Sudeshna Sarkar, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
   43. October 3, 2024 : 41st  Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “AI  in Education” delivered by Dr Shankar S Mantha, Chancellor, RB University, Nagpur.
   44. October 30, 2024 : 42nd Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Hardware Security in the Modern World: From Things to Cloud” delivered by Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, Institute Chair Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
   45. November 13, 2024 : 43rd  Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Nobel Discoveries for Health and wellness” delivered by Dr. Shibashish Giri, Endogenous stem cell specialist in Medical Research and Therapy in Medical faculty of University of Leipzig and Technical University of Munich, Germany.Chief Scientific Officer (AB Company, UK, USA), adjunct professor in MIPT, Moscow, Russia and other European Universities.
   46. November 14, 2024 : 44th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Transforming India’s water and wastewater management: Treatment technologies, Sustainable Practices, and Resource Recovery” delivered by Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta, Professor (HAG) in the Environmental Engineering Division in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
   47. November 16, 2024 : 45th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Biological and bio-electrochemical wastewater treatment technologies and their efficacies for imparting sustainability to wastewater treatment” delivered by Prof. Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar, Director of National Institute of Technology, Puducherry and Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
   48. November 25, 2024 : 46th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Transition to Clean Energy – New R&D Opportunities for Engineers” by Prof. Pradip Dutta, Professor, Centre for Energy Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
   49. November 26, 2024 : 47th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics of 2D-Transition Metal Chalcogenides Based Heterosystems” by Prof. Hirendra N. Ghosh, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
   50. November 28, 2024 : 48th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Cybersecurity Attacks and Risk Mitigation Strategies for Critical Infrastructures” by Shri Skuanta Nanda, Architect and Mentor, AI and HPC Research Center, IIT Bhubaneswar.
   51. December 6, 2024 : 49th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “One Ocean, Three Approaches, Five Issues, Seven Solutions” by Prof. Sunil Murlidhar Shastri,  Consultant, Educator and Speaker in Ocean and Environmental Governance.
   52. December 10, 2024: 50th Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Increased Lifetime of Metallic Bio-Implants by Surface Engineering” by Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar, Institute Chair Professor, Dept. of Metall. & Maters. Engg., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
   53. December 30, 2024 : 51st Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “Low Power Devices for In-Memory Computing Hardware”  by Prof. Durga Misra, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark.
   54. January 30, 2025 : 52nd Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “The Twists and Turns of Protein Chemistry” by Prof. Swagata Dasgupta, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur.
   55. February 10, 2025 : 53rd Distinguished Lecture by INAE Bhubaneswar Chapter, SOA University, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER Bhubaneswar and IEEE Bhubaneswar Sub-section on “An Ounce of Practice Values More Than Tons of Preaching” by Prof. Prasanta K Mishra, Former Emeritus Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar.