Prof. Gayadhar Panda holds his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Utkal University in the year 2007. He joined NIT Meghalaya as an Associate Professor in 2013. He is currently Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, India and associated in various capacities as Dean Academic Affairs, HOD, Department of Electrical Engineering apart from other Administrative Academic assignments as the Chair Persons/Member of the National and Institutional Level Committees. Dr. Panda has over 24 years of teaching and research experience. To his Credit he has authored more than 120 research papers in various peer reviewed journals and conferences at the national and international level and filed 3 patents as well. Also 08 nos of scholars have been awarded with Ph.D Degrees under his supervision and currently 08 nos of Research’s scholars are pursuing there research works under his supervision. Prof Panda was decorated with the prestigious award of the Power Medal, IE(India) for his published works.

He has completed a good number of sponsored research projects on the integration of renewable energy generation and power quality improvement. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of IE, and Life Member of ISTE. Dr. Panda is Associate Editor for IEEE Access, ITES, Wiley and also serves on the editorial board for the IJEEPS, De Gruyter and the technical/steering committees for several conferences. He has organized several technical events like IEEE Conference, Symposium, National Workshops, etc. He has delivered several invited Talks at various national and international events.