National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • VLSI and Embedded Systems
Areas of Interest
  • Embedded Systems VLSI Design, Power Electronics

Kamalakanta Mahapatra Professor HAG

Electronics and Communication Engineering

kkm@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2454

85

PUBLICATIONS

4

SPONSORED PROJECTS

39

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

5

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Kamalakanta Mahapatra

Professor HAG

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Room Number: EC-204

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2000

Ph.D.
Active Harmonic Current Compensation using Soft and Hard-switched Inverters
IIT Kanpur

1989

M.Tech
Electronics Systems and Communication
REC Rourkela(now NIT Rourkela)

1985

B.Tech
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
REC Calicut(now NIT Calicut)

Teaching Experience
  • Embedded Computing Systems, VLSI Design, Electronic Circuits( analog and digital), Power Electronics,  NIT Rourkela,   19 Nov 1985 - 14 Sep 2018

Design and Development System on Chip based next Generation IoT System for Industry 4.0 with Functional Safety and Security Features. Meity
  • Principal Investigator
  • 60
  • Running   Sponsored
Development of a low power video compression and enhancement module using TI's DaVinci board along with its FGGA realization. Armament Research Bhavan (ARMREB)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Special Manpower Development programme for chips to system design DeitY
  • Principal Investigator
  • 60
  • Completed   Sponsored
Special manpower development for VLSI design & related software (SMDP-II). DIT
  • Principal Investigator
  • 60
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 85

R. Mishra, M. Okade, and K. Mahapatra,"Novel hardware architectures for PRESENT block cipher and its FPGA realizations", in 2025 38th International Conference on VLSI Design and 2024 23rd International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID), pp.457-462, IEEE, January 2025, 10.1109/VLSID64188.2025.00091       Inproceedings

R. Mishra, M. Okade, and K. Mahapatra,"Novel Substitution Box Architectural Synthesis for Lightweight Block Ciphers", IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, vol.16, no.2, pp.90-93, IEEE 2024, 10.1109/LES.2023.3249291       Article

P. Mohanty, U. C. Pati, K. Mahapatra, and S. Mohanty,"bSlight: Battery-less Energy Autonomous Street Light Management System for Smart City", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, vol.9, no.1, pp.100-114, IEEE, February 2024, 10.1109/TSUSC.2023.3310884       Article

P. Mohanty, U. C. Pati, K. Mahapatra, and S. Mohanty,"bSlight 2.0: Battery-free Sustainable Smart Street Light Management System", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, IEEE, June 2024, 10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3408630       Article

M. Sandeep, S. Ari, and K. Mahapatra,"DFCAFNet: Dual-feature co-attentive fusion network for diabetic retinopathy grading", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol.96, part b, pp.106564, Elsevier 2024, 10.1016/j.bspc.2024.106564       Article

5th IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SMART ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (IEEE-iSES 2019) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Conference)
Design Verification and hardware security Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
VLSI Design & CAD Tools Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
VLSI Design and CAD Tools Computer Science and Engineering (Short-term Course)
VLSI Design & CAD Tools Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • EC2001 : Analog Electronics {Theory}
  • EC201 : Analog Electronics {Theory}
  • EC4201 : VLSI Design Techniques {Theory}
  • EC4202 : Embedded Computing System {Theory}
  • EC421 : Digital VLSI Design {Theory}
  • EC421 : VLSI Design Techniques {Theory}
  • EC424 : Embedded Computing System {Theory}
  • EC6204 : Embedded Computing Systems {Theory}
  • EC6209 : IoT and Applications {Theory}
  • EC621 : Digital VLSI Design {Theory}
  • EC623 : HDL and High Level VLSI Design {Theory}
  • EC624 : Embedded Computing Systems {Theory}
  • EC2703 : Analog Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC4715 : VLSI Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC475 : VLSI Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC6272 : ASIC Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC6274 : Embedded Computing System Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC664 : ASIC Design Laboratory (Synopsis, Cadence) {Practical}
  • EC675 : High Level Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC677 : VLSI Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC678 : Embedded Computing System Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC678 : Embedded Computing Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC789 : Product Development Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [34]
Lightweight Block Cipher Optimizations for Resource Constrained Applications
Ruby Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Graduated :  Apr 2024
Co-Supervisor
Architectural, Performance Exploration and Security Augmentation of Network on Chip
Ayas Kanta Swain
Enrolled: Jul 2011
Graduated :  Dec 2023
Supervisor
Secure and Reliable Energy Harvesting System Design for Sustainability in IoT for Smart Cities and Smart Villages
Saswat Kumar Ram
Enrolled: Jan 2017
Graduated :  Mar 2022
Supervisor
Leakage Power Minimization in CMOS VLSI Circuits: Circuit Level Approaches
Venkata Ramakrishna N
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Feb 2022
Supervisor
Modeling and Simulation of Dual Metal Quadruple Gate (DMQG) MOSFETs
Visweswara Rao Samoju
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  Apr 2021
Supervisor
Hardware Security: Hardware Trojan Detection, Test and Debug Security Infrastructure IP
Sudeendra Kumar K
Enrolled: Jan 2013
Graduated :  Sep 2020
Supervisor
Hardware Security: Addressing Challenges through PUF and Recycled IC Detection
Sauvagya Ranjan Sahoo
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  Mar 2019
Supervisor
Methods for Feature Selection and Appearance Model in Visual Object Tracking
Vijay Kumar Sharma
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Jun 2019
Supervisor
Variable Length FFT/IFFT Processor: Algorithm to Architecture Mapping and Implementation
Govinda Rao Locharla
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  Apr 2018
Supervisor
Topology, Modeling and Control Aspects of DC-DC Converter for an Off-Grid Operated Fuel Cell Power System Perspective
Subhransu Padhee
Enrolled: Jan 2013
Graduated :  Jul 2018
Co-Supervisor
Design and Development of FPGA based Controllers for DSTATCOM in Grid Connected Power Systems
Gokulananda Sahu
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2017
Supervisor
Design and Development of Efficient Control Strategies for Liquid Level Tank Systems
Sankata Bhanjan Prusty
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2017
Co-Supervisor
Novel Techniques for SRAM based Memory Performance Enhancement
Debasish Nayak
Enrolled: Jan 2013
Graduated :  Aug 2017
Co-Supervisor
Development of FPGA based Standalone Tunable Fuzzy Logic Controllers
Bhaskara Rao Jammu
Enrolled: Jul 2011
Graduated :  Jul 2017
Co-Supervisor
On Design and Implementation of Generic Fuzzy Logic Controllers
Pallab Maji
Enrolled: Jul 2011
Graduated :  Jun 2016
Co-Supervisor
Design and Development of Advanced Control Strategies for Power Quality Enhancement at Distribution Level
Rajesh Kumar Patjoshi
Enrolled: Jan 2011
Graduated :  Jan 2016
Supervisor
Design and Development of FPGA based Controllers for Photovoltaic Power System
Venkata Ratnam Kolluru
Enrolled: Jan 2011
Graduated :  Jul 2016
Supervisor
Design and Implementation of Novel High Performance Domino Logic
Srinivasa V S Sarma D
Enrolled: Jul 2010
Graduated :  Jan 2016
Supervisor
VLSI DESIGN
George Tom Varghese
Enrolled: Jul 2011
Graduated :  Aug 2015
Supervisor
VLSI
Preetisudha Meher
Enrolled: Sep 2009
Graduated :  Apr 2015
Supervisor
FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY IN FPGA IMPLEMENTATION
Kanhu Charan Bhuyan
Enrolled: Jul 2010
Graduated :  Sep 2014
Supervisor
Deep Learning Techniques for Automated Assessment of Diabetic Retinopathy Grading
Madarapu Sandeep
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Thesis Submitted
Co-Supervisor
Design Strategies and Methods for Sustainable IoT-Enabled Framework in Consumer Light Management
Prajnyajit Mohanty
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Thesis Submitted
Co-Supervisor
SYSTEM ON CHIP FOR INDUSTRIAL 4.0
Kaustubh Kamalanand Tiple
Enrolled: Aug 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Functional Safety and Security in Industrial IoT
Bodasingi Sai Surya Murali Dhar
Enrolled: Nov 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Design and Development of Trusted Platform Module for securing Industrial IoT Gateway.
Pradeep Kumar Mohanty
Enrolled: Jan 2025
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
SoC design for Industrial IoT
Bharat Patidar
Enrolled: Sep 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SYSTEMS
Soumyadip Motilal
Enrolled: Jan 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Cyber physical system with security features
Lopamudra Samal
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
VLSI AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Soumyashree Mangaraj
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS,APPLIED ELECTRONICS
Boddula Kalyan Kumar
Enrolled: Jan 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Application of micro Controller and Embedded System Design ib detection and quantification of Pesticides form contaminated water and food grains
Ashirbad Khuntia
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
VLSI Design, Device Modeling
Joy Chowdhury
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
VLSI Design
Jaganath Prasad Mohanty
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [5]
VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR COMMUNICATION ON FPGA
Seepana Aruna Kumari
Enrolled: Sep 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Power Electronics?Renewable Energy and Cyber Physical Systems
Krushna Chandra Rout
Enrolled: Nov 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
IoT for Cyber Physical Systems
Sandeep Sivvam
Enrolled: Nov 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
IOT compliant Embedded System using FPGA Platform
Sagar Krishna S
Enrolled: Nov 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Machine learning Techniques and Implementations
Revathi Pogiri
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
VLSI, CRYPTOGRAPHY, FPGA
Jaganath Prasad Mohanty
Graduated :  Oct 2014
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • J. C. Bose award in 2014 for best Engineering Oriented Research,   2014
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Senior Member IEEE,   2023
  • Chair IEEE Rourkela Subsection,   2023