National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

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BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Umesh C. Pati is a Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT, Rourkela. He has obtained his B.Tech. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the NIT, Rourkela, Odisha. He received both M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Instrumentation and Image Processing, respectively, from IIT, Kharagpur. He currently holds the position of Head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at NIT Rourkela. Previously, he served as Chairperson of the International Students Cell and as Head of the Career Development Center at NIT Rourkela for three years. His current areas of interest are Image/Video Processing, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Imaging, Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Automation, and Instrumentation Systems. He has authored/edited three books and published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed international journals as well as conference proceedings. He has served as a reviewer in a wide range of reputed international journals and conferences. He has delivered a number of Keynote/Invited Talks at various International/National platforms. Dr. Pati has two granted and two published Indian patents. He has visited countries like the USA, Italy, Austria, Australia, Singapore, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Nepal, etc., in connection with research collaboration and paper presentations. He was also an academic visitor to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, USA, and the Institute for Automation, University of Leoben, Austria. He is a Senior member of IEEE, Fellow of IE (India), Fellow of IETE, and a life member of various professional bodies like MIR Labs (USA), ISTE, Instrument Society of India, Computer Society of India, and Odisha Bigyan Academy. Biography included in 32nd Edition of MARQUIS Who’s Who in the World 2015. Ranked among the World's Top 5% Scientists in the 2025 SciRank Global Registry.

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Instrumentation
Areas of Interest
  • Image/Video Processing, Computer Vision, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Automation, Instrumentation Systems.

Umesh Chandra Pati Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering

ucpati@nitrkl.ac.in / drumeshchandrapati@gmail.com

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Biosketch

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SPONSORED PROJECTS

14

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

5

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Umesh Chandra Pati

Professor

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Room Number: EC-304

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

Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur)

Laboratory Development
  • Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation Laboratory,  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,   Developed with financial assistance from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India and technical collaboration with National Instruments (NI).

Consortium of Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture, Health , Energy and Environment Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 60
  • Running   Sponsored
Intelligent Surveillance Data Retriever (ISDR) for Smart City application IMPRINT INDIA
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of wireless multi sensor based intelligent security & surveillance system Directorate of Extramural Research & Intelleectual Property Rights (ER&IPR), DRDO
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Application of Optical Triangulation to determine the wear of liner and lifter in ball mill Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology,odisha
  • Principal Investigator
  • 8
  • Completed   Sponsored

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 61
GOOGLE SCHOLAR I10-INDEX 21
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Total Publications: 171
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A. Pandey and U. C. Pati,"A novel approach to multi-scale blending based on saliency mapping for multimedia image compositing applications", Computers and Graphics, vol.59, pp.93-106, Elsevier, October 2016, 10.1016/j.cag.2016.06.003       Article

S. Paul and U. C. Pati,"Remote sensing optical image registration using modified uniform robust SIFT", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol.13, no.9, pp.1300-1304, IEEE, July 2016, 10.1109/LGRS.2016.2582528       Article

P. R. Muduli and U. C. Pati,"Image fusion based on bilateral sharpness criterion in DT-CWT domain", International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics, vol.4, no.1-2, pp.161-170, Inderscience Publishers, January 2014, 10.1504/IJCVR.2014.059371       Article

R. K. Senapati, U. C. Pati, and K. Mahapatra,"Reduced memory, low complexity embedded image compression algorithm using hierarchical listless discrete tchebichef transform", IET Image Processing, vol.8, no.4, pp.213-238, IEEE, April 2014, 10.1049/iet-ipr.2012.0295       Article

V. K. Sharma, K. Mahapatra, and U. C. Pati,"Non-recursive computation of 8 × 8 2D DCT for high accuracy and low area", Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, vol.23, no.10, World Scientific Publishing, December 2014, 10.1142/S0218126614501436       Article

1st IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INSTRUMENTATION (INSTCon 2026) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Conference)
National conference on Intelligent Systems, IoT, and Wireless Communication for the Society (IIWCS-2024) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Conference)
Workshop on Practical implementation of Smart City Systems Electronics and Communication Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 21 May 2018 - 25 May 2018
  • Brochure
Design and Implementation of Instrumentation Systems using Lab View Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
Short Term Course on Design and Implementation of Instrumentation Systems using LabVIEW Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • Biomedical Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Industrial Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Industrial Automation {Theory}
  • Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Industrial Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Medical Instrumentation {Theory}
  • P. C. Based Instrumentation {Theory}
  • PC Based Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Process Control {Theory}
  • Process Control & Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Process Control and Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Process Control Instrumentation {Theory}
  • Smart Industrial IoT {Theory}
  • Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory {Practical}
  • Advanced Process Control Laboratory {Practical}
  • Analytical and Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory {Practical}
  • Basic Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • Instrumentation Devices Laboratory {Practical}
  • Special Laboratory in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering I {Practical}
  • Special Laboratory in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering - II {Practical}
  • Special Laboratory in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering I {Practical}
  • Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation Laboratory {Practical}
  • Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation Laboratory (MATLAB, Labview) {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [13]
Development of AI-aided Classification Framework for the Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder using sMRI
Mayank Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Graduated :  May 2026
Supervisor
Design and Development of Deep Learning-based Advanced Frameworks for Video Anomaly Detection
Rashmiranjan Nayak
Enrolled: Jan 2018
Graduated :  May 2026
Supervisor
Design Strategies and Methods for Sustainable IoT-Enabled Framework in Consumer Light Management
Prajnyajit Mohanty
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Graduated :  Sep 2025
Supervisor
Data Driven Approaches using Statistical and Deep Learning Models for Time Series Analysis of Weather Data
Naba Krushna Sabat
Enrolled: Aug 2018
Graduated :  Feb 2025
Co-Supervisor
Development of Efficient Registration Algorithms for Remote Sensing Optical and SAR Images
Sourabh Paul
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Sep 2019
Supervisor
Development of Efficient Algorithms for Seamless Image Mosaicing
Achala Pandey
Enrolled: Jul 2012
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
Supervisor
Design and Development of Efficient Control Strategies for Liquid Level Tank Systems
Sankata Bhanjan Prusty
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2017
Supervisor
IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER VISION
Mona Dash
Enrolled: Jul 2025
Continuing
Supervisor
Computer Vision
Nihar Ranjan Mohapatra
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Signal Processing
Akankhya Mohanty
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Image Processing
Pranshu Jena
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
IMAGE PROCESSING
V N Sujit Vudattu
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Biomedical Image Processing
Yellapu Girish Ram Pradeep
Enrolled: Jul 2025
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Ranked among the World’s Top 5% Scientists in the 2025 SciRank Global Registry.,   2026
  • Best paper award in the International Conference On Computer, Electronics And Electrical Engineering And Their Applications (IC2E3-2025), 15th-16th May, 2025, NIT Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand, India.,   2025
  • Best paper award in the International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Emerging Communication Technologies (ICEC-2024), 23rd-25th November, 2024, SRM University- AP, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India.,   2024
  • Best paper award in the 3rd Odisha IEEE International Conference on Electrical Power Engineering, Communication, and Computing Technology, 8th – 9th November, 2024, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.,   2024
  • Best paper award in the 1st International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Signal Processing (ICECSP-2024) , 8th -10th August, 2024, NIT-Delhi, Delhi, India.,   2024
  • Best paper award in the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET-2023) held on 9th -12th August, 2023, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubanswar, Odisha.,   2023
  • Recipient of Torchbearer of Education Award 2020 by Coding Ninjas.,   2020
  • Biography included in 32nd Edition of MARQUIS Who’s Who in the World 2015.,   2015
  • Best paper award in the category of Computer science and Information Technology in International Conference on Advance Computing and Communication (ICACC 2013) held on 16th – 17th March 2013, Ranchi.,   2013
  • Second prize for a paper in Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Science Division in 54th Annual Session of Orissa Engineering Congress, Bhubaneswar held on 9th February 2009.,   2009
  • Third prize for a paper in Electronic and Electrical Engineering Division during Golden Jubilee Session held on 26th February, 2005 of Odisha Engineering Congress.,   2005
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Life Member: Odisha Bigyan Academy,   2022
  • Life Member: Computer Society of India,   2022
  • Fellow: Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India),   2021
  • Fellow: Institute of Engineers (India),   2016
  • Senior Member: IEEE (Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society),   2015
  • Life Member: MIR Labs (USA),   2015
  • Life Member: Odisha Engineering Congress,   2003
  • Life Member: Instrument Society of India,   1997
  • Life Member: The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE),   1992

  • HOD - Electronics and Communication Engineering