Dr. Sachi Nandan Mohanty has been recognized among the Top 2% of World Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024. He earned his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur in 2015 with an MHRD scholarship and completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship at IIT Kanpur in 2019. His research spans data mining, big data analytics, cognitive science, fuzzy decision-making, brain-computer interfaces, and computational intelligence. Dr. Mohanty has authored and edited books published by renowned publishers, and has published over 240 high-quality international journal papers and guided nine Ph.D. scholars and 23 postgraduate students. He received four Best Paper Awards, including recognition from an international conference in Beijing and IIT Roorkee. His Ph.D. thesis was awarded first prize by the Computer Society of India in 2015. He has been granted international travel support four times by India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) for presenting papers and delivering keynote talks globally. He is a Fellow of IEI, IETE, an EAI Ambassador, and a Senior Member of IEEE (Hyderabad Chapter). Dr. Mohanty has also received accolades like the Prof. Ganesh Mishra Memorial Award and Prof. Bhubaneswar Behera Lecture Award from IEI, and Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).
Álvaro Rocha is recognized among the World’s Top 1% Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier, Top 0.05% by ScholarGPS, and Top 1% by ResearchGate in Information Science and Information Systems. He is a Professor at ISEG, University of Lisbon, and also serves as an Honorary Professor at Amity University and Invited Professor at the University of Calabria. He holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, a Ph.D. in Information Systems, and degrees in Information Management and Computer Science. Prof. Rocha is President of ITMA, Vice-Chair of IEEE SMC Portugal Chapter, and CEO of AMARITS Consulting. He is also the Scientific Manager of a Springer-Nature book series and researcher at ADVANCE and CINTESIS. His work focuses on information systems quality, e-Government, e-Health, and intelligent systems.
Dr. Pushan Kumar Dutta is an Assistant Professor Grade III at Amity University Kolkata in the Electronics and Communication Engineering department. He holds a Ph.D. from Jadavpur University and completed a post-doctorate as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar under the European Union Leaders Program (2015–2016) at the University of Oradea. His research interests include data mining, AI, edge computing, and predictive analytics, with applications in smart cities, healthcare, and sustainability. Dr. Dutta has published over 114 Scopus-indexed articles and numerous works in IEEE Xplore and Springer Lecture Notes. A recipient of the ‘Mentor of Change’ by NITI Aayog and other awards, he is known for his innovative teaching methods, two Indian patents, and international contributions, including winning an international white paper contest.
