Dr. Narayana Prasad Padhy, Chairperson (I/C), Board of Governors MNIT Jaipur, Director, MNIT Jaipur and Director, IIIT Kota, Chair Professor IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF), is a Professor (HAG) of Electrical Engineering and has served as Dean of Academic Affairs, IIT Roorkee, Founder Head Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Professor In-Charge Training and Placement, NEEPCO and Institute Chair Professor at IIT Roorkee. Dr. Padhy is a prolific researcher in the area of Power Systems Engineering and Smart Grid, and has authored over 300 high quality papers with over 60 IEEE Transactions, with an overall citation of 10000 plus, h-index of 50, and i-index of 143. He has contributed significantly to the domain by way of securing 13 international/national research grants with a funding of over INR 200 million, successfully supervised 23 research scholars and currently supervising 21 research scholars, publishing research articles, writing six books, securing patents, laboratory development and developing online NPTEL courses.