Dr. Dola Gobinda Padhan is a Professor with extensive experience in teaching, research, academic administration, and industry oriented education in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Dr. Padhan holds a Ph.D. in Control Systems from IIT Guwahati, an M.Tech. in Heavy Electrical Equipment from NIT Bhopal, and an Executive PG Programme in Electric Vehicle Design from IIT Roorkee. His research interests include Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Electric Vehicles, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, IoT, Soft Computing, and intelligent applications in UAV/UGV/UWV systems.
Dr. Padhan’s research portfolio includes SCI/Scopus-indexed research papers, patents, funded industrial projects, books, book chapters, and academic industry MoUs. His research contributions encompass EVs, renewable energy, wireless power transfer, AI-based fault diagnosis, photovoltaic systems, and intelligent control.
His teaching philosophy emphasizes conceptual clarity, experiential learning, problem solving, project based learning, and integration of theory with laboratory, simulation, programming, research, and industrial applications. He strives to create a research driven, innovation oriented, and industry connected learning environment that prepares students for emerging technologies and professional challenges.