Dr. L M Patnaik is the doyen of modern computer science and engineering of India. During the last 52 years of his long service, his teaching, research, and development interests have been in the broad areas Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology, particularly in High Performance Computing, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Computer Architecture, VLSI System Design, Mobile Computing, AI and Machine Learning, Data Science and Computational Neuroscience.
Prof. L.M. Patnaik obtained his Ph.D in 1978 in the area of Real -Time Systems, D.Sc. in 1989 in the areas of Computer Systems and Architectures, both from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
- Currently he is a NASI Senior Scientist & Adjunct Professor with the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.
- He was a Professor with the Department of Computer Science & Automation, and Honorary Professor with the Department of Electronic Systems Engg. at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
- INSA Senior and Honorary Scientist with the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.
- He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Region 10.
- He is a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society for the Asia-Pacific
- He has delivered several Invited lectures in USA, Canada, France, UK, Yugoslavia (erstwhile), Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and
- He has played key role during the formative stages of several institutions of the country such as CDAC, NBRC, DIAT, IIIT Allahabad and organization of popular Conferences such as HiPC, ADCOMM, and VLSI Design.
Awards
- As a recognition of his contributions in the areas of Electronics, Informatics, Telematics and Automation, he was awarded the Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1989;
- the Honorable Mention Award, Fourth CSI/IEEE International Symposium on VLSI Design, 1992;
- the Dr. Ramlal Wadhwa Award for the year 1992 by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, for his contributions during the last ten years in the fields of Electronics and Telecommunication;
- the “Distinguished Professional Engineer Award” by the Computer Engineering Division of the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1999;
- the IEEE Computer Society’s “1999 Technical Achievement Award” for his contributions in the field of parallel, distributed, and soft computing, and high performance genetic algorithms;
- the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru National Award for Engineering and Technology, in 1999;
- the FICCI Award for Innovation in Material Science, Applied Research and Space Science, 2001 -2002;
- the IEEE Computer Society’s Meritorious Service Award, 2002;
- Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Engineering, the Indian Institute of Science, 2003,
- Distinguished Engineer Award of The Institution of Engineers (India), 2004;
- Goyal Prize for Applied Science, 2005;
- Honorary Fellow, the Indian Society for Technical Education, 2006;
- Indian Science Congress Association’s Srinivasa Ramanujan Birth Centenary Award, 2007- 2008;
- Biju Patnaik Award for Excellence in Science-2007, in 2009;
- Top Management Consortium, Pune, ‘Education – Defence Services Excellence Award – 2009’, March 2010;
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2012, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela; Felicitation of International Neural Network Society India Chapter for outstanding contributions to Soft Computing, Dec 2014;
- M N Saha Memorial Award for Best Application Oriented Paper by the IETE in 2016; Life Time Achievement Award, Computer Society of India, 2017,
- Dr.Raja Ramanna State Award for Science Education, Government of Karnataka, 2019;
- Prof.S N Mitra Memorial Award of the INAE in 2020;
- IEEE Medal of Honour, Bangalore Section, 2022.
He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE,
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy,
The Computer Society of India,
Indian National Science Academy,
Indian Academy of Sciences,
National Academy of Sciences,
Indian National Academy of Engineering,
Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. and Honorary Fellow of Karnataka Science and Technology Academy.
He is a Life Member of the VLSI Society of India & Instrument Society of India.
A Fellow of the Institution of Engineers. His name appears in Asia’s Who’s Who of Men and Women of Achievement; Directory of Distinguished Computer Professionals of India.
For 170 International Conferences, he has served as General Chair or Program Chair or Steering Committee Chair; most of them sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
He has delivered over 300 Keynote/Invited Talks at several International and National Conferences/Workshops covering a broad range of topics in Computer Science and Engineering and IT, and recently on NEP.
He has served on several significant committees of leading professional societies such as the IEEE, CSI, IETE and Institution of Engineers; review and policy committees of Government agencies such as the DST, DBT, MHRD, CSIR, DoS, UGC, AICTE, DRDO, MEITY and UPSC; including on the Yash Pal committee to advise the Government on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education.
His participation in the reviews of several Engg Colleges in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharastra, organised by the AICTE, NAAC, NBA, and TEQIP has significantly improved the quality of technical education in the country.
It needs to be emphasized that his training, as well as the research work done by him are entirely indigenously based. His contributions to Indian higher technical education system are outstanding.
