Dr. Debi Prasad Mishra, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Design Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and an adjunct Professor in Centre for Indian Knowledge System, IIT, Guwahati is currently working as the Director of NITTTR Kolkata. Currently he is also working as the chairman, BoG, Govt. College of Engineering, Kalahandi. His areas of interests are Propulsion, Combustion, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Atomization. He had held Indian Oil Golden Jubilee Professional Chair in IIT Kanpur. He has been conferred with several awards and recognitions. He has authored 5 textbooks and 9 edited books in the field of combustion and propulsion. He has published more than 260 research papers in International/National Journals and conferences. He has also five patents to his credit.
He has undertaken more than 32 research and consultancy projects from various agencies, research labs and industries. He has developed 6 online courses under Swayam Platform, a national initiative of Govt. of India. Besides this, he has designed and developed a unique MOOC course, “Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology” on Swayam platform of NPTEL. Over last 10 years, he has delivered several invited lectures on ancient Indian science & technology and culture & tradition to more than 1.5 lakh people across India to revive and re-establish ancient scientific and technological culture of India. He has also delivered several invited lectures on ancient Indian spiritual knowledge system by several organizations across India. He has written several articles to popularize science and technology among common people and delivered several lectures and discussion on TV and radio related to Ancient Science and Technology and other different topics. He has penchant for designing and developing eco-friendly sustainable products and technologies. He does dabble in Odiya literature and has two books in Odiya language to his credit. He is well known as a motivational speaker and is very popular among youth circles.