About me

A Brief Introduction

I am a Full-time Research Scholar at National Institute of Technology Meghalaya (NIT Meghalaya) in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering.

Prior to my stint at NIT Meghalaya, I have gained more than ten years of teaching experience at various reputed engineering Institutes.

My research interests lie within the broad area of trustworthy machine learning. More specifically, I focus on improving the interpretability, fairness, privacy, and explanable capabilities of different kinds of ML models, including generative models and other pre-trained models. My research addresses the following fundamental questions pertaining to human and algorithmic decision-making:

  1. How can we build interpretable and accurate models to personalize health recomendations in human decision-making?
  2. How do we train and evaluate models when faced with missing counterfactuals?

These questions have far-reaching implications in domains involving high-stakes decisions such as health care, policy, law, and business.

Awards / Achivements

My list of awards and achivements received are listed below:

  1. Completed course on Explainable AI (XAI) with Python in Online Paltform 'Udemy' in 2022.
  2. Awarded Advanced Technology Certified Faculty (ATCF) by WIPRO Limited on successfully completing Talentnext Project on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in 2021.
  3. Completed and secured grade A+ in LaTeX101x: LaTeX for Students, Engineers, and Scientists offered by IITBombayX, an online learning initiative of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2018.
  4. Awarded WIPRO Certified Faculty (WCF) by passing the TalentNext certification Assessment and is recognized as a Mentor for Project Based Learning 'PBL' in Java J2EE by WIPRO Limited in 2018.
  5. Qualified GATE 2011 in Computer Science
  6. Qualified Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) in 2006

Membership

My membership of societies are listed below:

Membership Type and Society Name Membership ID
IEEE Graduate Student Member 95646496
Computer Socity of India (CSI) Life Member l1510481
AICTE ID 1-2183149689
Biju Pattanaik University
of Technology(BPUT) Teacher ID
T131720206

Personal Details

My personal details are listed below:

Name Prasant Kumar Mohanty
Date of Birth 25th May, 1987
Mother's Name Mrs. Nirupama Mohanty
Father's Name Mr. Narayana Mohanty
Wife's Name Mrs. Nibedita Kanhar
Brother's Name Dr. Susant Kumar Mohanty, Mr. Subhrakant Mohanty
Sister's Name Mrs. Sasmita Mohanty
Nationality Indian
Gender Male
Languages Known Odia, Hindi, English
Present Address Department of CSE, NIT Meghalaya,
Shillong-793003, Meghalaya
Permanent Address Hari Krushna Nagar, 2nd Lane, near Housing Board,
Brahmapur-760002, Odisha