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Faculty Profile - Dr. Prabira Kumar Sethy
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Dr. Prabira Kumar Sethy

Assistant Professor (Stage-III) | ECE
[email protected] 9439489214 17+ Years Experience
23
Total Publications
11
Journal Papers
10
Conference Papers
0
Research Guided
About Me

Dr. Prabira Kumar Sethy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics at Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha, India. He received his academic training in Electronics and Communication Engineering and has developed strong expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Medical Image Analysis. Dr. Sethy has published numerous research papers in reputed international journals and conferences, focusing on AI-based healthcare diagnostics, agricultural intelligence, and pattern recognition. His research interests include deep learning applications in medical imaging, crop disease detection, facial emotion recognition, and intelligent decision-support systems. He has actively contributed to interdisciplinary research projects and collaborates with national and international researchers in emerging AI technologies. Dr. Sethy is also involved in organizing workshops, conferences, and training programs to promote research and innovation among students and faculty members.

Education

Ph. D. - Sambalpur University, Odisha, 2021
M. Tech. - IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2009
B. E. - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, BPUT Rourkela, 2006

Experience

Total Experience: 17+ Years
Assistant Professor (Stage-III), Sambalpur University, 23.02.2023 to till date
Assistant Professor (Stage-II), Sambalpur University, 23.02.2018 to 22.02.2023
Assistant Professor (Stage-I), Sambalpur University, 23.02.2013 to 22.02.2018
Engineer at Doordarshan, Ministry of Broadcasting, Govt. Of India from 10th August 2009 to 22.02.2013

Subjects Teaching

UG Subjects (Bachelor Level)
Analog Communication Digital Communication Radar and TV Analog Communication Laboratory Digital Communication Laboratory
PG Subjects (Master Level)
Advance Communication Theory Digital Image Processing Advance Communication Laboratory Communication Design & Simulation Laboratory

Research Area

Agricultural Image Processing Medical Imaging Agricultural Image Processing Medical Imaging

Research Guidance

Ph.D. Scholars
Nabin Kumar Naik
Supervisor 2025 Completed
Jagamohan Padhi
Supervisor 2025 Completed
Shreemat Kumar Dash
Supervisor 2025 Completed
Arabinda Dash
Supervisor 2024 Completed
Gyana Ranjana Panigrahi
Supervisor 2023 Completed
Pragati Patharia
Supervisor Ongoing
Baisakh
Supervisor Ongoing
Nitya Ranjan Manihara
Supervisor Ongoing
M.Tech Scholars
Rajat Amat
Supervisor 2023
Jyoti Nayak
Supervisor 2023
Shisir Prasad Dash
Supervisor 2023
Srikanta Dash
Supervisor 2022
Baby Barnali Pattanaik
Supervisor 2022
Bikash Pradhan
Supervisor 2022
Susmita Bag
Supervisor 2021
Siddhant Das
Supervisor 2021
Julie Palei
Supervisor 2021
Sunita Das
Supervisor 2021
Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak
Supervisor 2019
Swaraj Kumar Sahu
Supervisor 2019
Pritish Ranjan Barik
Supervisor 2019
Krishna Patel
Supervisor 2019
Shraddhanjali Satapathy
Supervisor 2019
Soubhagyalina Dash
Supervisor 2019
Baishalee Negi
Supervisor 2017
Shwetapadma Panda
Supervisor 2017
Chhabi kumari
Supervisor 2017
Ajay Chatterjee
Supervisor 2017
Jayanta Kumar Sahu
Supervisor 2014

Publications 📖 J: 11 🎤 C: 10 📚 B: 0 ⚡ P: 2

Journal Papers 11
  • Verma, Abhishek Kumar, Vinay Kumar Singh, Mohammad Rafique Khan, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "Q-learning based heterogeneous network selection decision algorithm for ultra reliable and low latency communication services." Wireless Networks 31, no. 4 (2025): 3095-3110.
    2025 SCI/SCIE
  • Padhi, Jagamohan, Kunal Mishra, Ashoka Kumar Ratha, Santi Kumari Behera, Prabira Kumar Sethy, and Aziz Nanthaamornphong. "Enhancing paddy leaf disease diagnosis-a hybrid CNN model using simulated thermal imaging." Smart Agricultural Technology 10 (2025): 100814.
    2025 SCI/SCIE
  • Kumari, Jyoti, Santi Kumari Behera, Prabira Kumar Sethy, and Aziz Nanthaamornphong. "Enhanced Parkinson’s disease diagnosis via MRI analysis: integrating deep features from DenseNet201 with neural network techniques." Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing 2024, no. 1 (2024): 5582371.
    2024 SCI/SCIE
  • Sethy, Prabira Kumar, Laxminarayana Korada, Santi Kumari Behera, Akshay Shirole, Rajat Amat, and Aziz Nanthaamornphong. "Maximizing steel slice defect detection: Integrating ResNet101 deep features with SVM via Bayesian optimization." Systems and Soft Computing 6 (2024): 200170.
    2024 Scopus
  • Naik, Nabin Kumar, M. Venkata Subbarao, Prabira Kumar Sethy, Santi Kumari Behera, and Gyana Ranjan Panigrahi. "Machine learning with analysis-of-variance-based method for identifying rice varieties." Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 18 (2024): 101397.
    2024 SCI/SCIE
  • Patra, Ankita, Preesat Biswas, Santi Kumari Behera, Nalini Kanta Barpanda, Prabira Kumar Sethy, and Aziz Nanthaamornphong. "Transformative insights: Image-based breast cancer detection and severity assessment through advanced AI techniques." Journal of Intelligent Systems 33, no. 1 (2024): 20240172.
    2024 Scopus
  • Padhi, Jagamohan, Laxminarayana Korada, Ashis Dash, Prabira Kumar Sethy, Santi Kumari Behera, and Aziz Nanthaamornphong. "Paddy leaf disease classification using EfficientNet B4 with compound scaling and swish activation: A deep learning approach." IEEE Access 12 (2024): 126426-126437.
    2024 SCI/SCIE
  • Behera, Santi Kumari, Ashis Das, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "Deep fine-KNN classification of ovarian cancer subtypes using efficientNet-B0 extracted features: A comprehensive analysis." Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 150, no. 7 (2024): 361.
    2024 SCI/SCIE
  • Dash, Srikanta, Prabira Kumar Sethy, and Santi Kumari Behera. "Cervical transformation zone segmentation and classification based on improved Inception-ResNet-V2 using colposcopy images." Cancer informatics 22 (2023): 11769351231161477.
    2023 SCI/SCIE
  • Sethy, Prabira Kumar, Nalini Kanta Barpanda, Amiya Kumar Rath, and Santi Kumari Behera. "Deep feature based rice leaf disease identification using support vector machine." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 175 (2020): 105527.
    2020 SCI/SCIE
  • Sethy, Prabira Kumar, and Santi Kumari Behera. "Detection of coronavirus disease (covid-19) based on deep features." (2020). Intenational Journal of Mathematics, Engineering and Management Science
    2020 View Scopus
Conference Papers 10
  • Kumari, Jyoti, Santi Kumari Behera, Ashoka Kumar Ratha, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "Optimizing Multiple Sclerosis Detection through ResNet Feature Fusion and SVM Classifier." In 2024 First International Conference on Innovations in Communications, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICICEC), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2024
    2024
  • Kumari, Jyoti, Santi Kumari Behera, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "Assessment of Convolutional Neural Networks for Dementia Diagnosis through MR Images." In 2024 First International Conference on Innovations in Communications, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICICEC), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2024.
    2024
  • Dash, Shreemat, Sudarson Jena, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "Deep learning-based classification of diabetic retinopathy severity using DenseNet201 and SVM with cubic kernel." In 2024 First International Conference on Innovations in Communications, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICICEC), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2024
    2024
  • Kumari, Jyoti, Prabira Kumar Sethy, Santi Kumari Behera, and Ashoka Kumar Ratha. "Optimizing Parkinson’s diseases detection from vowel phonation: a Bayesian approach with K-nearest neighbours." In 2024 8th International Conference on I-SMAC (IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud)(I-SMAC), pp. 2060-2064. IEEE, 2024
    2024
  • Patharia, Pragati, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "LungCarcinoGrade-EffNetSVM: A Novel Approach to Lung Carcinoma Grading using EfficientNetB0 and Support Vector Machine." In 2024 8th International Conference on I-SMAC (IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud)(I-SMAC), pp. 1183-1188. IEEE, 2024.
    2024
  • Rao, Chilaka, Santi Kumari Behera, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "Small CNN Architectures for Wheat Leaf Rust Detection: A MobileNetV2 and ShuffleNet Approach with SVM." In 2024 8th International Conference on I-SMAC (IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud)(I-SMAC), pp. 1178-1182. IEEE, 2024.
    2024
  • Sethy, Prabira Kumar, Manas Kumar Panigrahi, Akshay Shirole, Ashis Das, and Amlan Nanda. "Breast Cancer Detection: SVM and SMOTE Integration for Fine Needle Aspiration Feature Analysis." In 2024 International Conference on Advances in Modern Age Technologies for Health and Engineering Science (AMATHE), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2024
    2024
  • Sethy, Prabira Kumar, Manas Kumar Panigrahi, Akshay Shirole, Ashis Das, and Amlan Nanda. "Breast Cancer Detection: SVM and SMOTE Integration for Fine Needle Aspiration Feature Analysis." In 2024 International Conference on Advances in Modern Age Technologies for Health and Engineering Science (AMATHE), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2024
    2024
  • Naik, Nabin Kumar, Prabira Kumar Sethy, Appari Geetha Devi, Rajat Amat, Santi Kumari Behera, and Preesat Biswas. "Durum wheat classification using feature selection, bayesian optimization and support vector." In 2024 Fourth International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communication and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2024
    2024
  • Somasundar, A. V. S. S., M. Chilakarao, BHVS Rama Krishnam Raju, Santi Kumari Behera, Ch Venkata Ramana, and Prabira Kumar Sethy. "MongoDB integration with Python and Node. js, Express. js." In 2024 Fourth International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communication and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2024
    2024
Patents 2
  • "IOT BASED MANAGEMENT AND PREDICTION OF CURRENCY FLOW THROUGH UPI TRANSACTION”. Granted on date of Registration 26.09.2022. Date of Issue 21.11.2022. Copy Right No. 1196409
    2022 View
  • Sethy, Prabira Kumar, PritishRanjan Barik, Nalini Kanta Barpanda, and Amiya Kumar Rath. "An Android/Web based Application to Estimate Nitrogen Concentration in Rice Crop of Western Odisha." In 2019 International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Remote Sensing (ICICRS), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2019
    2019 View

Awards & Honours

Best Paper Award for the research paper “Face Mask Detection in Public Places Using Small CNN Models”, in 2nd International Conference on Intelligent and Cloud Computing 2021, organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, ITER, SOA University, Bhubaneswar. InSc Young Achiever Award” for the research paper “Detection of coronavirus (COVID-19) based on Deep Features and Support Vector Machine, organized by Institute of Scholars, Ministry of MSME, Government of India. Best Research Paper presented award in IEEE International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP-2017), Chennai, India. UGC NET in Electronic Science on June 2014 & December 2015 MHRD GATE Scholarship during MTech. Best Participant in Refresher Course in Mathematics (MD) with theme of “Mathematical Modeling & Simulation” Conducted by UGC Academic Staff College, Sambalpur University,15th December to 5th January 2015.

Professional Memberships

IEEE Senior Member-96992857 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)

Sponsored Projects & Consultancy

1
Deep Learning-based automatic classification of histological images for breast cancer diagnosis, Sambalpur University, 2,00,000, 1 year, PI
2
Yield and Maturity Estimation of Fruits in Deep Learning-based Method, Sambalpur University, 2,00,000 1 Year, Co-PI
3
Identification of Diseases and Mineral Deficiencies of Rice Plant based on Machine Learning Approach in the Natural Environment.Odisha State Higher Education Council, Rs. 7,96,000/-2 years, PI
4
Investigating Tobacco-Induced Cancer in Odisha: Integrating Advanced Imaging Technology for Early Detection. Sambalpur University, Rs. 50,0001 Year, PI
5
Smart Millet Mission: AI-Driven Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture, Enhanced Productivity, and Supply Chain Quality AssessmentANRF, Govt. of IndiaRs. 1.4 Crore, 5 years, Co-PI
6
Smart Women's Health Diagnostic System: AI-Driven Assessment and Grading of Gynecological Disorders for Personalized Healthcare Readiness, Rs. 1.4 Crore, 5 years, Co-PI

Extra Responsibilities

Deputy Director, E-Governance, Sambalpur University
Faculty-in-Charge, AICTE, AISHE, IIC

Address

Office Address
Dr. Prabira Kumar Sethy,
Dept. of Electronics,
Sambalpur University, Jyoti vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha. PIN - 768019
Permanent Address
Village-Kapundi, PS-Patna, Dist-Keojhar, Odisha-758016

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