Intel Hero Recognition (finalist)[1][2]; Distinguished Young Leader Award (OSA)[1]; Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India)[1]; Senior Member, IEEE and ACM[3]
Priyadarsan Patra (born 1 February 1961) is a computer scientist, semiconductor researcher, academic administrator, and nonprofit founder. He is the founding Vice Chancellor of NIST University, Odisha, and formerly served as Chief Architect and Principal Scientist at Intel Corporation in the United States.[4][1] He has authored six books, more than 70 peer-reviewed papers, and holds over ten patents in semiconductor architecture and validation.[3] He is also the founding chair of the Sustainable Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS).[2]
Patra was born in Brahmapur, Odisha. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.[3]
Patra received an M.S. in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the The University of Texas at Austin.[3] His dissertation examined extremely low-power computation, including adiabatic and Single-Flux-Quantum (SFQ) circuit architectures.[5]
Industry career
Patra worked at Intel Corporation for 22 years, contributing to systems-on-chip (SoC), server architecture, and intelligent devices.[1] He served as Chief Architect and Principal Scientist in Intel’s Data Center Group (2016–2018), leading SoC architecture, validation, and cross-divisional R&D efforts.[1]
He is the founding chair (president) of the global IEEE System Validation and Debug Technology Committee and contributed to white papers and tutorials on post-silicon validation.[6] He also serves on the advisory boards of semiconductor companies, including Silizium Circuits and Cirkitex.[7][8]
Academic and administrative career
At DIT University, Dehradun (2021–2024), he served as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor, overseeing several schools and research units.[9] Patra served as Dean of Research and Academic Dean of the School of Computer Science & Engineering at Xavier University.[10]
In 2024, he was appointed founding Vice-Chancellor of NIST University, Odisha, with a focus on establishing research centres, ecosystem building and international partnerships.[4]
Research and publications
Patra has authored six books and more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in low-power VLSI design, system validation, and AI-driven circuits.[3]
Selected Books Authored and Edited:
Low-power High-level Synthesis for Nanoscale CMOS Circuits. Springer. 2008. ISBN978-0-387-76474-0.
Eco-Friendly Computing and Communication Systems (Springer, 2012)[11]
Artificial Intelligence-Driven Circuits and Systems (Springer Nature, 2022)[1]
The Internet of Medical Things: Enabling Technologies and Emerging Applications (IET, 2022)[12]
Selected Articles:
Patra, Priyadarsan (2007). "On the cusp of a validation wall". IEEE Design & Test of Computers. 24 (2). IEEE: 193–196. doi:10.1109/MDT.2007.23.
Mandal, M., Sahoo, S.K., Patra, P., et al. (2020). “In silico ranking of phenolics for therapeutic effectiveness on cancer stem cells.” BMC Bioinformatics, 21, 499.[13]
Patra, P. et al. (2018). “Debug infrastructure for system-on-chips.” IEEE SVDTC White Paper.[6]
Chen, K., Malik, S., & Patra, P. (2008). “Runtime validation of memory ordering using constraint graph checking.” HPCA-14.[14]
Social entrepreneurship and public service
In 1993, Patra founded the Sustainable Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS), a nonprofit focused on education, women’s empowerment, disaster rehabilitation, and sustainable development.[2]
He served as the Secretary of the Odisha Society of the Americas (OSA) from 2007 to 2009.[15]
Honours and affiliations
Intel Hero Recognition (finalist) and internal Intel awards.[1][2]
Distinguished Young Leader Award, Odisha Society of the Americas (OSA).[1]
↑Runtime validation of memory ordering using constraint graph checking. 14th International Conference on High-Performance Computer Architecture. IEEE. 2008. pp.415–426. doi:10.1109/HPCA.2008.4658640.
↑"Past Leadership". Odisha Society of the Americas. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2025. 2007-2009: General Secretary: Priyadarsan Patra
↑"OSA Award Winners 2011". Odisha Society of the Americas. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
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