Dr. Dilip Kumar Pratihar received his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur, India. He received University Gold Medal; A.M. Das Memorial Medal; Institution of Engineers’ (I) Medal; INSA Teachers’ Award 2020;New Code Of Education 2021 Award; Distinguished Alumnus Award 2021 from NIT Durgapur, India; Institute Chair Professor Award 2022 from IIT Kharagpur; Technologist of the Year Award 2022 from IEEE India Council; Faculty Excellence Award 2023 from IIT Kharagpur; VASVIK Award 2022 for Industrial Research; Shashtri Fellowship (Indo-Canadian);Special Jury Award under the Hall of Fame Category in KPR Legacy Award 2025; Engineering Excellence Award in IEMPOWER 2025 Conference; Innovative Teaching Award in Engineering Faculty Awards 2026 by AMET University, Chennai, India; and others. He has been included among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the areas of Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence in a survey carried out by Stanford University, USA. He completed his post-doctoral studies in Japan, and then, in Germany under the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship Program . He is working now as the Head of Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur, India. He has made significant contributions on the fundamentals and applications of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Automation, Robotics, Health Care, Education Technology, and others. He has published about 375 research papers and book-chapters. He has written the textbooks on “Soft Computing and AI: Fundamentals and Applications”, “Fundamentals of Robotics and AI”, co-authored another textbook on “Analytical Engineering Mechanics”; edited four international books; co-authored four reference books. He has developed four on-line NPTEL courses on Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, which had been attended by more than 75,000 participants from various countries, till now. He has guided 34 PhDs, completed 33 projects. He has filed eleven patents (out of which four have been granted till date) and received two Copyrights, transferred eight technologies to the Industries. He is in editorial board of six International Journals. He is Associate Editor of two International Journals. He has been elected as the Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), Fellow of Institution of Engineers (I), SMIEEE, MASME, MAAAI.