School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Prof. B.K. Mishra

Distinguished Visiting Professor

Professor B.K. Mishra earned a Bachelor’s from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela in 1981. After a brief tenure at Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Limited (IMFA), he pursued a Master’s degree at Wayne State University, starting in 1984. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. from the University of Utah, USA.

Following his education and research in the USA, Professor Mishra returned to work as a faculty member at IIT Kanpur in 1993 and continued till 2006. He then became the Director of CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) Bhubaneswar, a position he held from 2006 to 2017. In March 2017, he was appointed founding Director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa, where he served until May 2024. He is known for his significant contributions to Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, and Powder Technology.

Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy; Particulate processes and design; Exploring CO₂ Conversion Pathways

ML3L001 Minerals Engineering

ML3L012 Mineral Processing Plant Design

  1. Abhishek Gupta, B.K. Mishra, Multi-head neural networks for simulating particle breakage dynamics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 14(2), 100515, 2024.
  2. Abhishek Gupta, B.K. Mishra, Globally optimized dynamic mode decomposition: A first study in particulate systems modelling, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 15, 100563, 2025.
  3. Shelly Saini, Shakthi Prasad D., Raja Mitra, R.N. Roy, and B.K. Mishra, Surface Charging in Different Gaseous Medium in Extremely Nonuniform Electric Fields, accepted in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 2025.
  1. Abhishek Gupta, B.K. Mishra, Neuroevolving monotonic PINNs for particle breakage analysis, IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI), pp. 993-996, 2024.
 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering 1991 University of Utah
  M.S. Metallurgical Engineering 1986 Wayne State University
  B.Sc.(Engg) Metallurgical Engineering 1981 NIT Rourkela

After graduating from NIT Rourkela, Professor Mishra joined Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Ltd. (IMFA) as a Project Engineer. He then moved to the USA for his higher studies, and after completing his education and research there, Professor Mishra returned to India to join IIT Kanpur as a faculty member in 1993, where he continued until 2012. During this period, he was deputed to serve as the Director of CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) Bhubaneswar, a position he held from 2006 to 2017. In March 2017, he was appointed the founding Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Goa, where he served until May 2024. Currently, Professor Mishra is serving as an Independent Director of Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Limited since March 2024.

  • IEEE IAS Global Lifetime Achievement Award
  • CSIR Technology Award (Team award)
  • VASVIK Award
  • Felow of the National Academy of Engineering
  • National Geoscience Award
  • IIME Mineral Beneficiation Award
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