Prof. Ashok Kumar Pradhan received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sambalpur University , Sambalpur, India, in 2001.

He has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, since 2002, where he is currently a Professor. He served at the Department of Electrical Engineering , VSS University of Technology , Burla, India from 1992-2002. His research interests include Power System Relaying and Monitoring.

Prof. Pradhan is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences(NASI), Allahabad , India. 

 Fellow , Indian National Academy of Engineering

Fellow , The National Academy of Sciences , India

Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India

Senior Member, IEEE, USA

Young Engineer Award, Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2001

Life Member, Indian Society Of Tecnical Education (ISTE), 2001