Bedangadas
Mohanty

Member of the Advisory Committee of CERN Users (ACCU)

[2019 and 2020; extended to 2021 and 2022]

Responsibilities:

• The task of ACCU is to advise the Director General on the practical measures to be taken and administrative internal arrangements to be made by the CERN Management for the utilization of the CERN facilities for research.
• This concerns in particular the working conditions and the arrangements for technical support to the CERN Users for their activity at the CERN Laboratory.

ACCU | Letter of Nomination from DAE–DST | Letter of Appointment by CERN Director General

Nominated member of Government of Odisha to Syndicate of Utkal University

[2019 – 2021]

Responsibilities:

• As given in Chapter VII of the University Statutes.

Reviewer of Course Curriculum at Undergraduate Level

[State Higher Education Council of Odisha]

Responsibilities:

• Assess the curriculum and make suggestions for improvement.

Member of the Executive Council, Odisha Bigyan Academy

Responsibilities:

• Help in the running of the Odisha Bigyan Academy as per its mandate.
• Contribute to its mandate as member of various sub-committees.

Evaluator of Institutional Developmental Plans

[Department of Higher Education, State of Odisha]

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated plans for 27 colleges under Utkal University, Sambalpur University and Berhampur University.

Drafting Group Member for Mega Science Vision 2035 (Nuclear Physics)

Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India

Responsibilities:

• To discuss with the community and write the vision document for mega sciences in nuclear physics till 2035.

Official Letter

Member Expert Committee – FIST Programme

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
[2020 – 2024]

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate proposals to extend infrastructure support to universities and higher technical and medical educational institutions.

Official Letter

Member, Standing Consultative Committee of Young Scientists

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

Responsibilities:

• Contributing towards formulating the S&T Vision for the Country.
• Physics group proposal prepared with Dr. Mandar Deshmukh and Dr. Sanjit Mitra: HERE

Official Letter

Member of INDIA–CERN Task Force

[November 2017 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• Constituted jointly by the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
• Terms of reference as per official memorandum.

OM

Member, SERB/DST Planning Committee on SERC School on “Experimental High Energy Physics”

[2015 – 2020]

Responsibilities:

• Help organize three schools on experimental high energy physics over a five-year duration.

Reviewer – Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme

University Grants Commission

Responsibilities:

• Act as referee for the prestigious Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme in Sciences (including Medical and Engineering Sciences).
• Evaluation of applications under a national postdoctoral program aimed at strengthening research culture in Indian universities.

Convenor, Board of Studies (Undergraduate)

Ravenshaw University
[2020]

Responsibilities:

• Approval of UG, PG, M.Phil/Pre-PhD courses and syllabi.
• Appointment of examiners, paper setters, moderators.

Letter

Member, Board of Studies (Physics)

Ravenshaw University
[2020]

Responsibilities:

• Approval of UG, PG, and research curricula.

Letter

Member, Physics Advisory Council

IIT Gandhinagar
[2019]

Responsibilities:

• Advice on faculty recruitment, research infrastructure, curriculum, and departmental vision.

Member, Academic Council

CET, Odisha
[December 2017 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• All academic matters related to CET.

Letter

Member, Institutional / Departmental Advisory Board

NCERT, New Delhi
[November 2017 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• Evaluation and recommendation of programme proposals.

Letter

Member, Board of Studies (Physical Sciences)

Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)
[August 2017 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• All PhD-related academic matters across constituent institutes.

Member, Senate

IISER Berhampur
[March 2017 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• Curriculum formulation, examinations, degrees, academic policy.
• Oversight of academic departments and research.

Member, Subject Research Committee (SRC)

P.G. Department of Physics, Utkal University
[2013 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• All PhD matters including registration, progress review, and thesis submission.

Member, Academic Master Plan Committee

Ravenshaw University Second Campus
[2015–2016]

Responsibilities:

• Formulation of long-term academic vision.

Member, Rahul Basu Memorial Award Committee

Indian Physics Association
[2012 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• Selection of the Best PhD Thesis in High Energy Physics in India.

Member, Board of Governors (BOG)

[1st April 2017 onwards]

Responsibilities:

• Institute policy, academic programmes, appointments, governance.

Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee

[2017 onwards]

• Setting up and oversight of NISER Health Centre (20 beds).
• Implementation of CHSS at NISER.

Chairman, COVID Task Force

[2020]

• Institute-wide management of COVID pandemic.
• Ensuring safety and continuity of operations.

OM

Dean / Faculty-In-Charge, Faculty Affairs

[February 2014 onwards]

• Faculty recruitment, promotions, appointments.
• Committee coordination and academic recognitions.

Member, Academic Council

[July 2012 onwards]

• Academic programmes, evaluation policies, award of degrees.

Member, Institute Core Committee

[2014 onwards]

• Collective decision-making body for institute-level governance.

Chairperson, School of Physical Sciences

[July 2013 – January 2019]

• Academic and administrative leadership of the school.

Acting Chairperson, School of Earth & Planetary Sciences

[July 2016 – March 2021]

• Faculty hiring, curriculum design, infrastructure development.

Acting Chairperson, School of Computer Sciences

[July 2016 – August 2018]

• Establishment of the school, faculty recruitment, curriculum.

Convenor, Post Graduate Committee (Institute)

[July 2012 – July 2014]

• Formulation of PhD policies and decisions.

Member, Undergraduate Committee

[2016 – 2018]

• MSc programme policies.

International Advisory Committee Member

Quark Matter Conference (QM)

QM2019 – Wuhan, China
November 4–9, 2019

Conference Website

Director

XI SERC School on Experimental High Energy Physics

November 7–27, 2017

School Website

Pedagogical training programme for early-career PhD students covering detectors, electronics, data analysis, Monte Carlo methods, and simulations. Sponsored by SERB–DST, Government of India.

International Advisory Committee Member

Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM)

• SQM2019 – Bari, Italy
• SQM2017 – Utrecht, Netherlands
• SQM2016 – Berkeley, USA
• SQM2015 – Dubna, Russia
• SQM2013 – Birmingham, UK

International Advisory Committee Member

Asian Triangular Heavy Ion Conference (ATHIC)

• ATHIC2018 – Hefei, China
• ATHIC2016 – New Delhi, India
• ATHIC2014 – Osaka, Japan
• ATHIC2012 – Pusan, Korea

Organizing Committee Member

International Conference on Physics and Astrophysics of Quark Gluon Plasma (ICPAQGP)

• ICPAQGP 2015 – Kolkata, India
• ICPAQGP 2010 – Goa, India
• ICPAQGP 2005 – Jaipur, India

Workshop on High Energy Physics and Phenomenology (WHEPP)

• National Organizing Committee, WHEPP-2016 (Kanpur)
• Coordinator, Non-perturbative Strong Interaction WG, WHEPP-2012
• Coordinator, QCD–QGP WG, WHEPP-2008

DAE–BRNS High Energy Physics Symposium

• National Organizing Committee, Delhi (2016)
• National Organizing Committee, Santiniketan (2013)

Spokesperson, STAR–ALICE–India Collaboration

[January 2021 – December 2022]

Leadership of Indian groups in STAR (RHIC–BNL) and ALICE (CERN), spanning ~100 scientists across national institutes.

Conference Committee Member

ALICE Experiment, CERN
[2020 – 2022]

Oversight of conference presentations, quality assurance, and equitable distribution of talks.

Council Member

STAR Experiment, RHIC–BNL
[2012 onwards]

Participation in all major collaboration-level decisions.

Editorial Board Member

ALICE Experiment, CERN
[2014 – 2018]

Refereeing and approval of ALICE publications and proceedings.

Collaboration Board Member

ALICE Experiment, CERN
[2013 onwards]

Council Member

SuperCDMS Experiment, SNOLAB
[2015 onwards]

Deputy Spokesperson

STAR Experiment
[2011 – 2014]

Scientific and administrative leadership for a collaboration of ~600 members from 54 institutes.

Physics Analysis Coordinator

STAR Experiment
[2008 – 2010]

Final authority on physics publications, analysis strategy, and committee formation.

Member, Talks Committee

STAR Experiment
[2008 – 2010]

Member, Beam User Request & Decadal Plan Committees

STAR Experiment
[2008 – 2010]

Member, Trigger Board & By-Laws Committee

STAR Experiment
[2008 – 2010]

Co-Convenor, Spectra Physics Working Group

STAR Experiment
[2006 – 2008]

Executive Member, RHIC Users Committee

BNL, USA

Editor

International Journal of Modern Physics – E (IJMPE)

Member of Editorial Board
Editorial Board

Reviewer for Scientific Awards

• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – Physical Sciences
• Haryana Vigyan / Yuva Vigyan Ratna Awards

Referee for International Journals

• Physical Review Letters (APS)
• Physical Review C (APS)
• Journal of Physics G (IOP)
• Physics Letters B (Elsevier)
• European Physical Journal A (Springer)
• Nuclear Physics A (Elsevier)
• Pramana – Journal of Physics
• Current Science

PhD Thesis Examiner

• IIT Bombay
• IIT Madras
• University of Calcutta
• Jadavpur University

Project Reviewer for Funding Agencies

• NWO – Veni Grant (Netherlands)
• Austrian Science Fund – Lise Meitner Fellowship
• Office of Nuclear Physics, DOE (USA)
• National Science Centre (Poland)
• China 221 Program
• Seed Grant Proposals – IIT Bhubaneswar