Lopa Mishra Jana

Lopa Mishra Jana

Prof.of Practice, JKU


  • Principal Operations Officer, IIT Bhubaneswar
  • PhD ( Ongoing), IIM Sambalpur
  • Area of Expertise: Strategy, Business Operations, Business Management

Dr. Lopa Mishra Jana has over 18 years of professional experience in technology management, research operations, and innovation ecosystems. She is currently serving as Principal Operations Officer at the AI & HPC Research Centre, IIT Bhubaneswar. She has previously worked as CEO/HEO at TiHAN, IIT Hyderabad and Chief Operating Officer at Electropreneur Park, STPI Bhubaneswar, supporting startup incubation and technology innovation.

She also has international industry experience as a Senior Software Engineer at Space Imaging Middle East, Dubai, and earlier worked with Wipro Technologies, Bangalore in telecom software testing.

Dr. Lopa Mishra Jana has contributed to research in emerging technology and innovation ecosystems. Her research work titled “Solar-Powered IoT-Enabled Weather Monitoring System with AJAX-Based Webserver for Data Visualization” has been accepted for publication in a journal. She has received several recognitions including the IESA Technovation Award for Diversity in the ESDM Industry (IESA Vision Summit 2022) and the “Odisha’s Women Leader” Award by World Women Leadership Congress. She is also selected as Mentor of Change by Atal Innovation Mission and Startup India Mentor (MAARG), Government of India, and has delivered keynote talks at multiple national technology conferences.

• Selected as the Mentor of Change by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
• Selected as the Mentor in MAARG, Startup India, Govt. of India
• Keynote speaker at CIPET LARPM, Birla Global University, SARCON conclave of Trident Academy of Technology on "Emerging Semicon Scenario in India”, Women's Entrepreneurship Summit at ACIC GIET UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, Blue Economy Conference at KIIT
• Addressed at IESA Startup Summit 2022, Bengaluru
• Addressed at the Technology Week, organised by Department of Telecommunications, Govt. of India
• Awarded with IESA Technovation award for diversity in ESDM industry at IESA vision Summit 2022
• Awarded as “Odisha’s Women Leader” by World Women Leadership Congress
• Addressed at TEDxVSSUT event VSSUT, Burla
• Invited for sectoral discussion on ‘Electronics/ ICT & Technology’, Enhancing Trade & Investment Opportunities in the Global Electronics Supply Chain at the 27th edition of the World Investment Conference 2023 (WIC’23)
• Undertaken a Journal research activity entitled “Solar-Powered IoT-Enabled Weather Monitoring System with AJAX-Based Webserver for Data Visualization” which is accepted to be published in an internal Journal

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