Dr. Pradeep Kumar Mohanty is now working as Director, Flood Control & Drainage in Department of Water Resources, Government of Odisha. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Regional Engineering College (Now NIT), Rourkela in the year 1982. He acquired Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing from IIRS, Dehradun in 1987 and obtained PhD from Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar in 2013. He has more than 32 years of experience in Water Resources sector, which includes 8 years in disaster management. He has authored a book on Biostatistics, which is an approved text book in many Universities in Odisha and outside the State as well. He had completed Executive Management course in Utah State University, USA in 1990 and visited countries like, Germany, France and Hongkong. He is a member in the course curriculum committee of AICTE. He teaches Statistics and Quantitative Techniques to the students of Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Forestry, BBA and MBA, as Gust Faculty in various Engineering and Management Institutions in Odisha. He has published about 7 papers in reputed International Journals with high impact factors on optimization approaches in food security.