Swati Samantaray
Swati Samantaray
Professor
Dr. Swati Samantaray has been associated with Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar since 1997 and is presently working as a Professor in the Department of Humanities, School of Liberal Studies. She earned a Ph. D. degree in English from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Dr. Swati has more than 26 years of experience in teaching English Literature to UG, PG and Ph.D. scholars of KIIT & KISS. Dr. Swati has been conferred the Best Faculty Award by the Honorable Founder of KIIT & KISS Dr. A. Samant and Padma Shri Ruskin Bond in the year 2012. She is actively engaged in research work, has authored as well as edited a number of books and also has to her credit numerous journal articles and conference papers. Her widely acclaimed books include – The Mystic Flights of Tagore, Lord Jagannath: The Enigmatic Emblem of Cosmic Consciousness, Mysticism: A Literary Quest for Ultimate Reality, and Folklore: A Key to Cultural Understanding. Dr. Swati was also associated with Tata Consultancy Services as a faculty of soft skills. She has attended many national and international conferences as invited speaker, participated in workshops as well as academic empowerment programmes organized by various Institutions from time to time. Her field of interests are mysticism, eco-criticism, feminism, existentialism, cultural and film studies, folkloristics, as well as digital humanities. She is austerely involved in the process of students’ overall and career development and current knowledge updation. She is socially conscious and incessantly espoused to the cause of promoting and providing impetus to humanity.
Educational Qualification
Ph.D. in English
Research Interests
Indian English Literature, British Literature, American Literature, Folkloristics, Culture Studies
Administrative Responsibility
Member of Board of Studies (English); mentoring students of KIIT; squad duty in Girls hostels; referrals to KIMS; committee member of different co-curricular activities as & when assigned
Awards & Honours
Best Faculty Award in 2012
Memberships
Life member of ISTE - No: LM 59645
Outreach Activity
Vice Chancellor's nominee for different Ph.D. Programmes Teaching at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences [KISS] Associated with Art of Giving Programme, School of Humanities, KIIT Worked as a Faculty in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Bhubaneswar
Ph.D. in English
Research Interests
Indian English Literature, British Literature, American Literature, Folkloristics, Culture Studies
Administrative Responsibility
Member of Board of Studies (English); mentoring students of KIIT; squad duty in Girls hostels; referrals to KIMS; committee member of different co-curricular activities as & when assigned
Awards & Honours
Best Faculty Award in 2012
Memberships
Life member of ISTE - No: LM 59645
Outreach Activity
Vice Chancellor's nominee for different Ph.D. Programmes Teaching at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences [KISS] Associated with Art of Giving Programme, School of Humanities, KIIT Worked as a Faculty in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Bhubaneswar
Journals/Conferences :
1. Amar, S. & Swati Samantaray. Jagannath in the South Asian Literary and Folkloric Tradition. New Delhi: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
2. Samantaray, Swati. Folklore: A Key to Cultural Understanding. New Delhi:Authorspress, 2019.
3. Mohapatra, G. & Swati Samantaray. Lord Jagannath: The Enigmatic Emblem of Cosmic Consciousness. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018.
4. Khan, Patro & Samantaray. Mysticism: A Literary Quest for Ultimate Reality. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018.
5. Samantaray, Swati. The Mystic Flights of Tagore. New Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2010.
[JOURNALS]
1. Samantaray & Patro. ‘Gandhian Syncretism: The Quintessence of Theosophy’. Gandhi Marg (by Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi), Volume 45, Issue 2, July–September 2022, Pp. 235-245.
2. Gupta, S. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Perspectives on Violence on Screen: A Critical Analysis of Seven Samurai and Sholay’. Journal of Communication: Media Watch. Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2019, Pp. 702-712.
3. Samantaray, Swati & S. Patro. ‘The Code of Ecomysticism in Rabindranath Tagore’s Works: A Critical Appraisal’. TRAMES-A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Volume 22, Issue 3, September 2018. Pp. 311-326.
4. Mohapatra, G. & Swati Samantaray. ‘From Inner Peace to World Peace: Jagannath Consciousness in the Literature of Odisha’. The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. December 2017. Vol. 9, No. 4, Pp.169-178.
5. Mohanty, J.R. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Cyber Feminism: Unleashing Women Power Through Technology’. The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. July 2017. Vol. 9, No. 2, Pp.318-26.
6. Samantaray, Swati. ‘Cosmic Mysticism: Quest for the Absolute in the Works of Tagore and Sri Aurobindo’. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature. Vol.6, No. 1, January 2017,
p.298-304.
7. Samantaray, Swati. ‘Demystifying Mysticism: A Comparative Study of the Poetry of William Blake and Rabindranath Tagore’. 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature The Southeast Asian Journal of English
anguage Studies. Vol. 19, No 2, Pp. 41-51.June 2013.
[INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS]
1. Rath, M. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Green Crimes: Cultural Ramifications and Ecoconscious Narratives’. Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research. Proceedings of the NDIEAS-2024 International Symposium on New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Anthropology-2024 (NDIEAS 2024).
2. Rout, S. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Smart Technologies for a Sustainable Future: IoT and AI in Renewable Energy’, 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, Signal Processing,
amp; Communication (AESPC), Bhubaneswar, India,2023, pp. 1-6.
3. Samal, Prabhudatta & Samantaray (202). ‘Blockchain Technology as a Tool for Mitigating Environmental Sustainability in Supply Chain Networks’. 6 th International Conference on Soft Computing and Signal Processing (ICSCSP2023), Malla Reddy College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India. June 23-24, 2023.
4. Rout, Subhashree & Samantaray (2024). ‘Exploring the Synergy of Bio-Inspired Computations and Science Fiction Movies in Fostering Environmental Sustainability’, 2024 International Conference on Advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC), Bhubaneswar, India, 27 -29 January 2024, pp. 01-07.
5. Samal, Prabhudatta & Samantaray (2024). ‘Balancing Technology and Environmental Responsibility: Leveraging Telemedicine for Sustainable Healthcare Solutions’, 2024 International Conference on
dvancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC), Bhubaneswar, India, 27-29 January 2024, pp. 1-5.
6. Roy, Raut, Samantaray & Rana. ‘Women and Digital Networking: Digital Skill Gap and Its Challenges’, 2024 International Conference on Advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC), Bhubaneswar, India, 27-29 January 2024, pp. 1-5.
7. Rana, Raut, Samantaray & Kharia. (2024). 'Revolutionizing Feminine Health: Employing Artificial Intelligence in Women's Healthcare'. Information System Design & Intelligent
pplications (ISDIA). 3-4 January, 2024.
8. Chanda, P., Saha, P., Raut, A. & Samantaray, S. 'Healthy Ageing with AI and Robotics in the Era of Assistive Technology'. Information System Design & Intelligent Applications (ISDIA). 3-4 January, 2024.
9. Mishra, A., Raut, A., Samantaray & Rana. ‘Changing Paradigms in Dementia Care: Technology Based Solutions’. Information System Design & Intelligent Applications (ISDIA). 3-4 January, 2024.
10. Rout, Subhashree & Samantaray (2024).Green ICT: Exploring the Role of IoT-Enabled Technologies in Small-scale Businesses. Jaipur, 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (ICTCS-2023), 8-9 December 2023.
11. Rout, Subhashree & Samantaray. (2022). 'Interplay of Artificial Intelligence and Ecofeminism: A Reassessment of Automated Agroecology and Biased Gender in the Tea Plantations;. advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing. 19-20 November 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ASSIC55218.2022.10088342
12. Samantaray, Swati et al. (2022). ‘A CNN Based Approach to Classify the Folk Dances of Odisha;. IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT). 8-10 July 2022, Bangalore, India.
13. Sahu, Raut & Samantaray, S. (2022)Technological Empowerment: Applications of Machine Learning in Oral Healthcare;. Advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC 2022) 19-20 November 2022.
14. Sahu, R.R., Raut, A., Samantaray, S. (2023). Technology-Assisted Mental Healthcare: A Novel Approach. In: Bhateja, V., Yang, XS., Lin, J.CW., Das, R. (eds) Evolution in Computational Intelligence. FICTA 2022. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 326. Springer, Singapore, pp. 565-575. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7513-
4_49
15. Sahu, A., Samantaray, S. (2022). Digitalization of Education: Rural India’s Potential to Adapt to the Digital Transformation as New Normality Biologically Inspired Techniques in Many Criteria Decision Making. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 271. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8739-
6_35
16. Samantaray, Swati & A. Mohanty. Technology and Body Art: An Appraisal ofTattoo Renaissance Across Cultures Advances in Systems, Control and Automations.Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 708. Springer, Singapore, 2021.
17. Sahu, A., Swati Samantaray & H. Siddiqua. Cyberspace: A Contemporary Path for Religious Education'. Book Series title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST), Vol. 2. SPRINGER NATURE, pp.155-163, 2020.
18. Siddiqua, H., Swati Samantaray & A. Sahu.The Impact of ICT on Feminism: A Global Phenomenon. Book Series title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST), Vol. 2. SPRINGER NATURE, pp. 165-174, 2020.
19. Gupta, S., Swati Samantaray. Tracing the Evolution of Information and Communication Technologies in Cinema. Smart Intelligent Computing and Applications. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Springer, Singapore Vol. 160, 2020.
Books :
1. Samantaray, Swati & Patro. ‘Divine Ideation: Quest for Truth in Annie Besant’s Works’. A Pragmatic Approach to Religion and Sustainability. Edited by Mishra & Long. Springer, Vol. 15, 2024.
2. Gedeon, M.M., Samantaray, S., René, K.B. ‘Changing the Trajectory: Preserving the Linguistic Diversity of Shi Language Using AI and NLP’. In: Mohanty, S.S., Dash, S.R., Parida, S. (eds) Applying AI-Based Tools and Technologies Towards Revitalization of Indigenous and Endangered Languages. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1148. Springer, Singapore, pp. 57-69, 2024.
3. Manneh, M., Barrie, M.B., Samantaray, S. Creating a Parallel Corpus for Machine Translation: A Case Study of Kru and Krio. In: Mohanty, S.S., Dash, S.R., Parida, S.(eds) Applying AI-Based Tools and Technologies Towards Revitalization of Indigenous and Endangered Languages. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1148. Springer, Singapore, pp. 197-207, 2024.
4. Samantaray, Swati. 'Emotional Intelligence and Covid-19'. Literature and Culture: Sense and Scenes from Pandemic. Jaipur, India: Yking Books. ISBN No. 978-93-92240-21-8,pp.43-56, 2023.
5. Mohapatra & Samantaray. ‘Spiritual Sublimity of Lord Sudarshan Worshipped with The Trinity: A Brief Assessment’. Jagannath in the South Asian Literary and Folkloric Tradition. New Delhi: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023, pp. 64-82.
6. Samantaray, Swati. 'Infinity and Beyond: Revisiting Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy'. A Greater Dawn. India: Urania Publishing House. ISBN No. 9789390821679, pp.51-61,2021.
7. Singh et al. ‘Automatic Sleep EEG Classification with Ensemble Learning Using GraphModularity’. Biomedical signal processing for healthcare applications. Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) 2021.
1. Amar, S. & Swati Samantaray. Jagannath in the South Asian Literary and Folkloric Tradition. New Delhi: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
2. Samantaray, Swati. Folklore: A Key to Cultural Understanding. New Delhi:Authorspress, 2019.
3. Mohapatra, G. & Swati Samantaray. Lord Jagannath: The Enigmatic Emblem of Cosmic Consciousness. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018.
4. Khan, Patro & Samantaray. Mysticism: A Literary Quest for Ultimate Reality. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018.
5. Samantaray, Swati. The Mystic Flights of Tagore. New Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2010.
[JOURNALS]
1. Samantaray & Patro. ‘Gandhian Syncretism: The Quintessence of Theosophy’. Gandhi Marg (by Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi), Volume 45, Issue 2, July–September 2022, Pp. 235-245.
2. Gupta, S. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Perspectives on Violence on Screen: A Critical Analysis of Seven Samurai and Sholay’. Journal of Communication: Media Watch. Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2019, Pp. 702-712.
3. Samantaray, Swati & S. Patro. ‘The Code of Ecomysticism in Rabindranath Tagore’s Works: A Critical Appraisal’. TRAMES-A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Volume 22, Issue 3, September 2018. Pp. 311-326.
4. Mohapatra, G. & Swati Samantaray. ‘From Inner Peace to World Peace: Jagannath Consciousness in the Literature of Odisha’. The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. December 2017. Vol. 9, No. 4, Pp.169-178.
5. Mohanty, J.R. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Cyber Feminism: Unleashing Women Power Through Technology’. The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. July 2017. Vol. 9, No. 2, Pp.318-26.
6. Samantaray, Swati. ‘Cosmic Mysticism: Quest for the Absolute in the Works of Tagore and Sri Aurobindo’. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature. Vol.6, No. 1, January 2017,
p.298-304.
7. Samantaray, Swati. ‘Demystifying Mysticism: A Comparative Study of the Poetry of William Blake and Rabindranath Tagore’. 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature The Southeast Asian Journal of English
anguage Studies. Vol. 19, No 2, Pp. 41-51.June 2013.
[INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS]
1. Rath, M. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Green Crimes: Cultural Ramifications and Ecoconscious Narratives’. Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research. Proceedings of the NDIEAS-2024 International Symposium on New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Anthropology-2024 (NDIEAS 2024).
2. Rout, S. & Swati Samantaray. ‘Smart Technologies for a Sustainable Future: IoT and AI in Renewable Energy’, 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, Signal Processing,
amp; Communication (AESPC), Bhubaneswar, India,2023, pp. 1-6.
3. Samal, Prabhudatta & Samantaray (202). ‘Blockchain Technology as a Tool for Mitigating Environmental Sustainability in Supply Chain Networks’. 6 th International Conference on Soft Computing and Signal Processing (ICSCSP2023), Malla Reddy College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India. June 23-24, 2023.
4. Rout, Subhashree & Samantaray (2024). ‘Exploring the Synergy of Bio-Inspired Computations and Science Fiction Movies in Fostering Environmental Sustainability’, 2024 International Conference on Advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC), Bhubaneswar, India, 27 -29 January 2024, pp. 01-07.
5. Samal, Prabhudatta & Samantaray (2024). ‘Balancing Technology and Environmental Responsibility: Leveraging Telemedicine for Sustainable Healthcare Solutions’, 2024 International Conference on
dvancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC), Bhubaneswar, India, 27-29 January 2024, pp. 1-5.
6. Roy, Raut, Samantaray & Rana. ‘Women and Digital Networking: Digital Skill Gap and Its Challenges’, 2024 International Conference on Advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC), Bhubaneswar, India, 27-29 January 2024, pp. 1-5.
7. Rana, Raut, Samantaray & Kharia. (2024). 'Revolutionizing Feminine Health: Employing Artificial Intelligence in Women's Healthcare'. Information System Design & Intelligent
pplications (ISDIA). 3-4 January, 2024.
8. Chanda, P., Saha, P., Raut, A. & Samantaray, S. 'Healthy Ageing with AI and Robotics in the Era of Assistive Technology'. Information System Design & Intelligent Applications (ISDIA). 3-4 January, 2024.
9. Mishra, A., Raut, A., Samantaray & Rana. ‘Changing Paradigms in Dementia Care: Technology Based Solutions’. Information System Design & Intelligent Applications (ISDIA). 3-4 January, 2024.
10. Rout, Subhashree & Samantaray (2024).Green ICT: Exploring the Role of IoT-Enabled Technologies in Small-scale Businesses. Jaipur, 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (ICTCS-2023), 8-9 December 2023.
11. Rout, Subhashree & Samantaray. (2022). 'Interplay of Artificial Intelligence and Ecofeminism: A Reassessment of Automated Agroecology and Biased Gender in the Tea Plantations;. advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing. 19-20 November 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ASSIC55218.2022.10088342
12. Samantaray, Swati et al. (2022). ‘A CNN Based Approach to Classify the Folk Dances of Odisha;. IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT). 8-10 July 2022, Bangalore, India.
13. Sahu, Raut & Samantaray, S. (2022)Technological Empowerment: Applications of Machine Learning in Oral Healthcare;. Advancements in Smart, Secure and Intelligent Computing (ASSIC 2022) 19-20 November 2022.
14. Sahu, R.R., Raut, A., Samantaray, S. (2023). Technology-Assisted Mental Healthcare: A Novel Approach. In: Bhateja, V., Yang, XS., Lin, J.CW., Das, R. (eds) Evolution in Computational Intelligence. FICTA 2022. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 326. Springer, Singapore, pp. 565-575. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7513-
4_49
15. Sahu, A., Samantaray, S. (2022). Digitalization of Education: Rural India’s Potential to Adapt to the Digital Transformation as New Normality Biologically Inspired Techniques in Many Criteria Decision Making. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 271. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8739-
6_35
16. Samantaray, Swati & A. Mohanty. Technology and Body Art: An Appraisal ofTattoo Renaissance Across Cultures Advances in Systems, Control and Automations.Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 708. Springer, Singapore, 2021.
17. Sahu, A., Swati Samantaray & H. Siddiqua. Cyberspace: A Contemporary Path for Religious Education'. Book Series title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST), Vol. 2. SPRINGER NATURE, pp.155-163, 2020.
18. Siddiqua, H., Swati Samantaray & A. Sahu.The Impact of ICT on Feminism: A Global Phenomenon. Book Series title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST), Vol. 2. SPRINGER NATURE, pp. 165-174, 2020.
19. Gupta, S., Swati Samantaray. Tracing the Evolution of Information and Communication Technologies in Cinema. Smart Intelligent Computing and Applications. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Springer, Singapore Vol. 160, 2020.
Books :
1. Samantaray, Swati & Patro. ‘Divine Ideation: Quest for Truth in Annie Besant’s Works’. A Pragmatic Approach to Religion and Sustainability. Edited by Mishra & Long. Springer, Vol. 15, 2024.
2. Gedeon, M.M., Samantaray, S., René, K.B. ‘Changing the Trajectory: Preserving the Linguistic Diversity of Shi Language Using AI and NLP’. In: Mohanty, S.S., Dash, S.R., Parida, S. (eds) Applying AI-Based Tools and Technologies Towards Revitalization of Indigenous and Endangered Languages. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1148. Springer, Singapore, pp. 57-69, 2024.
3. Manneh, M., Barrie, M.B., Samantaray, S. Creating a Parallel Corpus for Machine Translation: A Case Study of Kru and Krio. In: Mohanty, S.S., Dash, S.R., Parida, S.(eds) Applying AI-Based Tools and Technologies Towards Revitalization of Indigenous and Endangered Languages. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1148. Springer, Singapore, pp. 197-207, 2024.
4. Samantaray, Swati. 'Emotional Intelligence and Covid-19'. Literature and Culture: Sense and Scenes from Pandemic. Jaipur, India: Yking Books. ISBN No. 978-93-92240-21-8,pp.43-56, 2023.
5. Mohapatra & Samantaray. ‘Spiritual Sublimity of Lord Sudarshan Worshipped with The Trinity: A Brief Assessment’. Jagannath in the South Asian Literary and Folkloric Tradition. New Delhi: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023, pp. 64-82.
6. Samantaray, Swati. 'Infinity and Beyond: Revisiting Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy'. A Greater Dawn. India: Urania Publishing House. ISBN No. 9789390821679, pp.51-61,2021.
7. Singh et al. ‘Automatic Sleep EEG Classification with Ensemble Learning Using GraphModularity’. Biomedical signal processing for healthcare applications. Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) 2021.