Manmath Kumar Badapanda is working as Head, RF Power Supplies Section and a Board Member at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, a premier Research and Development organization under Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. He has original and innovative contributions, having granted US patent No. 10027122B2 and Indian patent No. 436206, as their sole inventor and transferred several crucial technologies to industries, with impressive techno-commercial impacts. He has demonstrated exemplary technical leadership for advancement and development of power converter technology and has unique credibility that more than 500 number of his power converters (up to 100 kV, 25 A DC and 250 kV, 250 A pulsed), are in 24/7- and 365-days operations with various Indian national facilities, for more than a decade. He has published 145 papers in peer reviewed journals & conferences and delivered nearly 40 invited talks in India, South Korea, Spain, Germany and Switzerland, etc. He is a Senior Member, IEEE; Fellow, The Institution of Engineers (India) and Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering, India. He is Chair, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society; Chair, IEEE Power Electronics Society; IEEE Industry Applications Society; Chair, IEEE Systems Councils of Madhya Pradesh Chapter as well as Chair, Industry Relations Committee; Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee and Vice Chair of IEEE Madhya Pradesh Section, India during 2022-2025. Under his leadership, IEEE Madhya Pradesh Section, India has received “Best Membership Growth Medium Section Award-2022” and “Outstanding Medium Section Award-2023” from IEEE Region-10 (Asia-Pacific) and IEEE Power Electronics Society Madhya Pradesh Chapter, India has received “Best PELS Medium Chapter Award-2025” from IEEE Power Electronics Society. He is a Member, Project Evaluation and Monitoring Committee for Indo-Taiwan Science and Technology Cooperation Program of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Panel Adviser, Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi, India.