Mrs. Rachita Panda is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil Engineering at KIIT Deemed to be University, Odisha. She has 8 years of teaching and research experience in Civil Engineering. She holds an M.Tech in Transportation Engineering and is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in KIIT DU. Her areas of interest include Transportation Engineering, Pavement Materials, Construction Planning and Management and Scientific and Technical Writing. She has 8 publications, comprising 5 journal papers and 3 book chapters, and is actively involved in teaching, academic coordination, and student mentoring at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.