Dr. Pramita Mitra

Supervisor, IoT & Blockchain Ford Motor Company

Dr. Pramita Mitra is a Supervisor and Technical Expert, IoT and Blockchain Applications at Ford Motor Company Research and Advanced Engineering division in Michigan. She leads a cross-functional team to develop secure and robust solutions for smart factories of the future. Dr. Mitra earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Notre Dame in 2013. She received the Outstanding Paper Award at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress 2019, for her work on preventing data privacy leakage in connected vehicle services. Dr. Mitra received the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Detroit Section Technical Award in 2017, the WE Local New ELiTE (Emerging Leader in Technology and Engineering) Award in 2020, and the SWE Patent Recognition Award, also in 2020. She co-chairs the Supply Chain Working Group in the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI), a non-profit consortium of major automakers, suppliers and blockchain technology partners. Dr. Mitra holds 14 US Patents till date.