As PI, he has led projects worth over £2M in the past three years, advancing AI-driven analysis of visual content, human behaviour, and activity recognition. He is a member of the British Computer Society, AAAI & IEEE, and a Fellow of HEA UK. Prof Behera is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and has published high-quality journals/conference papers, many of which are interdisciplinary. He has delivered keynotes and is involved in various outreach activities. His pioneering research in dementia monitoring, integrating social robotics and multimodal AI, has been featured by global media, including BBC News, The Times, The Sun, ITV, and more.