Visiting Faculty

Prof. Ragnhild Lund, Ph.D.

Prof. Ragnhild Lund is currently with the Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway), teaching students at the post-graduate level. Her specialisation is in the areas of Forced Migration, NGO Development, Gender and Development specifically with a focus on South Asia and Africa. Professor Lund is a member of several international bodies working on environment, migration and other development issues. She has several articles and books to her credit.

Prof. Mukti Kanta Mishra, Ph. D.

Prof. Mishra is presently Chairman of the Centurion Group of Institutions. An institution builder and academician of repute, Prof. Mishra’s educational qualifications include Master of Applied Economics and Master of Public Administration from Utkal University, and Master of Business Administration and Ph. D. in Corporate Governance from Victoria University, Australia. Prof. Mishra worked in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation as Regional Manager. He has taught at Victoria University, Australia; Beijing (China); XLRI, Jamshedpur; MDI, Gurgaon and XIM, Bhubaneswar. Prof. Mishra has a number of publications to his credit. His areas of academic interest include marketing and corporate governance.

Prof. Trinath Dash

Prof. Dash has about 7 years academic experience as Professor and Director backed by around 30 years of industry experience in reputed national and state level public and private companies in the area of Administration, HR, IR, Law, etc. His areas of academic interest include Individual and Group Behaviour, Dynamics of IR and Labour Laws.

Prof. B. K. Swain

Prof. Swain has more than 30 years of experience in academics and industry. He has worked in many reputed organisations including SBI, Institute of Company Secretary of India, IBAT School of Management. Presently he holds the position of Professor in the Centre for Rural Credit at National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD). He has a large number of publications in reputed journals and authored four books. His areas of academic interest include finance and banking.

Mr. Shrikanta Panda

A graduate Engineer from NIT Rourkela, MBA from XIMB and Certificate in International Business from IIM Kolkata, Mr. Panda is presently working as Asst. General Manager in Rourkela Steel Plant. He is a visiting faculty at various academic institutes and corporate enterprises including SAIL, NTPC, NALCO, Hindalco, TRL, OPGC, etc. His area of academic interest is Strategic Management.