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Prof. Anita Patra

Leadership / Uncategorized January 27, 2020

Prof. Anita Patra comes with over 20 years of experience in academia. She has a proven track record of administration in holding various positions like Dean Faculty Development, PGP Coordinator, School of Management, Dean School of Engineering and Technology in Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM). She has a keen interest in women entrepreneurship and rural entrepreneurship. Prof. Anita has various academic degrees to her credit i.e. Ph.D. in Management from Berhampur University, Odisha, MBA with a specialization in Finance from Berhampur University, Odisha. Currently she is serving as a Professor in the School of Management and also Registrar of Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Odisha.

Conferences & Seminars

Education

Ph.D in Business Administration, Berhampur University, 2009 with the topic “Role of Self Help Groups in the Socio-Economic Development of Rural Women – A Study”.
Master of Business Administration, Berhampur University, 1996-1998, 62%(First class), Finance specialization.
B.Sc., Khallikote College Autonomous , Berhampur, 1993-1996, 67% (First class with Distinction, Zoology Honours).

Experience

Teaching Experience of 18 years.

Presently working as Registrar Centurion University, Odisha and Professor, School of Management, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi.
Worked as Associate Professor at Centurion School of Rural Enterprise Management, School of Management, CUTM, Parlakhemundi, since 01.01.2007. Courses taught at Post Graduation Level are Quantitative Techniques, Production and Operations Management, Working Capital Management, Marketing Research.
Worked as Senior Lecturer at Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management, Parlakhemundi, from 01.12.1999 to 31.12.2006. Courses Taught at B. Tech are Engineering Economics& Costing, Quantitative Techniques for managers, Productions and Operations Management, Optimization in Engg., Principles of Management, Accountancy.
Have been a part of the Faculty Team for the course work, for Ph.D scholars of CUTM, in the area of Data analysis in Research.

Other Professional Experience:

Projects:

Had been the Coordinator for the AICTE sponsored project “ Implementation of EDC” dated 6.04.2009 with a project funding of Rs. 8 lakhs.

Research

Publications

Training

Summer Training at NALCO, BBSR, for 8 weeks during June & July 1997 ,as a part fulfillment of MBA, Berhampur University.
Attended Faculty Development Programme for Productions and Operations Management from 26.12.2005 to 31.12.2005 conducted by BPUT at Silicon Institute, BBSR.
Attended Faculty Development Programme in Entrepreneurship during 20.11.2006 to 01.12.2006 at Puri, conducted by EDII , Ahmedabad.
Attended Faculty Development Programme on “ Research Methodology and Contemporary Statistical Techniques for Research” from 6.02.08 to 10.02.08, at Indian Institute of Management, Indore.
Attended Faculty Development Programme on “Teaching Finance through Cases” from 21.12.09 to 22.12.09, at KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.
Attended a workshop on “Research and Data Analysis Using SPSS 18.0 For Effective Managerial Decisions” on 16.06.10 organized by Rourkela Institute of Management Studies, Rourkela in association with SPSS South Asia.
Attended a workshop on “National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning” organized jointly by CUTM and IIT Madras on 12 Dec 2015 at CUTM, Odisha.

Conferences & Seminars

Prof. Supriya Pattanayak

Leadership / Uncategorized January 27, 2020

Supriya Pattanayak comes with over 25 years of experience in the development sector and academia. She has earned a reputation of being a highly competent professional working with Bilateral, Multilateral, Government and non-government organisations. She has demonstrated excellent relationship management skills with multiple stakeholders for policy advocacy and good program management skills. She has specifically provided advisory support in all programs on social development and governance aspects. She has maintained oversight of all DFID programs in the State of Odisha over the past 15 years. She has taken on increasingly challenging roles in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating large programs with a focus on results.

In addition to this, Supriya maintains her interest in academics, being involved in teaching/ training/ supervision, research and conducting study tours across several continents. Presently Supriya holds the position of an Adjunct Professor at the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and is a Research Fellow at the St Petersburg State University, Russia. She has a number of publications to her credit.

Education

2007 PhD in Social Sciences, RMIT University, VIC, Australia
1988 MPhil Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India
1986 MA Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
1984 BA, Mysore University, Mysore, India

Experience

St Petersburg State University, Russia
Research Fellow

RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Adjunct Professor

Department for International Development (DFID) India | April 2001 – June 2015
State Representative, Odisha

The Department for International Development (DFID), leads the UK government‟s fight against world poverty. Through its network of offices throughout the world, DFID works with governments of developing countries, charities, non-government organisations, businesses and international organisations, like the United Nations, European Commission and the World Bank, to eliminate global poverty and its causes. DFID also responds to overseas emergencies.

State Representative, Odisha

This job mainly involved relationship management with multiple stakeholders including Government, Non-Government, Private Sector, Academic Institutions and other Development Partners. I represented DFIDI in a variety of forums such as workshops, conferences, donor meetings, sectoral support programs, procurement, etc. The DFIDI programs in the state of Odisha that I supported included the Public Sector Reform Program, Public Enterprise Reform Program, Support to the Poverty Task Force and Poverty Monitoring, The Odisha Civil Society and Poverty Program, Support to the Implementation of the Industrial Resolution Policy, R&R, Capacity Building of PRI‟s, The Health Sector Support Program (including Nutrition and WASH), Odisha Girls Incentive Program, Support to Odisha Climate Change Action Plan, The Reconstruction of Schools Program, The Western Odisha Rural Livelihoods Program, The Odisha Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood Program, Land Rights and the Center for Modernizing Government Initiative. My role involved monitoring the programs and supporting the evaluation of the same, from social, economic and environmental impacts.

I helped the team to develop state assistance plan (2011-15), supported the finalisation of business cases and submission of new proposals on Education and Urban Programs. I organized state aid talks, maintained oversight on implementation using the project cycle management principles and monitored results of all programs. Also, I helped the team to develop project logframes with a strong focus on results and Value for money.

I was responsible for, as program officer, the implementation of the Odisha Civil Society and Poverty Program. I also provided the lead to Govt of India‟s “Call to Action-Child Survival” program in Odisha; facilitated Development Partner‟s coordination to support implementation in 10 high priority districts and liaised with GoO to develop a robust plan of implementation to address gaps in services.

Deakin University, VIC, Australia | 2005-2007
Lecturer in Social Work and Associate Field Educator

Delivered two core social work units Community Development (face to face and distance mode) and Social Work Research (entirely by distance). Prepare the study material for the distance mode delivery of the Community Development Course. I was also involved in the development of a new unit, rural social work. One of my other significant responsibilities was to support both International and Domestic Students on placement, a mandatory requirement for Social Work. For this I had to put in place and formalize/ institutionalise the processes for international student placement in the Social Work Program. I participated in the policy dialogue regarding international field placements by being a member of the Combined Schools of Social Work, an innovative approach to collaborative working for field education in Social Work.

Policy and Strategic Planning Unit (DFID funded), Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Odisha | 1999-2001
Social Development Analyst

I supported decentralized health decision making through the formation and operationalization of Village Health Committees and Block Level Committees. I contributed to the development of Health Vision 2010 and prioritized action plans for the health sector in Odisha. I supported intersectoral coordination initiative by bringing together senior officials from various departments to discuss the issue of health on a single platform. Also identified areas of research and initiated collaborations with other Government and non-government organizations. I supported the replication of success stories from other states in India (keeping in mind local specificities) in terms of improved service delivery with special focus on access and control by women and other disadvantaged groups. As Member of the task force set up by Government of Orissa to review the damage caused to health facilities following the supercyclone of 1999, toured several districts and assessed the extent of damage. I also supported the structural and functional review of the health sector.

Center for Youth and Social Development, Odisha | 1998-1999
Consultant Research Coordinator

I led a team of 15 researchers to all the tribal districts of Orissa and conducted a research entitled „Economic Participation of Women in Orissa – A Need Based Analysis‟ (sponsored by PLAN International) – which has subsequently been published and is being used for policy influencing.

RMIT University, Australia | 1994-1997
Tutor

I tutored in mainly two subjects, research methodology and social work practice and skills. Further delivered guest lectures in a variety of other subjects, such as, postmodernism and its relevance to women from non English speaking backgrounds, on cross cultural practices, on community development and women‟s movements in India and Internationalization of social work. Also did Liaison visits and supervision of students on field work placements.

RMIT University, Intercultural Projects and Resources Center (IPRC), University Office of International Programs | 1996-1997
Program Officer

I supported the formulation and establishment of RMIT International Community Exchange Program (RICE), an exchange program for international students to visit and engage with regional and rural Victoria. This was an immersion program for international students but had great ripple effects for regional and rural Victoria, who had little exposure to persons from varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds. I was also engaged in teaching of intercultural and cross cultural subjects to international students and staff of international division and in various context subjects.

Mahila Samakhya (Indo-Dutch project for women’s empowerment through education), Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India | 1993
Consultant

My primary responsibility was to evaluate the Mahila Samakhya component of Samuday, a Voluntary Organization in the State of Bihar and submit a report. The society of Rusera in Samastipur district was extremely feudal in its structural composition and assessing the impact (benefits) on women (SC and ST) of the Mahila Samakhya program was well worth the exercise.

Voluntary Health Association (Delhi) | 1992-1993
Executive Secretary

I was responsible for planning a program on School Health, its implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Further I organized and delivered a Creche Workers training program and conducted several programs for creating health awareness (studied health seeking behavior of slum dwellers) among slum dwellers in Delhi.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, New Delhi | 1990-1991
Medical Social Worker

I was engaged to manage the „Handicapped Program‟ of UNHCR in India. This involved assessment of various disabilities; planning for treatment and rehabilitation of persons who had been in conflict situations where their physical security was threatened and involved liaising with various Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations. Home visits to the residence of refugees for follow-up were integral to the program. Central to my role was the counseling of disabled persons and their families. I was also responsible for recommending individuals/ families for financial and other assistance where necessary.

Institute of Applied Language Sciences, Mysore | 1988-1989
Coordinator

Following the completion of my MPhil I wanted to take a year off doing things other than my chosen profession. I therefore undertook this job and organized several seminars, workshops and training programs in the field of Social Sciences, which also involved a fair amount of Office administration.

Affiliations

Director, Gram Tarang Inclusive Development Services Pty Ltd
Adjunct Professor, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Member, Governing Body, Bapuji Rural Enlightenment and Development Society (BREDS, an NGO in Andhra Pradesh)
Life Member, Mysore Music Association Life Member, Bhubaneswar Music Circle
Life Member, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)

Training

Government Security Classification, UK Civil Service Mandatory Course Course on Fraud and Corruption, UK Civil Service Mandatory Course
From Managers to Leaders, British High Commission, New Delhi, April 2013
From Managing Self to Managing Others, British High Commission, New Delhi, January 2012 Finance Skills for All, delivered by National School of Government, UK
Climate Change, January 2009, DFID
ABC Professional Writing Course, May 2008
Information and Communication for Development, November 2004, delivered by University of Wolverhampton, UK Training on Program Guidance, November 2004, delivered by Jackie French, DFID London
Leadership Skills Training, August 9-11 2004, delivered by CMPS London Training on Oral Communication, Aug 5-6 2004, delivered by CMPS London
Strategic Communication for Development Programs, Nov 5th to 7th 2003, at London, conducted by the World Bank Training on Accounting and Procurement, June 2 2004 – DFID India.
Management Development Program, Training on Managing Relationships and Diversity, New Delhi, conducted by Sheppard Moscow and Focus Consultants
Project Cycle Management Training, New Delhi, conducted by TDU DFID
Training on „Team Building‟ by Career Track International, USA conducted in Melbourne

Publications

Studies

Smita Mishra Panda, Orlanda Ruthven and Supriya Pattanayak, 2016, Performance, Aspirations, Access and Adaptation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Students of a Private Engineering College in Odisha, World Bank.
Smita Mishra Panda and Supriya Pattanayak, 2017, Study on Immediate Outcomes of Farmers Field and Business School Interventions in Pathways SGP project in Kandhamal and Kalahandi Districts of Odisha, CARE India.

Prof. D.N.Rao

Leadership / Uncategorized January 27, 2020

D. Narsimha Rao has come to Orissa in the year 1989 from IIM Kolkatta campus to work in the drought prone district of Kalahandi. As a student he visited the district to understand the dynamics of drought. Kalahandi hit the national headlines during that time due to the child selling episodes by the drought stricken. He has joined there as a Young Professional, a scheme started by the Rajiv Gandhi government to attract young professionals to work in the development sector.

Since then, he has worked in length and breadth of Orissa with the government, NGOs like Gram Vikas and institutions like XIM Bhubaneswar. He has left XIMB in 2005, to co-found the Centurion Group of Institutes, which have their base in the naxal infested South Orissa region

Prof Narasimha Rao has worked across the core sector in areas of rural development and upliftment. He has been a social advisor on “Project Water” funded by the Indo – Canadian Water Facility.
He has also been the social advisor for the study on establishing baseline for the measurement of socio-economic impact of the power sector reforms in Orissa.
He has been the Project Leader for the project on Mapping Food insecurity areas and identifying families at risk of starvation. (The project was funded by Hunger Foundation and the client was OSDMA, Government of Orissa).
Prof Rao has been the local team leader for the Institutional Analysis and Design study for the “Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project” funded by DFID. During the span of 4 years from 1989-1993, he has managed many development projects aimed at improving the incomes of tribals and other poor people in some of the most backward districts of Orissa.
Prof. Rao has extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation of development sector projects. He was the head of CENDERET, XIMB for 3 years. CENDERET was a resource support institution which at one time used to channelise development funds from 8 international NGOs for projects in Orissa.
Prof. Rao has done consultancy/ worked for the DFID, USAID, World Bank, BfW, CORDAID, ICEF and many other donor funded projects. He has also consulted for many energy services companies such as BSES, Reliance Energy, APTransco, KPTCL and NPCL.
He has also provided his expertise for mining companies like BHP, Australia, Continental Resources, CANADA.
Prof. Rao has played a major role in coordinating the relief and rehabilitation support after the Super Cyclone in Orissa.
He was one of the lead advisors for the micro-privatisation initiative in the power sector in Orissa (partly funded by DFID and partly by BSES), Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and NOIDA. The DFID funded initiative was in the poverty stricken areas of the KBK region. It introduces and works on the concept of community participation in public service delivery mechanism, emanating from the 73rd / 74th Constitution Amendments which was empowering Village Panchayats.
Prof. Rao has worked extensively in the areas of access to energy, water and energy nexus, energy efficiency measures, DSM and other demand side issues in rural power supply. He has experience of promoting non grid solutions especially using solar power.
Prof Rao was well versed in the local language (Telegu, Oriya) which was an important aspect when dealing with Village Panchayats at the local level.
In his present position, he was a co-promoter of the Centurion Group of Institutes which has promoted a host of management and technical institutions in Orissa.

Education

Experience

Training

Education

Names of college/Institution, Dates attended
Indian Institute of Management Kolkatta, India, 1987-1989
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India 1983-1987

Degrees Obtained
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) (IIM – Kolkatta)
Bachelor of Engineering (Osmania University)

Experience

CO-PROMOTER OF CENTURION GROUP OF INSTITUTES;

The group believes in using educational institutions as a local social and economic change hub. The institutes engage with the community with a focus on bringing lasting change in the area of social as well as economic development.
The group is pioneering a unique large scale skill building venture for school drop outs in naxal infested districts of Orissa. The group has promoted a host of special purpose vehicles aimed at skill building, providing escorting services, rural market access services as well as micro finance ventures.
Innovation was the key to all the interventions and the group believes in finding innovative solutions to difficult problems.

Coordinated CENDERET, the development extension wing of XIMB for 3 years

CENDERET works in most of the districts of Orissa in Partnership with NGOs and Panchayat representatives. It mainly concentrates on capacity building. Some of the areas of intervention have been Micro Planning, Enterprise promotion, Self Help groups’ promotion, Joint forest Management interventions with focus on community participation.
He coordinated many national and international research as well as consultancy assignments.
He developed a five stage “empowerment measurement frame work” which was adopted by the NGOs and Mission Shakti of government of Orissa.
Worked with Gram Vikas, a leading NGO for four years in two of the most remote tribal regions of Orissa

Micro – Privatization project in rural power distribution

Prof was one of the Project Directors on this assignment which was implemented in 4500 villages in Orissa (in some of the most under developed areas of the State) and 4500 panchayats of Karnataka. He coined the term “Gram Vidyut Pratinidhi” and along with other colleagues developed the spade work for the electricity franchising policy in India. The model was now incorporated into the national rural electrification policy
The project aims at introduction of performance contracts at the 11 kV feeder level for revenue cycle activity management. The private entrepreneurs will be helped by the Village Electricity Committees in managing the activities at the village level. The project starts with a social intervention and ends in drawing up performance contracts for revenue cycle management at the feeder level.
Typically the intervention for any particular feeder takes about 12 months for implementation. In Karnataka, the project was exploring the arrangements in IP set dominated sections.
It was also exploring the water-energy nexus in these areas. The intervention was partly funded by the electricity utilities and partly by DFID.

Other relevant experience

Joined as a young professional in DRDA, Kalahandi from IIM Kolkatta campus in the year 1989
This was a special initiative of the Government of India to improve project management capabilities of the District Rural Development Agencies. Kalahandi hit the national headlines due to the starvation deaths and child selling cases in 1987. The job mandate included developing interventions that would help improve the incomes of poor people in socially deprived conditions and low market development environment.
Higher Education Link Coordinator for 3 years for the academic link between university of Wales, Bangor, UK and XIMB.
The link’s objective was to promote joint research in the area of self-recording systems for improving productivity in the Indian farming system. The link resulted in a dissemination workshop on the subject.

Names of employing Organization & Title Held

Faculty & coordinator, Xavier Institute of Management, 1996 to 2005
British Chevening Scholar, Small Business Center, Durham Business School, University of Durham, UK, 1995 to 1996
Program manager, Gram Vikas Berhampur, India, 1991 to 1993
Addl. Director (Projects), DRDA, Kalahandi, India, 1989 to 1991

Training

Attended a 3 month course in University of Durham, UK on Building enterprise – 1995
Attended a 9 month course in University of Durham, UK on business incubators – 1995
Attended an 8 week course organized by DSE, Berlin Germany on ZOPP (project planning and management) – 1998
Attended training organized by CORDAID, Netherlands in Bangkok on monitoring and evaluation of projects – 2001

Prof. Mukti Kanta Mishra

Leadership / Uncategorized January 27, 2020

Dr. Mishra in his endeavor to explore entrepreneurial capability, as a Director of Consulting Firm along with three professors had taken over the management of one Engineering College in 2005. The engineering college (Jagannath Institute for Technology & Management (JITM), Paralakhemundi) located in a remote rural area of the poorest district of Orissa, is All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved. At that time, it had seven academic departments and 420 seats, and was faced with reduced intake, poor academic performance and placement problems. Dr. Mishra has taken it as a mission of life and real time personal social responsibility to turn around this college and place it at a national level through qualitative improvement in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

Dr Mishra’s career started in the corporate sector, where he has worked for over 18 years in various positions, the most noteworthy of them being in the Marketing Department at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., India (a fortune 500 MNC), The Industrial Development Corporation of Orissa Limited, India and at Kinhill Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. The responsibilities included branding, strategy, pricing, quality control, CSR issues and finally Industrial Relation problems. This provided an analytical framework and expertise to comprehend the existing problems and issues and anticipate the future threats.

Affiliations

Experience

Publications

Affiliations

Associate Auditor by the Registrar of Certified Auditors, Quality Society of Australasia – an International body for ISO Auditors.
Life member of Quality Society of Australasia
Provisional auditor of the International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA, UK)
Permanent professional member of Indian Chamber of Commerce and also Member of the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industries
Associate Member at the Institute of Directors, New Delhi
Chairman, Governing Board of Orissa State Housing Board, Government of Orissa
Member, Management Committee, Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission

Experience

Jan 2002 till 2004, Was awarded APA Scholarship to pursue PhD in 2002.

Achievements:

The scholarship tenure was for 42 months but Dr. Mishra completed within 24 months which is an exemplary achievement for Victoria University.
The Thesis was passed without any further correction for which the Post-Graduate Research Committee congratulated Dr. Mishra
While pursuing PhD, Dr. Mishra was involved in extensive teaching in International MBA programme
Dr. Mishra was advising the Faculty of Business and Law, VUT in formulating strategy for expansion into ASEAN markets.
October 1997 till 2002, Worked at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Ministry of Petroleum (A Government of India Corporation and fortune 500 Corporation) in the Marketing Division, Bhubaneswar Region as Senior Executive – Marketing for the entire state of Orissa.

Achievements:

Direct supervision of tenders for securing business from various Airlines (Domestic and International Carriers) and Major Industrial Houses (both PSUs and Private sector) and successful negotiation to secure the business
Major procurements for the Corporation and participation in Bids Committee to finalize Vendors for HPCL
Member in the Logistics Committee negotiating Transport Contracts for the entire Oil Industry for three years involving 450 Transport Companies from all over the Country
Formulated marketing strategies as the Leader of various SBUs/ Profit Centres
Marketing of LPG/ CNG in retail consumer trade and entire range of petroleum products for all Industrial Customers and Aviation Sectors following organisational restructuring and segregation of various departments
Branding of HP Products, Consumer Surveys and designing Culture – Customer Sensitive advertisements
Handled legal matters pertaining to consumer cases and civil suits/ cases.
October 1996 to September 1997, Deputy General Manager (Commercial/ Marketing) Industrial Development Corporation of Orissa Limited (IDCOL), a Government of Orissa Conglomerate, India (On Secondment). IDCOL is engaged in production and marketing products such as cement (dry processing), tough iron rod, spun pipe, cable, boiler pipes, jute products, yarns, Ferro chrome /Ferro alloys, pig iron (foundry), and also involved in mining such as chrome ore, limestone, etc. through various units. IDCOL has also a software-developing unit, which develops and markets customized software for various Government units.

Achievements:

Formulated and implemented innovative strategies for marketing of all products including software both in domestic and export market to compete in an increasingly liberal marketing environment as Government protection had been withdrawn in April 1996.
Engaged with export market of cement and chrome ore and import of cooking coke, which are finalised after extensive negotiation both at home and with international agents
Involved in streamlining and simplifying the purchase procedures (major purchases including raw materials) of all units
Implemented ISO 9000 guidelines and principles in various units and ISO certification
Formulated strategies for the operational expansion of various subsidiaries of IDCOL to complement the marketing set up.
Policy Advisory Role: Formulated the first ever attempt to implement a package for VRS to IDCOL employees in 1997.
July 1996 to September 1996, Worked at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, (A Government of India Corporation), Bhubaneswar Region.

Achievements:

Participated in Management Audit, Management Staff Job Description, Organizational Restructuring, ISO 9000 Series implementation, Appraisal System Review and Quality Manual preparation.
July 1995 to July 1996 & April 98 to July 98, Senior Consultant in International Division, Kinhill Engineers Pvt Ltd., Melbourne, Australia (Largest Australian Engineering Consulting Corporation with subsidiaries and associated companies in Asia)

Achievements:

Provided marketing strategies for major infrastructure related projects funded by international financial institutions such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the Australian Agency for International Development now AusAid in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and India.
Provided advice on the company’s expansion policy in the Indian sub-continent and involved in competitive bids for major projects; also carried out socio-economic input and impact analysis. Team member in core negotiation team for Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.
Generated revenue surplus of $ 500k through financial planning and investing excess funds in call money market in Australia for which Kinhill hired Dr. Mishra after he returned to India as a senior consultant in International division on business visa.
December 1987 to July 1995 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL), Ministry of Petroleum, (A Government of India Corporation). Dr. Mishra was a permanent employee in the Marketing Division of HPCL since 1987 during which time held a variety of positions. His roles included administration, formulation of marketing strategies, coordination and taking policy decisions at regional and zonal level for enhancement of HPCL’s market share in retailing and bulk selling.

Achievements:

Ensured continuous and uninterrupted supply of petroleum products to various retailing points and industries throughout India. He has had to develop marketing strategies for petroleum products such as Motor Spirit (87 and 93 octane) (MS), High Speed Diesel (HSD), Furnace oil (FO), Low sulphur High Speed (LSHS) Naphtha, Bitumen, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), all grades of lubricants, commissioning of Retail Outlets, LPG Agencies, Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) Dealerships.
Prepared business plans including forecasting of sales, revenues, costs, discounted cash flow analysis, etc. He was also responsible for developing various innovative ideas in advertising of lubricants.
Merchandised various products in the retail network of HPCL.
Surpassed the targets in the marketing and sales of allied products such as tyres (MRF), batteries (Exide) and accessories (automobile).
Enhanced the market share by 150-200% in each region that he worked in and won over the accounts of many major Government and private multinational organizations in India.
Handled Consumer complaints and all court matters pertaining to the Region he was associated with.
September 1986 to December 1987, Utkal University, Orissa, Dr. Mishra held the position as University Research Scholar in the Post Graduate Department of Analytical and Applied Economics and carried out a study on the “Role of Commercial Banks in the Economic Development of Orissa”. During this period he was extensively involved in teaching Monetary Economics and International Monetary Management to Postgraduate Students. While carrying out the study he interacted with all Public Sector Banks operating in the state of Orissa, various Government Departments, industrial houses and small scale/ cottage industries etc. This was an exploratory qualitative study.

Publications

Mishra M.K, and Chinara M, 2002, Power Sector Reforms in Orissa: Some Reflections, paper presented at the National Seminar on Power Sector Reforms and Human Development in Orissa, Utkal University, Orissa and Research and Information Center of Orissa.
Mishra M. K, 2002, Reforms of Public Institutions and Governance: A conceptual Note, paper presented at the National Seminar on Indian Society in the new Millennium: Socio-Economic-Political and Cultural Issues, Utkal University Bhubaneswar and Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
Mishra M.K, and Armstrong A, 2002, Ethics and Governance Reforms in Public Sector – A Commentary, Paper Presented at the II International Conference on Ethics in Griffith University, Brisbane, International Institute of Ethics and Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics.
Mishra M.K, 2003, Metaphysics of Governance: Business Vs Ethical Issues, Is the dynamics of Governances Contentious?, Paper presented at the Association of Indian Management Schools 15th Annual Convention 2003.
Mishra M.K, and Armstrong A, 2003, Role of Ethics in Governance Reforms: A Public Sector Perspective, Paper published in the Annual Journal of Indian Institute of Public Administration, Vol. XI, 2003, IIPA, New Delhi.
Mishra M.K, 2005, edited the Journal published at the 8th National Conference on e-Governance conducted by the Department of Information Technology and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India.
Mishra M.K. and Armstrong A, 2005, Ethics and Governance in the Public Sector – A Seamless Convergence, Paper published in the 8th National Conference on e-Governance Journal.
Mishra M.K., 2005, Corporate Good Governance and Social Responsibility, A Universal Mystique Reality – Paradigm Shift Required., Paper (Refreed)Presented in 9th International Conference on Marketing and Developments, Athens, Greece.

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January 25, 2020

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Refreshment of any kind shall not be taken inside the library premises.
Arrangement of chairs shouldn’t be disturbed inside the library.
Electronic gadgets like Mobile, Laptop, Tab etc., are allowed for e-learning. However, any disturbance or noise from the gadgets is liable to a fine or cancellation of member ship.
Photocopying of complete books or journals is strictly prohibited as doing such is a deed of violating copyright act.
The library management reserves all right to suspend or withdraw library privileges from any members without any notification.
Each student shall obtain no dues certificate from the librarian when there is officially essential

Circulation Policy:

The identity card itself is a Library membership card, without which books will not be issued
The borrower is only responsible for the books issued against his/her card.
Materials borrowed from the library should be returned on or before the due date; otherwise overdue fine will be charged as per the rule.
Borrowers are instructed to check the books while borrowing; they will be responsible for any type of damage or mutilation noticed at the time of return, unless these are brought to the notice of the Librarian at the time of issue.
The reference books will not be issued to anybody with any circumstances; this has to be referring inside the library only.
Night issued books are to be retuned before 10.30 a.m. of next working day; otherwise late fine will charge as per the library rules.
The librarian may recall any book from any member at any time and the member shall have to return that book immediately
If the books are lost, then the borrower will have to replace the books of the same edition or latest edition or pay twice the cost of the books after getting permission from the librarian. If the lost book is a part of a series or volume set then the user have to replace the total series/ set, along with the overdue fine.
No journals, Magazines will be issued to any user.

Note: We encourage our students, staff, scholars & faculties to have their own books for text; library books are only for reference

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CULTURAL TIES

January 24, 2020

Event brief Bhubaneswar Gurrumul concert KBT edit 17 Nov 2012

Event brief Bhubaneswar Gurrumul concert KBT edit 17 Nov 2012

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STUDENTS SPONSORED FOR HIGHER STUDY

January 24, 2020

VICTORIA JENNIFER HARRISON

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STAFF EXCHANGE

January 24, 2020

Faculty - PhD in Australia

Prof.DN Rao-Ph.D in Deakin University

Prof.Harish Mohanta

Staff Exposure Visits

Exposure Trip 6-16 Oct 2016

Exposure Trip 9-16 December 2016

Exposure Trip 6-17 October 2018

Invitation Swagatika Mohapatra 15 June 2018

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STUDENTS INTERNSHIP

January 24, 2020

Students Internships

Students Internships

RMIT Students

RMIT Students

Pictures and Videos

2020

29^th January 2020-17^th February 2020
- Student List

2019

23 October 2019-03 November 2019

Student List

15 June 2019-5 July 2019

Student List

18 February 2019-22 February 2019

Student List

30 January 2019-18 February 2019

Student List

7 January 2019-21 January 2019

Student List

6 January 2019-21 January 2019

Transformathon 2018

Transformathon Student Guide
Transformathon 18 Judges’ Report and Feedback

2017

16 November 2017- 04 December 2017
- Student List
05 November 2017- 17 November 2017
- Student List

2016

15 November 2016 – 20 February 2017
- Student List
15 November 2016 – 20 February 2017
- Student List

International Short Courses Offered for Australia

TAFE Western Visit

TAFE Western Visit

2017

2014

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PUBLICATIONS IN COLLABRATION WITH AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES

January 24, 2020

Francis, Ronald D. and Mishra, Mukti, 2009,
Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Company Limited, ISBN (13) 978-0-07-015259-5, ISBN (10) 0-07-015259-4
Pattanayak
S, 2009, ‘Name: An Address without a postcode’ in Margaret Kumar,
Supriya Pattanayak and Richard Johnson (eds) Framing my name: Shifting
Educational Boundaries, accepted for publication, Common Ground
Publications.Hawkins, L &Pattanayak S, 2010, Virtual Communication for Field Education Placements in a Global Context In
Jennifer Martin and Linette Hawkins (eds) Information Communication
Technologies for Human Services Education and Delivery: Concepts and
Cases, NY: IGI Global, pp 133-150.

Pattanayak S, 2011, Education of the Scheduled Tribes at the Crossroads in Forum, on line Newsletter of the Deakin UniversityPattanayak S,
2014, Social work practice in India: the challenge of working with
diversity, in Ling How Kee, Jennifer Martin and Rosaleen Ow (eds) Cross
Cultural Social Work: Local and Global, Palgrave Macmillan, Australia

Hawkins L, Martin J, McKay E & Pattanayak S, 2015, Internationalising Social Work Education Using Massive Open Online Courses In
Elspeth McKay and John Lenarcic (eds) Macro Level Learning through
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Strategies and Predictions for the
Future, NY: IGI Global, pp 75-90.

Teaching Experience of 18 years.

Other Professional Experience:

Projects:

CO-PROMOTER OF CENTURION GROUP OF INSTITUTES;

Coordinated CENDERET, the development extension wing of XIMB for 3 years

Micro – Privatization project in rural power distribution

Other relevant experience

Names of employing Organization & Title Held

Jan 2002 till 2004, Was awarded APA Scholarship to pursue PhD in 2002.

Achievements:

Achievements:

Achievements:

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Faculty - PhD in Australia

Staff Exposure Visits

29th January 2020-17th February 2020

23 October 2019-03 November 2019

15 June 2019-5 July 2019

18 February 2019-22 February 2019

30 January 2019-18 February 2019

7 January 2019-21 January 2019

6 January 2019-21 January 2019

16 November 2017- 04 December 2017

05 November 2017- 17 November 2017

15 November 2016 – 20 February 2017

15 November 2016 – 20 February 2017

29^th January 2020-17^th February 2020