Prof. (Dr.) Jayadev Kar, PhD,
Director, I.I.M.T, Bhubaneswar

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JAYADEV KAR (Member IEEE) was born in 1965. He received B.Sc Engg. (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering) with HONOURS from UCE, Burla (at present VSSUT) in 1987, MBA in Personnel & Marketing in 1990 from Utkal University, LLB in 1995(UU) and M. Tech in Computer Science (Image Processing) from Fakir Mohan University, Balasore in 2009. He obtained Ph.D. (MIS &HR) degree from Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar in 2006. He was a former Professor, MCA and Dean, PGDM in Regional College of Management, Chakadolavihar, Bhubaneswar, the oldest Management College of the state (Odisha). He was the former Technical Head of Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar, the only R & D Institute of Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha. He has guided many Ph.D. Theses. He has over 20 papers in National Journals and conferences. Dr. Kar is the co-author of 9(nine) books for Vocational Education in the area of Basic Foundation Course, Repair & Maintenance of Radio & TV Engineering and Electrical Engineering Maintenance including Basic Foundation Courses. Prof. Kar is having 37 years of experience dealing with academics, curriculum development, administration, examination, end-to-end management. Dr. Kar is a versatile academic leader with an extensive multidisciplinary background in Engineering, Human Resource Development, Computer Science, Management and Law. Ph.D. in HRD with a specialization in MIS & HR, complemented by 34 years of leadership at a Government Institution(Planetarium), demonstrating exceptional capacity to manage, innovate and educate across various levels. Dr. Kar has conducted thousands of outreach programmes. He is passionate about student-centred curriculum design, informed by ongoing study of student psychology, observational methods, and adaptive pedagogy, contributing better outcomes and institutional growth. Currently, he is working as Director in Interscience Institute of Management & Technology, Kantabada, Bhubaneswar-752054, the state of art in STEM.