Prof. Bibhu Prasad Routray has completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering in 1986 and M.Tech. in Hydraulic & Irrigation Engineering in during 1992 from VSSUT, Burla (formerly known as UCE, Burla). He has served the Department of Soil Conservation as Assistant Engineer during up to 1991, then subsequently served the Department Housing and Urban Development, Govt. of Odisha in different capacity up to 2021. After superannuation, he worked as the state consultant in Voltas Ltd (a TATA venture) till September 2024 and subsequently worked as the consultant with “Autograph Ventures LLP” since October 2024.
He is now continuing as Professor of Practice at IIMT, Bhubaneswar.
Prof. Jayadev Kar received his B.Sc Engg. (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering) with HONOURS from UCE, Burla (at present VSSUT) in 1987 and M. Tech in Computer Science (Image Processing) and Ph.D. from Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar in the year 2006. He was a former Professor, MCA and Dean at Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar.
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. Dr. Kar is the co-author of 9 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. Prof. Kar 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 of Interscience Institute of Management & Technology.