He has corporate experience of over 21 years primarily in banking. He has worked in the areas of Branch Banking, Corporate Banking, Government Business and Strategy. He is an Electrical Engineer, an alum of XIM-Bhubaneswar and has a PhD in Management. His areas of interests are Economics, Banking, Finance, Sustainability and History. He has a book to his credit, considers himself a story-teller too and is on the board of a defence startup. An accomplished academic professional with a strong track record in teaching, research and leadership; he has successfully delivered 9 courses spanning Finance and General Administration to BBA and PGDM students. He has demonstrated scholarly excellence with published articles in prestigious Scopus & ABDC indexed journals, besides few book chapters and regularly appears in academic Conferences. He is an active reviewer of articles for multiple journals. He is a passionate advocate for entrepreneurship, research, blogging, AI and quizzing within the student community. He promotes collaboration in research initiatives among peers and students. He has published few papers which are in collaboration with his students and scholars across the globe. He takes pride in fostering a culture of learning among students and dreams of making them better corporate citizens & entrepreneurs of tomorrow’s Bharat.