He holds a Ph.D in Operations from Symbiosis International University, Pune and MMS, M.Sc(Mathematics) from Utkal University. Prior to joining IMT, he was Assistant Professor at Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management from 2007 to 2016. His teaching interests are Operations Management, Operations Research and Optimization Models. He has received “Best Professor in Operations Management” in 2nd Asia’s Best B-school Awards 2011 presented by CMO Asia at Singapore. His research interests are Operations Management, Project Management, Heuristic Methods and Genetic Algorithm. His research work is published in national and international journals.