KISS Deemed to be University appointed distinguished academicians, including former and sitting Vice-Chancellors, as Emeritus Professors in its academic fraternity. They guide and advise the institution in innovative research to achieve national and international recognition.
Prof. Asoka Kumar Das
Professor Emeritus
Vice-Chairperson, Odisha State Higher Education Council
Former Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University
He is former Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University, and currently the Vice Chairperson of Odisha State Higher Education Council.
He was “Distinguished Scientist” and Head of the Laser and Plasma Technology Division in BARC and a preeminent associate with DRDO, ISRO, HBNI, Mumbai University and the University of Pune.
Prof Das has been on the Advisory Committee of DST, Chairman of Planning Committee for Plasma schools
Chairman of Program advisory committees of SERB, DST and BRNS.
Prof. Atanu Kumar Pati
Professor Emeritus
Executive Member, Odisha State Higher Education Council
Former Vice-Chancellor, G M University
At the present executive member of Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha and the State Pollution Control Board, Odisha.
An alumnus of BHU and Professor of Bioscience, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur,
Prof Pati is well-known for his pioneering research in Human Chronobiology and his outstanding contribution to the scientific knowledge of Animal Behavior.
He has been Council Member of the World Federation of Societies of Chronobiology, Japan, and the International Society of Subterranean Biology, Paris [2004-2012].
He has to his credit a bright track record of academic leadership.
Prof. Kamal K. Misra
Professor Emeritus
Former Vice-Chancellor of the Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar.
He was Professor of Anthropology and Dean, School of Social Sciences at the Central University of Hyderabad.
Prof Mishra was Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship in the UK, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence in the USA, Research Associate at the University of Bergen, Norway.
For his academic distinction, Prof Mishra was the recipient of the Sarat Chandra Roy Memorial Medal by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata.
He assumed many prestigious positions, namely that of Director of National Museum of Mankind, Bhopal, and also the Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata.
He was appointed member of the High-Level Committee to prepare a status report on the Scheduled Tribes of India. He had represented Govt. of India at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, several times.
Prof. Akhil Bihari Ota, IAS (Retd)
Professor Emeritus
Director and Special Secretary SCSTRTI and Odisha State Tribal Museum
Former Vice-Chancellor, North Odisha University
Former Vice-Chancellor of North Orissa University.
Currently, Prof Ota is Director and Special Secretary SCSTRTI and Odisha State Tribal Museum.
He combines the scholarship of academic and administrative acumen of a bureaucrat, for he was a professor as well as an IAS officer.
He has also wide experience of working with UNWFP, UNICEF, the World Bank and UNDP as an Anthropologist and as a Resettlement and Rehabilitation Expert.
Prof. Padmaja Mishra
Professor Emeritus
Former Vice-Chancellor Ramadevi University (first Women’s University of Odisha).
She was a renowned Professor of Economics, Dean of Social Sciences and Director of Women Studies Centre at Utkal University.
Scholar and researcher of outstanding stature in the areas of Public Economics and Development Economics, Prof Mishra was a Commonwealth Scholar University of East Anglia, World Bank-India Fellow at University of Maryland and South Asian Research Fellow of Social Science Research Council, New York.
She has been invited as visiting Professor to Calcutta University, Andhra University, JNU and TERI University, New Delhi.
Prof. Gopal Krishna Panda
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Geography, Utkal University.
Prof Panda has been the UGC Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, ICSSR.
He was also Visiting Fellow of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine of Liverpool University on the British Council Fellowship and visiting faculty to Minnesota State University.
He has won many prestigious prizes and received many honours for outstanding research in the field of environment.
He has worked for many national and international agencies like WHO, UNDP, DFID and public sector organisations like Odisha State Pollution Control Board and Odisha State Disaster Management Authority.
He has done noteworthy research and consultancy for Population Research Center, National Health Mission and population Survey the governments of Odisha and India.
Prof. Jatindra Kumar Nayak
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor, Utkal University. Educated at Ravenshaw College and Merton College, Oxford.
Prof Nayak had a brilliant teaching career. His pre-eminence as a translator has been recognized worldwide.
His English translations of classic Odia novels have been published by the University of California Press, Oxford University Press and Penguin books.
He received the KATHA Translation Award and the Hutch-Crossword Book Award in 2004.
He was Visiting Professor at the Department of English Jadavpur University, and the department of English at, the University of Delhi.
A volume titled Critical Discourse in Odia, which he has co-edited will be published by Routledge in November this year.
He was a member of the Tagore Commemoration Committee, Department of Culture, Government of India and Member, Raja Ram Mohun Ray Library Foundation, Government of India in 2013-2016. At present, he is a member of, the English Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi.
In November 2017, he visited Israel as a member of a delegation of Indian writers. He edits margASIA, a journal devoted to showcasing Asian literature and culture. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Sahitya, an online journal, brought out by the Comparative Literature Association of India.
Prof. Ranjan Bal
Professors Emeritus
Former Professor of Commerce at Utkal University.
Prof Bal has been a prominent alumnus of Ravenshaw College, Utkal University and IIM-Ahmedabad.
He has, to his credit, authorship of 7 books and over 83 articles.
Prof Bal has won the distinction of being the President of the Indian Accounting Association, Member for Formulation of Higher Education Policy of Government of Odisha, NAAC Peer Team and various other such bodies.
He has undertaken academic development projects for economically backward and autistic students. He has also received many awards, including IAA Research Foundation, Kolkata, and has been honoured as the ‘Most Inspiring Personality in Interview Times, 2017.
Prof. Nirmal Chandra Dash
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor, FM University.
Anthropologist by training and a Specialist in Population Studies, Prof. Das has varied experience as an academic and researcher in many institutions of great repute.
He has been the Government of India Fellow of the International Institute for Population Sciences and research associate in projects run by ICSSR, OXFAM, UNDP etc.
Prof. Jagannath Lenka
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Economics, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University
Member, Staff Selection Commission, who has made a name for himself in teaching, research and academic administration.
Prof. Sarat Chandra Panigrahi
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Philosophy, Utkal University.
Prof Panigrahi is a specialist in Buddhist and Jain Philosophy.
He has been a member of the All Odisha Philosophy Association and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.
He has been honoured by the Banaras Hindu University and Vishwa Bharati University, Shantiniketan.
Prof. Smarapriya Mishra
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Hindi, Ravenshaw University.
She has carved a niche for herself as a well-known litterateur and critic in Hindi literature and also the author of many textbooks, with many honours accorded to her by cultural and literary bodies from various parts of the country.
Prof. Swarnamayee Tripathy
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Public Administration at Utkal University
Prof Tripathy is a specialist in the field of Gender Studies and Development Administration.
She has been an associate of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, Institute of Public Policy Studies and Research and Development Research Institute, and has presented research papers at the World Congress in Political Science at Brisbane and Lisbon.
Prof. Namita Mohanty
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Psychology at Utkal University.
She has expertise in the field of mental health of young and elderly people.
She has been associated with OXFAM, UNICEF and has been a member of OPSC.
She has also served NCERT as a Subject expert and consultant.
Prof. Bana Bihari Mishra
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Education, Mizoram University.
Apart from a distinguished teaching career, he has research expertise in the fields of Teacher Education, Pedagogy of Education, Environmental Education and Human Rights.
Prof Mishra is a life member of the All India Association of Educational Research, the Council of Analytical Tribal Studies and Mizoram Education Foundation.
Prof. Bijoy Kumar Satapathy
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Odia at Ravenshaw University.
Well-known teacher and critic in Odia literary studies, Prof Satapathy has also won the distinction of being a member of Odisha Sahitya Academy and Fellow, Ministry of Human Resource and Development.
Prof Brahmananda Satapathy
Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Sanskrit and Distinguished Scholar of Sanskrit Literary Studies