MBA, PhD, (Common wealth Scholar), (Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia)
Former Marketing Professor & Placement Co-ordinator, XIMB Adjunct Professor, MDI, (Gurgaon) & BIMETCH (Gr. Noida), India
Adjunct Professor, Victoria University, Australia
Country Advisor (India), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

(Commonwealth Scholar) MBA, PhD in Management from Victoria University, Melbourne with 25 years experience in Oil and consulting industries, entrepreneurship and academics. Currently holds Adjunct Professor position in Victoria University, RMIT University Australia, MDI – Gurgaon and BIMTECH - Noida. He is an independent director in PSUs and Governor Nominee to the Syndicate of various universities in the State of Orissa. Profile of Dr. Mukti Kanta Mishra

BE, PGDM (IIM-Calcutta)
British Chevening Scholar
Managing Trustee-Cum-Director, Centurion Group of Institutes
Former Marketing Professor & Co-ordinator-CENDRET, XIMB

PGDM IIM – Kolkata and British Chevening Scholar. He is presently the Managing Trustee of CSREM Trust. He was the founder of the Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar - Consultancy Wing. He was a consultant to several international organizations like GTZ, DFID and national state government organizations in the states of Orissa, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Marketing area head at XIMB and Board Member of organizations like Udyog Vikas-Orissa and BREDS-Pathapatnam. Profile of Prof. D. N. Rao

B.Com (Utkal), PGDM (IIM Ahmedabad)
British Chevening Scholar
Programme Director, Centurion Group of Institutes
Former Senior Professor in Marketing, XIMB

Prof. Govindrajan worked with the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar as senior faculty for Marketing from 1989 to 2005 and was Director, IBAT School of Management from 2005 to 2006 before joining Praxis Business School as Dean. He has worked in the industry for six years and this includes stints at Pricewaterhouse Coopers and MAA Bozell. He has been a visiting faculty at XLRI, Jamshedpur since 1995.

Dr Ron Harper is the Director External Interface of JITM. He was a Senior Executive in the Education and Publishing industries. Background includes board level management and marketing experience in large enterprises, with profit centre responsibilities.

He is an Analytical and lateral thinker, with proven effective leadership attributes and having reputation as a visionary strategic planner and effective change agent. Dr Harper was a High profile seniour executive with Addison Wesley Longman, Longman Cheshire, Open Learning Australia and RMIT.