Gopal Krishna Nayak

Dr. Gopal Krishna Nayak
Born (1960-12-07) 7 December 1960
Brahmapur, Odisha
Residence Bhubaneswar, India
Nationality India
Alma mater IIT Kharagpur, IIM Bangalore
Occupation Director IIIT Bhubaneswar
Spouse(s) Sanjukta Nayak (married 1988)
Children 1
Awards Long Service medals (25 years of service), XIMB

Dr. Gopal Krishna Nayak, Professor of Information Systems at XIMB.[1] He is currently the director of IIIT Bhubaneswar.[2][3] Prof. Nayak is an electrical engineer from IIT Kharagpur with a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from IIM Bangalore. He has done his PhD from IIT Kharagpur under the guidance of Prof. Damodar Acharya who was the Vice-Chancellor of BPUT, Chairman of AICTE and the Director of IIT Kharagpur.[4]

He has worked in companies such as Nelco, Mumbal and NTPC Delhi in fields of Power Electronics Design and Supply Chain Management respectively. He joined XIMB soon after finishing MBA from IIM Bangalore. He taught subjects in Information Systems, Operations Management and Quantitative Analysis. He was responsible for giving a technology focus to the curriculum at XIMB. He held positions of Dean (Academics), Admissions Coordinator, Computing Services Coordinator etc.

When the IIIT in Bhubaneswar started in 2007,[5] He was invited to be the first Director of the Institute. Under his stewardship, this Institute has been growing rapidly in terms of Infrastructure, Programmes being offered and Research.[6]

He is an advisor to the Government of Odisha on all e-Governance projects. He is advisor to the Treasury, Commercial Taxes, IDCO, BDA and many other Odisha Government Initiatives.[7]

Research Interests

Software Development

His hobby is part-time programming. Various products have emerged from this hobby.

Administrative Responsibilities

Present Responsibilities

Former Responsibilities

See also

References

  1. "Faculty Areawise listing XIMB". ximb.ac.in. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. "Governing Body IIIT Bhubaneswar". iiit-bh.ac.in. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. "IIIT-Bhubaneswar proposed to be a university". thehindu.com. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. "Prof. Gopal Nayak's biography". orissalinks.com. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. "IIIT-Bhubaneswar received green signal to start MTech.". orissadiary.com. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  6. "IIIT-B campus to be operational by August". business-standard.com. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  7. 1 2 "INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ODISHA LTD.". idcorissa.com. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  8. "Open Source Academic Information System". ximb.ac.in. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  9. "Inhouse Developed Software Products and Solutions". ximb.ac.in. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Panchyati Raj Department" (PDF). odishapanchayat.gov.in. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  11. "Accounting System in Orissa Panchayats". i4d. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  12. "Rising star, BHUBANESWAR". telegraphindia.com. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

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