Faculty

Sunil Shukla

Director General
Ph.D. (Psychology)

Dr. Sunil Shukla, possesses more than three decades of experience in entrepreneurship development.

Pravir Krishna IAS (Retd.)

Senior Adviser
MA ( Economics)

A former IAS Officer, Mr. Krishna, has held a wide spectrum of positions with the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh & Govt, of India

Harkesh Mittal

Senior Adviser
B.Sc Dairy Technology, PGDMA

Alumnus of National Dairy Research Institute and IIM Ahmedabad, Shri Harkesh Mittal, Former Adviser

Raman Gujral

Professor & Director- Dept. of Projects- Corporate & Regional Director- Southern Regional Office
Ph.D. (Commerce)

Has around 32 years of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship Development with expertise...

Satya Ranjan Acharya

Professor & Director - Dept. of Entrepreneurship Education
Ph.D. (Economics), MBA, MFC

Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya is a National Teacher’s Awardee 2023. His extensive experience in teaching...

Amit Kumar Dwivedi

Associate Professor and In-Charge-Dept.of Projects (Government) & Northern Regional Office
M.Com, PhD (Commerce)

Has over 19 years of teaching & research experience. He is a National Team Member of the GEM India...

Pankaj Bharti

Associate Professor
Ph.D. (Psychology)

Has over 24 years of teaching and research experience. Specialises in Social Psychology, Organisational Behaviour and Research Methods.

Prakash Solanki

Associate Professor and In-Charge-Western Regional Office
Ph.D. (Sociology), M.A. (Sociology), LL.M. (Labour Law), B.Sc. (Chem), PGD PPT, PGD BM, PGD RD.

Specialises in conducting projects /programmes for New Enterprise Creation and Capacity Building of...

Rajesh Gupta

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Management)

A business management professional with more than 2 decades of work experience in industry and development sector.

Baishali Mitra

Assistant Professor & Coordinator - Dept. of Policy Advocacy, Knowledge & Research
Ph.D. (English) M.A. (English), M.A. (Linguistics)

Dr. Baishali Mitra is an educator in the field of Strategic Communication and Corporate Communication

Rajeev Sharma

Assistant Professor & Coordinator - Dept. of Business Development Services & National Outreach
Ph.D. (Industrial Economics)

Possesses more than 19 years of experience in academics including 9 years in the development sector

A. L. N. Prasad

Assistant Professor
M.B.A, PG Dip PMIR&LW

Has over 25 years of experience in the fields of Entrepreneurship Development, Greenfield Project

Anjani K Singh

Faculty
Ph.D. (Social Entrepreneurship)

A noted academician, he has held positions at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow and Amity Business School

Samit Kumar

Faculty
BSc (Agriculture); MBA (Agribusiness Management)

Mr. Samit Kumar has over 16 years of work experience. He has a blend of expertise from both the corporate and development sectors

Suneel Sharma

Faculty
PhD (FinTech), Post Doctorate Certificate in Academic Practice (CAP), PG Entrepreneurship, MSc(Tech) IT, Engineering, Humanities

An alumnus of BITS Pilani, IIM Bangalore and Lancaster University, UK.,

P N Srivastava

Assistant Professor
M. Com

Possesses over 33 years of experience in providing training inputs and conducting various entrepreneurship related programmes across sections and sectors

Raman Jee

Assistant Professor
Master of Public Systems Management (Energy),
BE (Computer Science)

Possesses 13 years of experience in working with government, corporates, and social organizations.

Sivan Ambattu

Assistant Professor
PGDRD, MSW

A versatile professional in the field of entrepreneurship and project management. Developed strong linkages with state government, national, and international

Lalit Arora

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Finance); MBA (Finance)

Dr. Arora possesses over 19 years of experience as an industry professional and an academician. He has handled prestigious industry

Abdul Razak

Associate Faculty
Post Doc (Entrepreneurship), Ph.D. (Management) MBA (Finance), PGDIPR, PGDTIL, PGDCL, UGC-NET (2 Times), AP-SET, BBM

Dr. Abdul Razak has over 14 years for experience in the Industry and Academia.

Nimita Pandey

Associate Faculty
Postdoc – STI Policy, PhD – Science Policy, MPhil – Science Policy, MBA – Marketing, B.A. – Economics Honours

Dr. Nimita Pandey has around 6 years of rich experience in teaching and policy research.

Ananthavalli Ramesh

Associate Faculty
Ph. D., (Technology Management), M.S. (by Research) (IITM), B.E., (NITT).

Dr. Ananthavalli Ramesh boasts a rich background with over 15 years of expertise in industry and academia.

Bishnu Prasad Panda

Assistant Professor
M.A. (Economics), LLB, MBA (Financial Management), CSWA (TISS)

He possesses over 35 years of experience in Micro-Finance, Micro-Enterprise Promotion, Livelihood

Gopal Kumar Roy

Assistant Professor
B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Executive MBA

An engineer, management consultant, start-up evangelist and a trainer, Mr. Roy holds more than 9...

T.A.Nikita

Assistant Professor
C.A., M.Phil (Commerce)

A teacher in the areas of Accounting, Costing, Management Accounting, Taxation and Finance.

Rinku Das

Assistant Faculty
Ph.D in Management from NIT Silchar

Dr. Das is a seasoned professional with more than 8 years of project management and implementation experience.

Zahoor Ahmad Paray

Assistant Faculty
Fellowship Programme in Management, M. Phil. (Economics)

An academician and researcher with 8 years of experience, Mr. Paray's areas of specialization

Bhaskar Jyoti Saud

Assistant Professor
PhD (Zoology), MPhil (Zoology), M.Sc. PG Diploma in Computer Application, Certificate course in GIS Application (ArcGIS 9.3)

A research and consulting professional with over 19 years of experience in Livelihood & Cluster

Eesha Singh

Assistant Professor
Ph.D - Finance (pursuing),MBA. LLB, M.Com, B. Com. Faculty Development Course Professional Competency Course (ICAI)

With over 14+ years of experience in Industry, Statutory Audit and Consultancy, specializing in Finance, ...

Ganapathi Batthini

Senior Librarian
MLISc

A library and information science professional, with over three decades of experience, he heads EDII's library and information centre.

Visiting Faculty

Mayank Upadhyay

Distinguished Visiting Faculty
ACWA

Specialises in the areas of finance, management accounting, project planning and strategic management

J B Patel

Distinguished Visiting Faculty
B.Sc. (Chemistry), B.Sc.(Chemical Technology)

Over three decades of experience in the areas of business opportunity identification, project formulation

Shailesh Modi

Sr. Visiting Faculty
PGDBA

A practising management consultant with a multi disciplinary work record.

Piyush Kumar Sinha

Senior Visiting Professor
Ph.D. (Management)

Dr. Piyush Sinha has previously served on deputation from the Government of India as Advisor

P. G. Makhija

Senior Visiting Faculty
PhD (Entrepreneurship), M.Com., LL.B. A.C.S.

He has industry experience of over 40 years, including 18 years in the top-management

Bhasker Jani

Visiting Faculty
B.E. (Electronics and Communication)

A practitioner with over 40 years of experience in initiating and successfully managing various industries

Senior Project Leader & Livelihood Expert

Raj Vashisth

Senior Project Leader
Bachelor of Fashion Technology

Backed with experience of over 7 year, NIFT alumnus, Mr. Vashisth has worked in the Industry, Government ...

Sheeba Roberts

Livelihood Expert
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Journalism & Mass Communication, Master of Mass Communication & Journalism, Master of Social Work, Executive- MBA.

An alumna of IIM Raipur, with over 16 years of experience in the development sector,...

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