Bikram Keshari Pattanaik
Professor, School of Extension and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
Academic Qualifications
- B.A. (Hons.), Economics, First Class with Distinction (62%), Utkal University, 1981;
- Analytical & Applied Economics, First Class (64%), Utkal University, 1983;
- Master in Human Resource Management (MHRM), First Class (62%), Pondicherry (Central) University, 2007;
- PhD, In Economics: “Extension Education & Development of Agriculture – A Micro Study”, Utkal University, Orissa, 1991.
International Awards :
- Distinguished Leadership Award, 1999, American Biographical Institute (ABI), USA;
- Millennium Gold Medal, 2000, American Biographical Institute Inc., North Carolina, USA;
- International Man of the Millennium, International Biographical Centre (IBC), Cambridge, London, United Kingdom;
- 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century, IBC, Cambridge, London, United Kingdom;
- 1000 World Leader of Influence, ABI, USA;
- Bharat Jyoti Award, 2011 by India International Friendship Society.
Academic Experience: 26 years
- National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, (18.05.1989 to 17.11.1991);
- National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi, (February, 1992 to August, 1995);
- Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, (01.09.1995 to 21.02.2009);
- Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 23.02.2009 onwards.
Research Interests
- Health and Family Welfare;
- Panchayati Raj and Rural Development;
- Rural Economic and Social Development;
- Agriculture and Rural Development (Extension Education and Contract Farming);
- Gender Empowerment;
- Development Studies.
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