Advisor Board

H.K. Behera (Retd. GM - Union Bank & President - Odisha Corporate Foundation)

Mr. H.K. Behera was retired as General Manager at Union Bank. He has more than 40 years of experience in banking and financial market. He has demonstrated his excellent leadership and holds many key positions within the bank. Mr. Behera had successfully managed many important and critical projects with PAN India network. He is currently the President of Odisha Corporate Foundation (OCF) and President of Bankers Club of Odisha (OBC). Under his leadership OCF is now a leading non profit organization not only creating a large odia entrepreneurs network but also grooming and nurturing the odia entrepreneurs / start-up to grow as unicorns.

Mr. D.P Dhal (Retd. IAS)

Mr. Dhal retired as Jt. Secretary from Govt. of Odisha after serving more than 30 years. He was also more than 10 years private secretary to the CMO. He has worked in the Govt. in various departments and had played a key role in implementing new programs launched by the Govt. Of Odisha. He had an excellent track record in the Govt. and he had also served as Chairman of Odisha Staff Selection Commission after his retirement for 4 years.

Mr. Brahmananda Mishra (Retd. GM - Sail & President - Utkal Chamber of Commerce & Industry)

Mr. Mishra is an exceptional technocrat, an outstanding organizer, an inspiring leader and an astute crisis manager. In his 27 year old career in SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant, He won the Jawahar Award for the year 2004, the highest award for executives of SAIL. He is the Chairman of Bait Logitech Pvt. Ltd. He received a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCE, Burla and M.Tech from NIT, Rourkela. He was elected as the president of UCCI (Utkal CHamber of Commerce & Industry) for consecutive two terms from 2020 to 2024.

Mr. Bimal Krushna Mishra (Chief Strategy - Welspun Group)

He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from UCE, Burla and done his MBA in HR & Marketing from XIMB, Bhubaneswar. He was Sr. Vice President of RSB Metaltech Pvt. Ltd. and was heading the upcoming Integrated Aluminum Project in Odisha. He has a long work experience with Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corporation, Ortel Communications, Mesco Steels, Cummins India and Jackson. He is now appointed as the chief of strategy of Welspun Group for their upcoming project in Odisha.

Mr. Debasis Ray (Managing Director - Odyssey Advance Telematics Systems)

Mr. Debasis holds BE in Electronics Engineering and PGDBM from XIMB. He is the CEO and Managing Director of Odyssey Advance Telematics Systems (OATS), a well known name in the Telecom domain since 1993. He has vast experience in Integrated Telecom Project Management from basic Telephony, Radio Telephony, VSAT, GSM, WiLL, CDMA, 3G, 4G LTE installations, Optical Fiber Networking, O&M services for BSNL, Reliance & Airtel.