Prof. Achyuta Samanta is the founder of  KIIT School of Management KIIT University Bhubaneswar. KSOM is led by Prof. Suva Mohanty, Director of KIIT School of Management (KSoM). Dr Mohanty received his PhD from the University of Reading in England and was awarded prestigious GRiSP scholarship from CGIAR to pursue his PhD in Applied Economics and Marketing at the University of Reading. He did his MBA at the University of Wisconsin in the United States. In addition, he completed courses in material management in Stuttgart, Germany.  In the past, he has worked for various companies such as Firstlogic Inc., Welshire Capital LLC, AlliedSignal (Honeywell Inc.) and AES-CESCO in the United States and India.  Prof. Mohanty teaches Marketing Research & Analytics, Retail Management, and Consumer Behavior. Before joining KSoM, Prof. Mohanty was the HDFC Chair, Associate Dean-Administration and Chairperson of Marketing Department at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). He was a consultant to CGIAR for projects such as “Understanding Behavioral Drivers of food Change in Eastern India” and “Investment Game Application for Farmers in Odisha”. Currently, he is engaged in a CGIAR led transnational study titled “Transforming Agri-Food System in South-Asia”.

KSOM faculty is drawn from industry or are Ph.D. Over half the faculty are drawn from institutions such as IIMs, IITs, TISS, MDI, XLRI and other premier institutes. More than 100 corporate interactions (conclaves, seminars, webinars, conferences, guest lectures) are conducted every year.