Prof. Biswas is known as an institution builder having 42 years’ experience in academics. Before joining Nalanda University, as Visiting Professor, he was Vice Chancellor of Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal. He was founding faculty member of Indian Institute of Forest Management, IIFM, Bhopal, an autonomous institution of the Government of India, (incubated & mentored by IIM, Ahmedabad) where he served for 30 years. He has been the Director of two national-level business schools, namely Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, and Institute for Financial Management & Research, Chennai. He set up a new campus of IFMR Business School at Sricity (Now known as Krea University).. He has been the Founding Vice Chancellor of Skyline University, Nigeria. He was also Dean at IMT Ghaziabad, a premier business school of the country. He served as Senior Advisor of New York Institute of Finance, India.
Prof Biswas has led several institutions for national and international accreditation, like AACSB, SAQS & NBA. He is well-versed with regulatory institutions, having worked with both government & private sector institutions. To his credit, he has completed 55+ research projects, published 58 research papers, and 6 books. He had consulting assignments with the World Bank, ADB, JICA, SIDA, UN agencies & several other international agencies and both the Government of India and State Governments. His research focus areas are: public policy, rural finance, corporate social responsibility & sustainability, ESG, social entrepreneurship, micro finance and livelihoods, development management, civil society & NGO management, and participatory management.
He holds Master’s Degree in Sociology (JNU, Delhi) & Ph. D in Sociology (Utkal University). He has several certifications on Development Management and member of several national and international professional institutions. He has been awarded extensively for his leadership in academics and research activities. His academic journey is characterised by thoughtful leadership, field based research, institutional development, capacity building and a lifelong commitment to social and environmental progress through management education. He continues to shape contemporary development thinking, research and professional practice at national and international level.

Ph. D in Sociology (Utkal University)