Gopal Krishna Nayak

Dr. Gopal Krishna Nayak was professor of information systems at XIMB.[1]

Gopal Krishna Nayak
Born (1960-12-07) 7 December 1960
Brahmapur, Odisha
NationalityIndia
Alma materIIT Kharagpur, IIM Bangalore
OccupationDirector IIIT Bhubaneswar
Spouse(s)Sanjukta Nayak (married 1988)
Children1
AwardsLong Service medals (25 years of service), XIMB

He is currently the director of IIIT Bhubaneswar.[2][3]

Nayak is an electrical engineer from IIT Kharagpur with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IIM Bangalore. He earned his PhD from IIT Kharagpur under the guidance of Professor Damodar Acharya, who was the vice-chancellor of BPUT, chairman of AICTE and the director of IIT Kharagpur.[4]

He has worked in companies such as Nelco, Mumbal and NTPC Delhi in fields of power electronics design and supply chain management respectively. He joined XIMB soon after finishing MBA from IIM Bangalore. He taught subjects in information systems, operations management and quantitative analysis. He was responsible for giving a technology focus to the curriculum at XIMB. He held positions of dean (academics), admissions coordinator, computing services coordinator etc.

When the IIIT in Bhubaneswar started in 2007,[5] he was invited to be the founding Director of the institute. Under his stewardship, this institute has grown rapidly in terms of infrastructure, programmes being offered and research.[6]

He is an advisor to the Government of Odisha on all e-Governance projects. He is advisor to the Treasury, Commercial Taxes, IDCO, BDA and many other Odisha government initiatives.[7]

Research interests
  • ERP and enterprise systems
  • Group decision support systems
  • Knowledge management
  • e-governance

Software development

His hobby is part-time programming. Various products have emerged from this hobby.

  • Mandaar University Management System (M-UMS)– This is an ERP system for institutes of higher learning. It covers all aspects of an managing an institute including academics, accounting, payroll, HR, library, hostels etc.[8][9]
  • PAMIS – Project-based accounting system. This software has been adopted by the Panchyati Raj Department of Government of Odisha and is used to manage accounts of three tier panchayat system : 30 DRDAs, 314 Blocks, and above 6000 Panchyats.[10][11]

Administrative responsibilities

Present responsibilities
  • Director, IIIT Bhubaneswar[12]
  • Vice-President, BMMA
  • Technology Adviser (XIMB)
  • Director, IDCOL software Limited[7]
  • Director, OCAC
  • Adviser, Panchyati Raj Department, Govt of Orissa[10]

Former responsibilities
  • Director, KIIT 2005–2006
  • Dean, academic, XIMB 1999–2002
  • Coordinator, Admissions, XIMB 1995–1999
  • Coordinator, Information Systems Area, XIMB 1994–2002
  • General Chair ICIT 2008

See also

References
  1. "Faculty Areawise listing XIMB". ximb.ac.in. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. "Governing Body IIIT Bhubaneswar". iiit-bh.ac.in. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. "IIIT-Bhubaneswar proposed to be a university". thehindu.com. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. "Prof. Gopal Nayak's biography". orissalinks.com. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. "IIIT-Bhubaneswar received green signal to start MTech". orissadiary.com. 4 August 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  6. "IIIT-B campus to be operational by August". business-standard.com. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  7. "INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ODISHA LTD". idcorissa.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  8. "Open Source Academic Information System". ximb.ac.in. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  9. "Inhouse Developed Software Products and Solutions". ximb.ac.in. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  10. "Panchyati Raj Department" (PDF). odishapanchayat.gov.in. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  11. "Accounting System in Orissa Panchayats". i4d. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  12. "Rising star, Bhubaneswar". telegraphindia.com. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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