Dr. Suresh Chandra Bihari - Director, Institute of Banking and Management Training, Bhubaneswar Dr. Bihari has 36 years experience in industry and academics which includes 18 years teaching experience. He has organised 20 management development programmes which are widely acclaimed among industry circles. Through these programmes, he has trained about 500 bankers from all over the country. He has written 25 books in various areas of management including A Handbook on Banking Management, Carrying a Foreword from The Chairman, Indian Banks Association. He has total publications of more than 100 in various international and national journals of repute. He is the consulting editor of the ICFAI University Press Journal of Bank Management since 2012. A post-graduate in Humanities, Journalism, Banking, Management, PMIR, Training and a graduate in law. He got his doctorate in Management 10 years ago and is presently pursuing his post-doctorate (D.Litt.) in management. He received Micro (2011) and Macro (2009-10) research awards from Indian Institute of Banking and Finance and has received research award from IFHE Deemed University for working on the effectiveness of Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana in the state of Telangana. For the academic year 2013-14, he received the Best Teacher Award for overall excellence of IFHE Deemed University of which IBS, Hyderabad is a constituent. 2015 — He organised - 11th International Conferences on Business and Finance at IBS Hyderabad on 8-9, January, as Conference Chair. 2016 — Worked as a Member of a Panel to promote executives of a large public sector bank to the Senior Management Grade at the request of the bank.