About

• (Founding Vice Chancellor, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai)
• Formerly Professor of Eminence (Law), Registrar, DSNLU, Visakhapatnam
• Formerly Director, KIIT School of Law, Bhubabneswar,
• Formerly Chair Professor Human Rights Law, KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar

Qualifications

• LL.D, Berhampur University

• Ph.D (Law), Berhampur University

• M.L (Criminal Law and Administration), Andhra University

• M.A (Politics), Andhra University

• B.Sc (Physics Honours), Berhampur University

Designation

• Chair Professor – Human Rights

• KIIT School of Law, KIIT University

• Institute of Eminence (Recognised by HRD Ministry, Government of India)

• Campus–16, Patia, Bhubaneswar – 751024, Odisha

• Email: director@kls.ac.in

• Mobile: +91 9937220261

Current Address

• 501, Rajalakshmi Residency

• Eastpoint Colony, Visakhapatnam – 530017, Odisha

• Email: bppanda2017@gmail.com

• Mobile: +91 7045353877

• Mobile: +91 9437358241

Alternate Address

• Bhavani Prasad Panda

• B-110, Mahodadhi Enclave

• Near Gachho Kali Mandir

• Puri – 752001, Odisha

Date of Birth

• 20 January 1955

Parents

• Father: Binayak Panda

• Mother: Subhashini Panda

Languages Known

• English

• Hindi

• Oriya

• Telugu

Educational Citations

LL.B

• Lingaraj Law College, Berhampur, Orissa

• Year of Admission: 1976

• Year of Passing: 1979

• Award: Gold Medal

M.L (Criminal Law & Administration)

• Andhra University

• Year of Admission: 1980

• Year of Passing: 1987

Ph.D (Law)

• Berhampur University

• Year of Admission: 1990

• Year of Passing: 1994

LL.D (Law)

• Berhampur University

• Year of Admission: 1997

• Year of Passing: 2006

M.A (Politics)

• Andhra University

• Year of Admission: 1980 (Private Studies)

• Year of Passing: 1983

Diploma in Corporate Laws and Secretarial Practice

• Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi

• Year of Admission: 1983

• Year of Passing: 1984

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Professional Experience

Lecturer

• NBM Law College

• Visakhapatnam – 530002

• Tenure: 10 March 1988 – 3 October 1994

Principal

• NBM Law College

• Visakhapatnam – 530002, Andhra Pradesh

• Tenure: 1 April 1989 – 3 October 1994

Senior Lecturer

• M.S. Law College, Utkal University

• Cuttack, Orissa

• Tenure: 7 October 1994 – 13 September 1996

Reader

• Post-Graduate Department of Law, Berhampur University

• Berhampur – 760007, Orissa

• Tenure: 14 September 1994 – 13 January 2000

Associate Professor (On lien from Berhampur University)

• The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

• Kolkata

• Tenure: 14 January 2001 – 17 October 2001

Reader

• Post-Graduate Department of Law, Berhampur University

• Berhampur – 760007, Orissa

• Tenure: 18 October 2001 – 13 September 2004

Head of the Department

• Post-Graduate Department of Law, Berhampur University

• Berhampur – 760007, Orissa

• Tenure: 1 June 2002 – 31 May 2004

Principal

• Lingaraj Law College, Berhampur University

• Berhampur – 760010

• Tenure: 9 January 2002 – 12 February 2003

Coordinator

• PG Diploma in Disaster Management, Berhampur University

• Tenure: August 2005 – May 2009

Professor

• PG Department of Law, Berhampur University

• Tenure: 14 September 2004 – 8 October 2014

Coordinator

• LL.M Distance Education Centre, Berhampur University

• Tenure: August 2007 – April 2009

Professor

• The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

• Dr. Ambedkar Bhavan, Sector–III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata

• Tenure: April 2009 – 1 July 2010

Professor

• PG Department of Law, Berhampur University

• Tenure: 2 July 2010 – 9 October 2014

Dean, Faculty of Legal Studies

• Berhampur University

• Tenure: March 2013 – 9 October 2014

Chairman, Board of Studies (Law)

• Berhampur University

• Tenure: October 2012 – 9 October 2014

Founder Vice-Chancellor

• Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU)

• Mumbai

• Tenure: 9 October 2014 – 30 June 2018

Professor of Eminence (Law)

• Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam

• Visiting Professor, Law School, KITTS, Bhubaneswar

• Tenure: May 2019 – 2 January 2021

Director

• KIIT School of Law

• Bhubaneswar

• Tenure: January 2021 – July 2024

Chair Professor – Human Rights Law

• KIIT School of Law

• Bhubaneswar

• Tenure: July 2024 – 2025

Research Work/ Supervision:

• Completed Research work PhD (Awarded): 45 (Forty-five)
• Completed Research work LL.D (Awarded): 03 Three

Resource Person/ Expert

• Resource person at various seminars, symposiums, FDPs, workshops and panellists in various academic discourses at both national and international levels
• Addressed at more than 150 seminars, conferences, workshops and contributed papers
• Evaluated more than 60 PhD/LL.D thesis in the faculty of law

Administrative Responsibilities: 

• Complete and holistic academic administration at Mumbai
• Chairman, Maharashtra State Legal Education CET
• Academic Advisor, DSNLU, Visakhapatnam
• Undertaken responsibilities at higher academic and administrative functions of Universities, Senate, Academic Council, Executive Council, General Council etcetera for more than 30 years

Academic Administration Positions (in recent past):

1. Member, Executive Council, DSNLU, Visakhapatnam, AP
2. Member, Executive Council, MNLU, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
3. Member, Academic Council, NLU, Jodhpur
4. Member, Academic Council, NALSAR, Hyderabad

Life member in a number of legal and criminological institutes in India and abroad:

1. Indian Law Institute, New Delhi
2. Indian Society of Criminology, Chennai
3. Indian Society of Victimology, Chennai
4. Central India Law Institute, Jabalpur
5. Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Allahabad
6. Indian Society of Life Cycle Assessment, Mumbai
7. National Ecology and Environment Foundation, Mumbai

BOOKS: 

1. Festschrift: Current Legal Issues (2003) Edtd by Dr. B P Panda, ALERT, Berhampur, Orissa
2. Law and Child, (2004) Edtd. By Nirmal K Chakrabarati et al., Cambray – Research Article ‘Child Sexual Abuse: The Problems of Definition and Proof in the Criminal Justice Administration’ Pages 225 –244
3. Girl Child and Human Rights, (2005) Edtd by D Choudhry et al, Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, ‘Women’s Rights and Human Rights Law’, Pages 12-37
4. Human Rights, Development, and Environment Law – An Analogy (2006) Edtd by Prof. Satish C Sastry, Bharat Law House, Jaipur – ‘Law and Economics of Human Rights and Development’ Pages 114-147
5. Environmental Management (2006) Edtd. by Prof P S B Rao, – ‘Corporate Environmentalism-E’-Litigation: Responses from ADR Technique’, Deep and Deep, New Delhi, 2007
6. Human Rights, Development and Environment Law, Academic Excellence, New Delhi, 2007
7. Factory Crimes and Punishment, Minati Panda and Bhavani Prasad Panda, Academic Excellence, New Delhi, 2008
8. Legal Response to Disaster Management, Disaster Management Course Centre, Berhampur University, 2009
9. Case Study- Response Action of Odisha Fire Service during Phailin 2013, (2014)

Awards:

1. NR Madhava Menon, BEST LAW TEACHER AWARD 2016(Very Coveted award of Law Teachers in India)

2. Conferred the Fellow of Indian Society of Criminology, FICS ’99 –  by the Indian Society of Criminology, Chennai.

References: 

1. Mr Justice Satish Sharma, Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, New Delhi
2. Mr Justice, A S Oka, Judge, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
3. Justice Fakir Mohammad Ibrahim Kalifulla, Former Judge Supreme Court of India, [Founding Chancellor, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai,]