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Prof. S.N.Misra did his Ph.D. (Economics) on “Challenges, Before Self-Reliance in Critical Defence Technology”, a pioneering area on the subject. Initially he was the Indian Economics Service (1976-79) when he did Cost Benefit Analysis of World Bank Projects and handled International Development Agency (IDA) desk. Thereafter, he was an Officer in the Indian Defence Accounts Service (1979-2012), when he served as Director (Finance) with DRDO, Financial Advisor and Joint Secretary to Indian Air Force & JS (Aero Space). Post retirement, he teaches Economics and Constitutional Law in KIIT University and contributes handsomely to prestigious journals on Development Economics, Defence and Public Policy. He is a regular columnist in Orissa Post and speaks passionately in important fora.

Sports

Of Pitch, Pummelling & Politics: World Cup Final 2023

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Nov 21, 2023 0

Even the most cynical critic of cricket would have shed a few drops of tear, the way Travis Head swept India out the World Cup final. Travis was no Ponting, pummelling India out of the 2003 WC final, nor was he buccaneer like Gilchrist…

Finance and Economics

The Fault lines of Homeland Economics

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Nov 4, 2023 0

‘The torment of precaution often exceeds the dangers to be avoided’, said Napoleon Bonaparte in 1823. He did not have the semi-conductor supply chains in mind. But his comments still ring true 2000 years on. Governments and companies now…

Sports

The Sardar of Flight

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Oct 28, 2023 0

Like Fred Trueman, the fast bowler, some of the stories around Bedi can be apocryphal. Like a story about Fred Trueman who told a dining companion at a banquet in Asia: Hey Gunga Din, pass on the salt ? Did Bedi tell a reporter in…

Movie Review

Remembering a Theatre Icon on his 100th birth anniversary

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Oct 28, 2023 0

Habib Tanvir would have been 100 this month. His association with the stage remained in fact, spanning three-quarters of his life. He not only evolved, a new style and idiom to his own work: but he also in some ways redefined the very…

Finance and Economics

KALAM AT 92: THE LEGACY HE LEAVES BEHIND

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Oct 25, 2023 0

Dr Kalam would have been 92 this month. There are many epithets used for him: Inspirational, People’s President, Sui Generis Manager of People and Programs and a Staunch Swadeshi. I worked with him as Director (Finance) , when he was DRDO…

Finance and Economics

This year’s Nobel in Economics: A New Flavour

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Oct 13, 2023 0

This year’s Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, Claudia Goldin, is a rare bird who has not only advanced our understanding of women’s labor market outcomes but has also catapulted economic history as a fascinating subject. When she was…

Literature

The Noble Soul Who Cared For the Scavengers

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Sep 22, 2023 0

It all began with daredevilry. Bindeswar Pathak, a tiny toddler of seven wondered why the thin little woman who came through the backdoor, was called untouchable. He wondered why his grandmother sprinkled holy Ganga water over the…

Literature

The Master of Imagery & Empathy Passes Away

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Sep 2, 2023 0

Jayanta Mohaptra who passed away on 27th August at the ripe old age of ninety-five leaves behind a legacy that is both beguiling and inspiring. As a fledgling fourteen, Jayanta joined the Ravenshaw College in 1942 to study science…

Education

The Ink of Independence & Swadeshi Soft Landing on the Moon

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Aug 26, 2023 0

As Vikram, the lander for Chandrayan 3 soft-landed on the moon on the 23rd. August, India became one of four nations including the USA, Russia, and China who have successfully soft-landed on the moon. It was a moment of crowning glory in…

Movie Review

Pather Panchali As One of the Greatest Global Movies

Dr. Satya Misra (Professor, Emeritus, KSOM) Jul 31, 2023 0

The Time magazine has identified the hundred greatest movies during the last ten decades and the lone Indian movie that finds a pride of place is Pather Panchali, directed in 1955 by Satyajit Ray. He helped Jean Renoir during his shooting…

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