Prof. (Dr.) L. K. Tripathy,Director,SBIIMS, is a Gold Medalist  and double Ph.D.from University of Pune and has been working in the areas of Management Education, Research and Training since last 22 years. Previously he was working in Notre Group of Companies,SIOM,KIITSOM and SIBM-K.He has been associated with lot of Corporates and Professional bodies in his personal capacity as a Management Consultant and Trainer. He has more than 50 publications / articles to his credit.He is also Life Member of professional bodies like Indian Society for Training & Development,National HRD Network,National Institute of Personnel Management,etc.He is an approved Ph.D. Guide of University of Pune and presently six students are doing their Ph.D.under him.