Prof. (Dr) Sujata Mangaraj did her Post graduation in Personnel Management and Industrial Relation from Utkal University, Odisha, India in 1981 and subsequently did her M. Phil and Doctoral degree from the same University. Her Doctoral research area was Human Resource Development in Public Sector Steel Industry in India. Having spent three decades in teaching, research, publication, training, academic administration, accreditation, mentoring and consultancy, she has rich experience in guiding 16 research scholars, out of whom 10 scholars have already been awarded Ph.D degree under Utkal University and Berhampur University. She has authored five books and has to her credit more than 70 research articles published in National and International journals. She is the Chief Editor of two referred research journals, published by Indianjournal.com, New Delhi. She has undertaken several research projects sponsored by various organizations including UGC. She is an Expert Committee Member of National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of AICTE and Accreditation council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), USA and also mentor for ACBSP for B-schools in Mongolia. Dr. Mangaraj has received several National and International awards for her outstanding contribution to the field of management education. She was the first Indian, honoured with the most Prestigious “Teaching Excellence Award 2010” of Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programmes (ACBSP), USA. CMO council of Asia honoured Dr. Mangaraj with the “Best Professor in Human Resource Management Award”. She was the recipient of “18th Dewang Mehta Best Teacher in Human Resource Management Award” and “Best Professor in Human Resource Management Award” of Le Matinal Education Excellence Foundation. She received “Best Management Educator Award 2009” from World Management Congress. She served the Executive Board of Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) as member for 2012-13 & 2013-14 terms. She is presently holding the position of the Chairperson of Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD), Bhubaneswar Chapter and Member of Education and Training Panel of CII Bhubaneswar Chapter. She has been awarded the most prestigious Fellow of ISTD and Kamla Award for Best Women Writer of the year 2013 of ISTD, New Delhi. Her professional association also includes Indian Society for Labour Economics, Indian Industrial Relation Association, National Institute of Personnel Management, Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry etc. She has been working as the Chairperson of International Foundarion for Research and Innovation (IFRI), a social science research organization, dedicated for the cause of humanity and human development.
She strongly believes that global visibility of B-schools emerge from International networking and continuous upgradation of standards visa-vis the latest benchmark in the field. She is always available to the management fraternity for their overall growth and prosperity.