The institute is managed by Trident Academy of Creative Technology (Trust), registered under the Indian Trust Act 1882.
The trust is established to provide education in the field of biotechnology at Bhubaneswar and to run, manage and administer the same. The registered office of the trust is located at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
The Trustees
Smt. Smitarani Panigrahi — Managing Trustee
Education
- M.Sc. (Life Science), Sambalpur University, 1982
- B.Sc. (Botany), First Class, G.M. College, Sambalpur University, 1980
- I.Sc., First Class, C.H.S.E., 1977
- 10th Board, First Class, Cuttack, 1975
Background
- Founder of two educational charitable trusts — Trident Academy of Creative Technology (Trust), and the Dinabandhu Foundation for Educational Research and Socio-Economic Development. The trusts have a combined average annual turnover of about ₹30 crores from courses in Engineering, Management, Biotechnology and Computer Applications.
- Managing Director of Trident Softech Private Limited, a software firm.
- Managing Partner of Inland Engineers, an electrical firm.
- Director of SPARC (P) Ltd, a company engaged in Remote Sensing and GIS activities.
Dr. Biswabijoyee Panigrahi — Trustee
Education
- Stood First Class Second in Odisha’s Secondary School Examination, 1970.
- Stood First Class First in B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, Utkal University, 1974.
- Stood First Class Third in M.Sc. (Solid State Physics), 1976.
- First Class in Bachelor of Law, 1981.
- Ph.D. in Business Administration, Utkal University, 2017.
- Executive Development Programmes from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge and Geneva, covering non-profit governance, energy innovation, business sustainability and climate emergency management.
- Certificate courses of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) on climate change emergencies, circular economy, waste management and ecosystem services.
Professional background
- Lecturer in Physics at MPC College, then Management Trainee in 1977, confirmed as Management Development Executive in the Government of India, with M/s Hindustan Copper Limited, Kolkata.
- Joined the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) in 1979 through the UPSC Civil Services Examination of 1978, retiring in 2014.
- Since 1991, Co-Founder and Prime Mover of the Trident Group of Institutions; after retirement, associated full-time as Chief Mentor.