Prof. (Dr.) Sukanta Kumar Baral is an acclaimed global academician, closely associated with several national and foreign universities for multiple academic and research activities. He has been applauded
as a pragmatic visionary who works to comprehend the social and economic factors that sustain poverty cycles globally to assist in developing different successful social programs. He has contributed 192 research papers in different referred National and International Journals and conferred forty-four National and International Awards to his credit. He has earned 12 Indian Copyrights and 19 Patents, authored 23 books, and edited 24. Prof. Baral has 29 years of rich experience in academia by holding several important positions at various levels and is currently working as Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (A Central University of Government of India), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India.