Shri Pradeep Kumar Panda has assumed the office of Finance Officer at Central University of Jharkhand on 8th September, 2023. He has got more than 30 years of experience in Banking and Higher Educational Institutions. He started his career as an officer with SBI Home Finance Ltd. (a Promoted Company of State Bank of India) and been working with top educational institutions since the year 2004. During his tenure with Higher Educational Institutions, he has worked with NISER – Bhubaneswar, NIT – Rourkela, Indian Law Institute – Delhi, and SMVD University – Jammu. Prior to joining with Central University of Jharkhand he was holding the position of Finance Officer with NISER– Bhubaneswar (An autonomous Institute of Department of Atomic Energy, GoI). He has also served as Asst. Registrar, Dy. Registrar and Joint Registrar with NIT – Rourkela, (which is an Institute of National Importance). He was one of the core team member in developing the process flow for administration to bring more transparency and convenience for the stakeholders at NIT – Rourkela and NISER – Bhubaneswar.