Dr. Biswa Ranjan Nayak is presently working as Assistant Professor (Agronomy), Regional Research and Technology Transfer Sub Station (RRTTSS), OUAT, Motto, Bhadrak Odisha. Besides his prime work of research, he has 11 years experience in teaching at College of Agriculture and College of Horticulture, Chiplima, Sambalpur, Odisha. He has completed B.Sc. (Ag) from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Odisha and M.Sc. (Agronomy) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab and Ph.D. (Agronomy) from Visva- Bharati, Santiniketan, W.B. He was awarded university merit scholarship during B.Sc. (Ag) and ICAR Junior Research Fellowship during M.Sc. (Ag). He has developed seven practical manuals in different aspects of Agronomy and also published a book entitled “Irrigation and Nitrogen Management in Aerobic Rice” in My Research Publications, New Delhi, which is  useful for the students, teachers and researchers in Agriculture and Horticulture. He has published fourty research papers  in different journals of national and international repute and  co guided  of two M.Sc.  and one Ph.D. students.