Associate Professor Amarjit Deb has a rich mix of over 20 years' experience across academia and industry. Prior to being associated with Assam Don Bosco University, Dr Deb was associated with SmithKline Beecham (I) Ltd., Borosil Glass Works Ltd., ICFAI University, Bajaj Allianz, HDFC Standard Life, Bharti-AXA Life among others. He has keen interest towards students' soft skills development, and career progression. He primarily operates out of the Azara campus of Assam Don Bosco University. Dr Deb has been associated with DBIM since 2022.
Assistant Professor Chandan Dutta completed his PhD in Finance from the Swiss School of Business and Management, Geneva, Switzerland and MBA from the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, USA. He did his Bachelor in Technology (Computer Science Engineering) from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, in the year 2003. Prior to joining DBIM and its cause and vision, he was associated with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals as Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Virginia Tech Food Science and Technology as Program Specialist, Virginia Tech Investments as a member of the Student Investment Group, Computer Sciences Corporation as Senior Software Engineer and Infosys Technologies Limited as a Software Engineer. He brings to DBIM more than 5 years of enriching global industry experience and knowledge. Dr Chandan has been associated with DBIM since 2010 and has an additional responsibility as the MBA program coordinator.
Assistant Professor Bikash Kalita is an MBA graduate from Dept. Of Business Administration, Gauhati University, in the year 2004.Before joining DBIM, he was associated with ICICI Prudential LIC Ltd. in Branch Operations - (Underwriting, Risk Compliance and Customer Service), and AXIS Bank Ltd. He brings along 6 years of enriching industry experience in financial operations and employee relations. Mr. Bikash has been associated with DBIM since 2010 and has an additional responsibility as the MBA placement coordinator.
Assistant Professor Pradeep Deka completed his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Tezpur University in the year 1999. He did his Bachelor in Engineering (Electronics & Telecommunication) from Assam Engineering College. Before joining DBIM, Mr. Pradeep was associated as Senior Sales Officer with Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Senior Officer with ICICI Bank, Asst. Manager with Tata-AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd. He has worked extensible in the field of Business Operations, Development and Administration. He has also worked as Project Specialist (Management) with UNDP (SSPHD) and as a consultant with UNICEF in Assam. He brings to DBIM a commendable experience of more than 11 yrs. in multinational organizations including international developmental agencies. Mr. Pradeep has been associated with DBIM since 2012 and looks after the MBA publications.
Assistant Professor Binod Kalita is an MBA graduate with dual specializations in HR & Marketing from Centre for Management Studies, Dibrugarh University. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Assam Engineering College and is currently pursuing PhD in Business Administration at Dibrugarh University. He cleared the UGC-NET in Management. He brings to DBIM more than five years of diverse experience spanning industry, research, and teaching. His professional journey includes significant roles at Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, Assam Institute of Hotel Management, Dibrugarh University, and The Assam Royal Global University. Mr. Binod has been associated with DBIM since 2024 and also looks after some aspects of student administration.
Assistant Professor Bhaswati Adhikary has around 4.5 years of experience in academics and 7 years of experience in research. She has completed her Ph.D. from Tezpur University, Department of Business Administration. Her areas of interest in research are healthcare financing, healthcare seeking behaviour, health insurance, financial inclusion and organizational behaviour. She has a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in Human Resource and Finance from Gauhati University. She has also done her graduation (Bachelor of Engineering/BE) in Electrical Engineering from the same university. Dr Bhaswati has been associated with DBIM since 2025.
A Harvard Graduate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy, Fr V M Thomas was the founding Rector of DBIM and acted as its executive Director till May 2012. He then served as the Provincial of the Don Bosco Society, Guwahati Province till 2018. A certified Trainer in HRD from the American Society for Training and Development, he is a visiting faculty at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Assam Administrative Staff College, Assam Staff College, Gauhati University and Meghalaya Administrative Training Institute, Member of National Resource Group (NRG) for Education Guarantee Scheme and Innovative Education, Govt. of India.
Fr George was the first Director of DBIM. He has been in the Northeast since 1970 and has served in various positions of responsibility. He has been active youth worker, social worker and was the founder and the first director of Bosco Reach-Out, one of the most prominent NGOs working in the Northeast. Fr. George holds Masters Degrees in Social Work, Psychology, and Sociology and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of San Francisco (USA). On completion of his Doctoral studies, Fr. George returned to Shillong in May 2002 and has been the Vice-Principal and Director of Student Development Services of St. Anthony's College, Shillong. He is currently involved in training school and college teachers and principals in counselling, conducting programmes and workshops for parents on parenting skills, training programmes for religious leaders in responsible leadership, in addition to individual counselling, marital and family therapy. He conducts programmes abroad in the US on an annual basis. Fr. George has an excellent network of faculties from the US and European Universities who come on short-term basis, every year to facilitate training programmes in DBIM.
Graduate from IIT Kanpur, Ford Foundation Fellow, MIT, USA, and an Eminent Scientist with more than 200 research publications in national and international journals. He was a former National Consultant, R&D, WHO.
Dr. Rajkhowa, is associated with the MBA program offered by the Newman University, Birmingham, UK. He serves as the Faculty of Business. In case he visits Assam during January/February every year, he conducts a core course on "Services Marketing" for the DBIM graduating students.
Dr. Amit Choudhury, presently working as Reader in the Department of Statistics, Gauhati University, is Master of Statistics graduate from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He has done his PhD from Gauhati University. He is an award winner in the 'IBS Kolkata Business Telegraph Awards for 'Excellence in Management Writing' at the Strategy Summit organized by ICFAI Business School, Kolkata. His teaching activities include Queuing Theory, Computer Programming, Game Theory and Simulation. His research interest area is Operations Research. He has authored 8 publications in reputed journals.
Dr. Abhijit Sharma is working as a Associate Professor with the Indian Institute of Bank Management. He ha an MA in in Urban and Regional Planning from the Centre for Environmental Planning (CEPT), Ahmedabad and also has a M.Sc in Geography from MSU, Baroda. Prof. Sharma's area of involvement is in the areas of Rural Financial Markets including Financial Inclusion and Microfinance, Community development Financial institution. Prof. Sharma is currently heading Centre for Microfinance Research, NE Region sponsored by NABARD. He is also the expert member in High-Level Committee overseeing the implementation of the Chief Minister's Scheme for Microfinance in Assam through the Assam Finance Corporation, Guwahati.
Mr. Swapan Jyoti Sarma a management graduate from GU and LLB from Govt. Law College. He was earlier a Senior Divisional Manager at LIC. After his voluntary retirement he has also worked for brief periods as Area Sales Manager in SBI Lic. Ltd. and Reader, Dept of Business Administration NERIM. Sri Sarma is a renowned orator and is passionate about public speaking. At present Sri Sarma is the proprietor of a management consultancy firm 'Abhinav Solutions'. His areas of expertise are Life Insurance, Marketing and Administration, Industrial Relations, Labour and Business Laws .
Mr. Pranjoy Arup Das is a Guwahati based businessman. For the past 11 years he has been involved in the business of construction machinery sales, financing and service. His family firm, Protection Engineers, has represented renowned companies like JCB India Limited, Vectra Motors Limited and BK Tyres Limited since 1985 and at present, is the authorized dealer of ESCORTS Limited - Construction Equipment Division, for the North East Region. He completed his PGDBM from Assam Institute of Management in 2005 specializing in Financial Management and Operations Management. He has been a visiting DBIM as visiting faculty since 2010. He, along with his wife, has recently set up a training cell by the name PROACTIVE, dedicated to impart soft skills training to students, home-makers and self-employed individuals. A musician by passion, he is actively associated with the North East music scenario.
Mr. Priyatam Anurag is a Freelance Consultant, Trainer and Researcher in domains of Rural Banking & Finance, MSME Development and Rural Livelihoods. He is a Post Graduate in Rural Management from Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) and holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from BCE, Bhagalpur. He has a several years of industry experience first as Manager, Wholesale Credit & Market Risk, HDFC Bank, New Delhi and subsequently as a Feelancer in NER.
Ms. Gitanjali Das Phukan was formerly working as an Asst. Manager (HR-North east) in Aviva Life Insurance Co.Ltd. An MBA from Gauhati University with specialization in Human Resources, she has vast experience in Employee Relations, Human Resource Planning, Talent Acquisition & Performance Management systems. She brings along 6 years of enriching industry experience and was also associated with AIRCEL.
