Dr. Nayak is one of the founding professors of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. He has spent over 19 years there. He held many leadership roles in XIM-B: Area Coordinator - Information Systems, Admissions Coordinator, Dean and Member of the Board. Before entering into academics, Dr. Nayak had spent a few years in the Industry. He enjoys playing with Technology and Programming. Two of his most significant creations are the Mandaar, an ERP system for Institutes of Higher Learning and the PAMIS, a Project based Accounting and Monitoring Information System. Prof. Nayak also provides strategic advice to IDCO, CESU and many other state Government Depts. His research interests include Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Process Mining and ERP. He is a professional member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer Society & Society of Operations Management