Amar Patnaik

He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University in 1987 after initial schooling in the Demonstration Multipurpose School, Bhubaneswar and the Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, Bhubaneswar.

He further pursued a master's degree in Public Management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also completed an inter-disciplinary doctorate from the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar under the Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar on the topic “Institutional Change and Power Asymmetries in the context of Rural India” in 2016. This highly topical research has been accepted for publication as a book by Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore under the same title as a scholarly publication in the public policy domain.

He also has a master's degree in finance and systems from the Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and a bachelor's degree in law from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.

He was offered the British Chevening Gurukul Scholarship for Excellence at the London School of Economics by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government in 2013.

He has also completed an advanced management development programme from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2015.

His current research interests include institutional perspectives in developmental interventions and public policy, transparency and accountability, public finance reforms, urban sector governance, energy security, environment and sustainability issues.