Dr. Bijaya Kumar Sethy, born in 1975 in Bamara, Kendrapara, earned his B.Sc. (Ag.) in 1996, M.Sc. (Ag.) in Horticulture (Fruit Science) in 1999, and Ph.D. in 2021 from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar. He qualified the NET in 2001 and began his career in 2006. He is currently an Assistant Professor (Horticulture) at the College of Agriculture, Chiplima, OUAT.