Director,

Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM) and

Centre for International Training in Agriculture Banking (CICTAB) and

Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Institute of Co-operative Management (ICM), Pune

Dr. Suva Kanta Mohanty is the Director of VAMNICOM (Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management), an apex national institute under the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India focused on cooperative management education, training, research, and consultancy.

Dr. Mohanty holds a PhD in Applied Economics and Marketing from the University of Reading, UK. He was awarded the prestigious GRiSP scholarship by the CGIAR system. He studied MBA at the University of Wisconsin in the United States and Materials Management at the Stuttgart, Germany.

Prior to his appointment at VAMNICOM, he was the Director of KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. He was also HDFC Chair, Associate Professor, Chairperson of Marketing Department, and Associate Dean at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). His research interests include retailing, consumer behaviour, services marketing, and cooperative sector development.

As the Director, Dr. Mohanty leads institutional strategy for cooperative management education, training programmes, research initiatives, international collaborations, and capacity-building efforts for cooperatives across India and abroad.

Under his leadership, VAMNICOM has signed MoUs with national and international partners to strengthen cooperative education, gender-inclusive enterprises, and capacity development.

He has actively represented VAMNICOM in international cooperative development forums, including events organized jointly with entities like the African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO), focusing on digitalisation and institutional capacity building for cooperatives.

Dr. Mohanty also serves as Director of CICTAB (Centre for International Cooperation and Training in Agricultural Banking), an institution located within the VAMNICOM campus that works on cooperative banking training and international capacity building.