Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak is a former Indian Council of Social Science Research Fellow at P. G Department of Public Administration, Utkal University, and he is a political scientist researching around four closely interrelated and mutually guiding programmes i.e. i) public policy, gender and governance in Odisha, ii) right to information and freedom of information iii) local governance and iv) local development administration. The regional focus of his research is on the class, gender and urban bias in the Right to Information Act, Government of India and Odisha. He did his Ph.D in Public Administration from Department of Public Administration, Utkal University, India. His doctoral thesis on Right to Information and grievance redressal of Employee's: A Study of Odisha Secretariat" is an outstanding academic work in the field of Public Administration. MA in Public Adminstration, Utkal University, India. MPhil in Public Adminstration, Sambalpur University, India. PhD in Public Adminstration, Utkal University, India.