Background
Routray, Jayant Kumar was born on November 11, 1956 in Govindpur, India. Son of Nilamani and Uma Devi (Pradhan) Routray.
educator rural-regional development planner
Routray, Jayant Kumar was born on November 11, 1956 in Govindpur, India. Son of Nilamani and Uma Devi (Pradhan) Routray.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, 1974. Master of Science in Geography, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, 1987.
Material Requirements Planning in Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagapur, 1979.
Assistant director National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, India, 1979-1980. Lecturer in geography Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 1980-1988, reader in geography, 1990. Assistant professor Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1988-1993, associate professor regional and rural development planning, 1993—2004, professor regional and rural development planning, since 2004.
Consultant United Nations Development Programme, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997.
Fellow Royal Geograph. Society/London, Institute of Town Planners/India.
Married Manjurani Patnaik, June 20, 1981. Children: Sambit, Sumansudha.