Prof. Archana Patro is an Associate Professor at IIM Bodhgaya in the Area of Finance & Accounting. She has done her Ph.D. (FPM) From the Indian Institute of Management Indore. She has around eight years of Teaching and Research Experience. Prior to joining IIM BG, she worked as Assistant Professor at IIM Rohtak and IFMR Chennai. Over the span of her academic career, she was holding the important administrative position as Chairperson PGP, Chairperson IPM, Financial Advisory and Investment Committee Chairperson, Ranking and Outreach Committee, Chairperson Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) & Women Empowerment Committee. She has worked on various government projects and provided consultancy services for the Ministry of Consumer Affairs (Food & Public Distribution), Food Corporation of India, State Finance Commission, GIZ Germany, Indian Department of Post. She has published her research in various reputed international and national journals. She was invited to present her research output on various platforms at National and international conferences. She is active in providing training to Industry professionals through various executive education programmes and MDPs.