Dr. Yashaswi Nayak presently serving in Centurion University of Technology and Management as faculty and Head of the Department of Zoology and taken the charge of Dean, SoAS has around twenty years of teaching experience and possess specialization in Poultry management , vermicomposting processes. Her area of interest is Fishery Science and Vermicomposting. She did her MSc , M.Ed from Regional Institute of Education Bhubaneswar in the year 1996 She completed her Ph.D. (Environmental Science) with specialization in Poultry management from Utkal University in 2014. She has published research papers in the journals of repute and also presented some of her research papers in various National and International conferences held in Bhubaneswar. She has also undergone few training programs on ‘Poultry Management’ in CPDO (Central Poultry Development Organisation) Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Presently she is teaching MSc and BSc students and guiding six number of PhD students . She is absorbed in the Research Centre of Aquaculture group and working on developing Aquaponics in Bhubaneswar campus.