Kamalakanta Jena

Jena was born on 25 April 1971 in the village Januganj in Balasore district of Odisha. He completed his matriculation from Remuna High School in Remuna, Balasore in 1986 with First division. He received BSc (Hons) from F. M. College under Utkal University in 1991 in Physics .

After having completed an MSc in 1993 with First Class (Second position in Utkal University), he worked as a Junior Research Fellow in the Regional Research Laboratory in Bhubaneswar.