Capt. B P Hota is the Principal of Banki College Autonomous as of now. Prior to taking over as the Principal of Banki College Autonomous, he was working in KBDAV College, Nirakarpur as the Head of the Department of Chemistry.

Capt. Hota has over 32 years of teaching and research experience, to his credit. He has his academic and research work at Utkal and Delhi University. Capt. Hota is the author of three Honours books and has different research publications. He has also worked as Associate Professor at Nayagarh Autonomous College, Godavaris Mahavidyalaya, Banpur, RCM Science College, Khallikote, Ganjam College, Ganjam prior to joining Nirakarpur college. He has also discharged a few regulatory obligations in these various colleges, like Controller of Examination, UGC in control; Administrative treasurer, and head of various committees, other than a member of Board of Studies of various colleges.

Capt. Hota being an Army trained Officer at Officers Training Academy at Nagpur and in the position of Captain, served 16 years for NCC as Associate NCC Officer at Godavaris Mahavidyalaya, Banpur and Nayagarh Autonomous College, Nayagarh, under 6 Odisha Battalion, Puri.