Subrat Kumar Acharya obtained his MBBS from the MKCG Medical College, Berhampur University, Orissa with honors in Pathology, Ophthalmology, Otto-rhino- laryngology in 1974 and was adjudged as the best outgoing student. He did his MD (General Medicine,1980) from Utkal University, Orissa and DM(Gastroenterology, 1982) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi. He joined the AIIMS, New Delhi as a lecturer in 1986 and became a Professor in 1997 and was working as the Head of the Department of Gastroenterology at the AIIMS since 2004 till his superannuation on 31st October 2016. He was the Dean (Research), AIIMS, New Delhi from January 2015 till October 2016. After superannuation from AIIMS in October 2016, he is working as the Dean (Research), Fortis Hospitals Pro-Chancellor of KIIT University, Bhubaneswar and as Emeritus Professor at AIIMS, New Delhi. He continues to be the J C Bose Fellow of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India. He has been appointed as the president of the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.
  Education
MBBS - Berhampur University | 1975
DM - Gastroenterology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences | New Delhi | 1982