Dr. Bairagicharan Jena (born 1939) is an educationist, researcher and retired professor. He has taught in various colleges of Odisha including Sambalpur University from where he retired in 1999. His research in Theory of Beauty/Aesthetics in Odia Poetry is still considered as one of the pioneer research works in Odia Literature. He has done significant research in critical writing of Odia Poetry and Theory of Beauty.