<p>The interfacial exchange interaction is key to realize exchange bias (EB) phenomenon in&#xa0; materials consisting of two different magnetic phases, which have immense applications in modern era technological development. LaCrO₃ (LCO) is an antiferromagnetic (AFM) oxide, which could be utilized to perceive near room-temperature exchange bias phenomenon<b>.</b> In this work, we report an experimental investigation on the structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of LaCr_1−<i>x</i>Ru_<i>x</i>O₃ (0 ≤ <i>x</i> ≤ 0.3) through x-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature- and field-dependent magnetization and dielectric measurements. All samples are found to be crystallized in the orthorhombic structure with space group <i>Pnma</i>, and cell volume reveals a usual ionic radius related enhancement due to Ru⁴⁺ ion doping. The AFM transition of pure LCO is modified to ferromagnetic-like (FM-like) transition; while, transition temperature continuously decreases with increase in Ru doping concentration. Magnetization measurements indicate the formation of ferromagnetic cluster-glass state in <i>x</i> = 0.2 sample. We find that a tenfold increase in coercivity value for <i>x</i> = 0.1 as compared to <i>x</i> = 0, suggesting the evolution of moderate FM component. Interestingly, complex interfacial exchange interaction between host AFM matrix of LCO and induced FM phase leads to a significant EB phenomenon in the doped samples. The values of <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\left|{H}_{EB}\right|\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mfenced close="|" open="|"> <msub> <mi>H</mi> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="italic">EB</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mfenced> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> are found to be 2.61 kOe and 1.62 kOe at 200&#xa0;K for <i>x</i> = 0.1 and <i>x</i> = 0.2, respectively. Moreover, EB effect can be tuned by varying the concentration of Ru dopants in LCO, which is fascinating from technological perspectives.</p>