Bhubaneswar: Former Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Odisha (CUO), Prof Sachidananda Mohanty, passed away at the age of 70, leaving a profound void across India’s academic and literary landscape.Mohanty had been appointed Vice-Chancellor of CUO in August 2015 and served for nearly four years before resigning on personal grounds in February 2019. He had studied for his MA in English at the University of Hyderabad as part of its second batch and later returned there as a professor and Head of the Department of English. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he also held positions including Sri Aurobindo Chair Professor at Panjab University, Governing Board Member of the Auroville Foundation, and National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla. In April 2024, he was appointed as a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for a term of three years,
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