Sachidananda Mohanty, who received his education at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education in Puducherry, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Orissa.
Mr. Mohanty, who was teaching at the Department of English, University of Hyderabad, has authored several books in Oriya and English.
He has received awards from the British Council, and has been a Salzburg Fellow in Austria, and a Fulbright Visiting Professor in the United States.
He recalled with fondness the unique training he received at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education that contributed to the growth of his personality. “A life dedicated to the pursuit of mental, physical, artistic and the spiritual selves of our being could be the key to the success of education. The influence of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram on young and receptive minds could never be fathomed. It is this vision of education, progressive and emancipatory in character, that could be the answer to the nation’s needs,” said Mr. Mohanty.
Mr. Mohanty’s last work was the book, Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India, which draws on his association with Puducherry and features Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa or The Mother and Paul Richard, among others.
Mr. Mohanty often visits Puducherry as his family members and friends reside here.
