Noted Odia writer Susmita Bagchi and her renowned entrepreneur husband Subroto Bagchi, the co-founder of Mindtree, have endowed a Chair Professorship in Public Health at the Ahmedabad University.
The Ahmedabad University has announced a School of Public Health and is looking for a Dean to lead the School. The Dean’s chair would be called the Susmita and Subroto Bagchi Professorship in Public Health.Susmita Bagchi, an eminent Odia writer who writes in Odia and English, has been conferred with Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for her short story collection called Akasha Jeunthi Katha.
She is the Chairperson of the Mo School Programme in Odisha. Subroto Bagchi has been a highly respected business leader, a prolific business writer, and an institution builder.
Government of Odhisa has appointed him as the Chairman of the Odisha Skill Development Authority.