The Post Graduate Department of Political Science of the Berhampur University has formed an Alumni Association. The decision to form the association was taken in a meeting held at Bhanja Vihar recently in which the Political Science department head Prof JN Mohanty presided.
A large number of alumni members who held high positions in the past, namely, former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University Prof JK Mahapatra, former Berhampur University PG Council Chairman Prof Bishnu Charan Choudhury, Prof Amiya Parichha Pattnaik, Prof Jugal Kishore Mishra and a galaxy of senior students attended the meeting and spoke.
They highlighted the importance of alumni association and its role in providing an effective platform not only for renewal of friendship and good will. The department has so far produced more than 2,000 students during last 45 years of its existence. The next meeting of the association will be held on December 21. Besides, a constitutional committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Prof BC Choudhury to draft the constitution or byelaws of the alumni association.