Governor and Chancellor of Universities Dr SC Jamir on Wednesday appointed Prof Chitta Ranjan Tripathy as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Sambalpur University. He is currently serving as Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.
On Wednesday, after interacting with three candidates, the Chancellor appointed Dr Tripathy, who will take over from the present VC in the second week of November 2014.
Prof Trpathy has 53 research and 69 other publications to his credit. He has successfully guided eight scholars in their PhD activities. He is a well-known academician who had earlier remained in charge of VC of VSSUT in 2011.