Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy felicitated his Public Relations Officer Umakanta Mohapatra for his quality research work on role of civil society, particularly voluntary organisations (VOs) in rural development.
Tripathy said such creativity will add to professional proficiency of VOs in creating developmental awareness among the masses.
Dr Mohapatra's Thesis entitled “Role of Voluntary Organizations (VOs) in Rural Development: An Empirical Assessment” has been notified for award of PhD by the KIIT University. The Thesis has been highly praised by Prof Leandro Moris, State University of Sau Paulo, Brazil; Prof BB Mohanty, Pondichery University and Prof Ranju Hasini Sahoo, Indira Gandhi National Open University. Dr Mohapatra conducted his research under the guidance of Prof Navneeta Rath of Utkal University and Dr Sucheta Priyabadini of KIIT University.
To his credit Dr Mohapatra has authored the books like “Social Change Themes and Perspectives” and “Rural Sociology” in co-authorship with Dr DN Jena, ex-Vice-Chancellor of Culture University.