Eminent Botanist Chandrasekhar Sarangi Passes Away In Bhubaneswar

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Well-known botanist, educationist and former vice-chancellor of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri, Prof Chandrasekhar Sarangi passed away, here, on February 1. He was 85. He is survived by his two sons and wife.

Prof Sarangi, who was a popular botany teacher during his 10-year tenure in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, from 1975 to 1985, has authored two reference books for BSc students and co-authored two text books for Intermediate and two for higher secondary students.

He also served as the vice-president of Board of Secondary Education, Odisha; Director of State Forensic Science Laboratory in Bhubaneswar; Director of Adult Education, Odisha; and Chairman of Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha.

After his retirement from government service in 1994, Prof Sarangi was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University in 1997 and continued in the post till 2000.

Born in October 1936 at Pantikhari Sasan village under Odagaon tehsil of Nayagarh district, Prof Sarangi passed out from Sarankul high school. He did his Intermediate at SCS College, Puri and BSc and MSc at Ravenshaw College.

Expressing his condolence to the bereaved family of Prof Sarangi, Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal said he was a pioneering botanist and a teacher par excellence. His contribution to the growth and development of the Sanskrit University would always be remembered, the Governor added.

OB Bureau

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