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IIT-Kharagpur Confers Distinguished Alumnus Award On SOA Founder-President Manoj Nayak

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Founder-President of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Prof Manojranjan Nayak has been conferred with the prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Kharagpur for 2022.

SOA Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Pradipta Kumar Nanda received the award on behalf of Prof Nayak during the 68th convocation ceremony of IIT Kharagpur on Saturday. “As your Alma Mater, the institute applauds and takes great pride to bestow this honour in recognition of your professional achievements that made significant contributions in various fields of academia and research, industries, community-society and the institute at large,” a communication received by Prof. (Dr.) Nayak from IIT Kharagpur said.

A teacher-turned-edupreneur, Prof Nayak graduated in electrical engineering from the Regional Engineering College, present NIT-Rourkela and completed MTech in Computer Science from IIT-Kharagpur. He obtained his doctorate from the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar. After working as a Professor at OUAT, he floated SOA and has set up ten institutions of professional learning in Bhubaneswar.

The deemed-to-be university was ranked 16th in the country in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022.

OB Bureau

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