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Odisha Governor appoints Prof. Dipak Sahoo as VSSUT Vice Chancellor

Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (UNI) Prof. Dipak Kumar Sahoo, currently serving as a Professor at the School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), in Burla.
Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati appointed Prof. Sahoo to the post on Saturday.
Prof. Sahoo completed his B.Sc. in Engineering from OUTR, M.Tech. from CUSAT, and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee. He also holds an LLB degree and has 14 years of teaching experience.
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