BHUBANESWAR: The Higher Education Department on Saturday appointed three Officers on Special Duty (OSDs) for the upcoming Rama Devi Women’s University, Khallikote Cluster University and Gangadhar Meher University.
The OSDs are Utkal University’s Economics Professor Padmaja Mishra for Rama Devi Women’s University, Berhampur University’s Registrar Manmath Padhi for Khallikote Cluster University and Sambalpur University’s former registrar Sudhanshu Sekhar Rath for Gangadhar Meher University. The OSDs will be the acting Vice-Chancellors (VCs) of the universities till three regular VCs are appointed.
In another development, Srikant Kumar Mohapatra, IGNOU’s Odisha office Director, has been appointed OSD for the State’s first Open University to come up at Sambalpur.