Bhubaneswar: Professor Santosh Kumar Tripathy has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Fakir Mohan (FM) University, Balasore.
The appointment is for a period of 4 years with effect from the date he assumes the office as such or until further orders whichever is earliest, according to an official notification.
He is currently working as a professor in the Department of PM & I R, Utkal University. He has more than 30 yrs of teaching experience.He has authored 10 books, successfully guided 17 PhD and 40 MPhil scholars.