Congratulations Prof. Niranjan Sahoo

With many feathers already entitled to his name, Professor Niranjan Sahoo has crowned yet another achievement. Department of Atomic Energy , under Uranium Corporation of India Limited, established on 4^th October 1967, a Government of India Enterprise has proposed to form an Apex Committee with the purpose of developing public awareness on radiation and review radiological surveillance in the public domain in and around its different units. The Chairman and Managing Director of UCIL, Mr P. K. Parhi has requested our esteemed Professor Niranjan Sahoo to be a part of the Committee and exercise his area of expertise in the field of Rural Management and Disaster Management. 

Prof. Niranjan, born in a small village in Orissa, has paved his career path in the domain of Rural Development and specialised with Disaster Management, Project Management, Management of NGOs and Corporate Social Responsibilities. He has had a good number of 15 years of job experience. After pursuing M.Phil. and completing his  job in the Administrative Training Institute , Government of Tripura, Professor Sahoo joined XISS, Ranchi. He was felicitated with Visva-Bharati Snatakattor Upadhi in 1997 at Santiniketan, by the then Prime Minister of India, Shri I. K. Gujral. Also, he has received International Intellectual Award 2010 in an International Conference on “Indo-Thai Friendship Summit and Economic Growth” held in Bangkok, Thailand on 30^th December,2010 for outstanding rural development teachings. His array of triumphs doesn’t just end here. He has a total of 10 National and 2 International research publications so far. He has travelled across many countries like Bangladesh, England, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand. Also, he has been invited to deliver lectures in South Korean Universities as well. 

Professor Niranjan Sahoo’s monumental achievements are a boon to XISS and we are fortunate to be called his students. His triumphs are an inspiration for all and set a lesson for us to reach the pinnacle of our career with absolute sincerity and steady determination.