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Prof. S. P. Pani, Director
Email-susmit_1957@yahoo.co.in
THE CORE FACULTY
Prof. S.P. Pani, b 1957, Director, Distance & Continuing Education, Utkal
University was educated at D.M. School, Bhubaneswar, BJB College & P.G.
Dept. of History, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He was a Research Fellow
at IIT, Madras and UGC JRF at P.G. Dept. of History, Utkal University.
Prof. Pani has served as a faculty member of P.G. Dept. of History, Utkal University and Sambalpur
University, Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Vikram Deb College, Jeypore and Regional Institute of
Education, Bhubaneswar.
He has wide administrative experience since 1992. He held numerous positions Director, College
Development Council and Director, IQAC, Utkal University, Registrar Central University of Orissa,
Koraput and Principal, Aeronautics College, Sunabeda under HAL, Koraput. Recently, as a member
of the NAAC Peer Team, he has visited Gour Banga University, Malda, West Bengal, APC
University, Rewa, Madhyapradesh, Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal, IASE Deemed
University, Rajsthan, B.R Ambedkar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Jadavpur University Calcutta
and numerous Colleges in Karnataka, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Earlier he had visited NEHU,
Mizoram University, Gorakhpur University, Bangalore University, L.N Mishra University and
numerous other Colleges. Besides, Prof. Pani has acted as an expert for UGC Visiting Team to
Symbiosis Centre for Learning, Pune and Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok. Prof. Pani regularly
attends numerous conferences and delivers lectures in various colleges and Universities.
He has recently delivered lectures at Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur, Khalikote University,
Berhmpur, IGNOU Regional Centre, Bhubaneswar, Lalitkala Academy Regional Centre,
Bhubaneswar, P.G. College, Chandigarh, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan a Central University, Puri,
Burdwan University and Jammu University etc. Besides he has delivered lectures at numerous
colleges including BJB College, Rajdhani College, Kendrapara Autonomous College, I.G. Womens
College and S.B. Rath Autonomous College etc.. He has also acted as an invited expert in various
seminars, conferences and workshops at various universities like IGNOU, New Delhi, Guwahati
University and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, Sri Perumbudur.
He has done pioneering research work in intellectual history of Modern India. He has published
more than 25 Research papers and 12 books. His major publications include: Sri Aurobindo: Life
and Thought, Gandhi, Aurobindo and Radhakrishnan on Bhagavadgita (Co-author), Vivekananda,
Aurobindo and Gandhi on Education (Co-author), Gandhi: The Forgotten Mahatma (Ed.), Essay on
Contemporary Gender Issues (Ed.) and Word, Image, Music: Post Colonial Readings in the Age of
New Media(Ed.). He has successfully guided 12 Ph.D. and D.Litt. scholars. Recently seven more
scholars have submitted their doctoral thesis under his guidance.
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