Vice- Chancellor

Prof. Dr. Arka Kumar Das Mohapatra, Vice-Chancellor, Odisha State Open University (OSOU)

Prof. Arka Kumar Das Mohapatra is the Vice-Chancellor of Odisha State Open University at present. Before taking over as the Vice-Chancellor of Odisha State Open University, he was working in Sambalpur University as the senior most Professor of Business Administration and the Chairman, Post Graduate Council.

Prof. Das Mohapatra has over 32 years of teaching and research experience to his credit. He was the Vice-Chancellor in-Charge of Sambalpur University. He has also discharged several administrative responsibilities of Sambalpur University such as the Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre; Director, Distance and Continuing Education; Comptroller of Finance, Officer on Special Duty; Head, Dept. of Business Administration; Dean, School of Management Studies; Member- Syndicate, Senate, Academic Council, Research Degree Committee, Examination Committee, and Regulation Amending Committee, besides being the members of Board of Studies.