IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra felicitated by SOA

Bhubaneswar: Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD), was on Tuesday felicitated by Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University here on being conferred with the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for his contribution in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction recently.

SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda felicitated Dr. Mohapatra in the presence of senior University professors and researchers.

Those present included Prof. Uma Charan Mohanty, Professor Emeritus, SOA, Ms. Manorama Mohanty, Director, IMD, Bhubaneswar, Prof. Manas Kumar Mallick, Director, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Prof. Santosh Kumar Rout, Dean, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Prof. Prasanta Panigrahi, Director, Centre for Quantum Science and Technology, Dr. Sarat Chandra Sahu, Director, Centre for Environment and Climate and Prof. Renu Sharma, Additional Dean (Student Affairs), ITER.

Earlier on Saturday, Dr. Mohapatra was felicitated here by the Bhubaneswar chapter of Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) and Science for Common People Society (SCOPES).

Prof. Uma Charan Mohanty, who is also President of SCOPES, an organization promoted by SOA, said the organization aimed to bring science from ‘Lab to Land’.

Replying to the felicitation, Dr. Mohapatra said such an organization was the need of the hour which could propagate scientific knowledge among the common masses while preparing a climate resilient community.

Prof. Mohanty said the award presented to Dr. Mohapatra not only recognized his insightful leadership but also reaffirmed India’s growing role in advancing global disaster risk management.

Dr. Mithun Karmakar of NHM-Odisha, Mr. Ajay Kumar Mahakud of SCOPES and Mr. R.K. Mohapatra of IMS were also present.