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In Fond Remembrance: Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty
It is with profound grief and deep sorrow that the University of Hyderabad mourns the passing of Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty, Member, University Grants Commission, and former Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Odisha. He breathed his last on 27 October 2026 at 8:35 PM.
Prof. Mohanty belonged to the University's own story. He studied MA English here as part of the second batch (1977–79) and later returned as Professor and Head of the Department of English. Over a career of more than three decades, he went on to serve as Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Odisha, Sri Aurobindo Chair Professor at Panjab University, Governing Board Member of the Auroville Foundation, and National Fellow at IIAS Shimla.
He was a scholar of rare range. His 29 books in English and Odia, published by Oxford, Sage, Routledge and Orient Longman among others, broke new ground in travel writing, cosmopolitanism, institutional history, and the cultural history of Odisha. Through his work on early women's writing in Eastern India, he brought forgotten voices such as Sarala Devi and Sailabala Das back into the literary record. A two-time Fulbright scholar and winner of the Katha Award and the Katha–British Council Translation Prize, he was also a respected public intellectual and one of the foremost scholars of Sri Aurobindo.
Generations of students and colleagues will remember him for his scholarship, his generosity, and his commitment to the humanities.
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Collection by Sachidananda Mohanty
The Lost World of Sarala Devi: Selected Works
Periodical Press and Colonial Modernity: Odisha, 1866-1936
Literature and Culture
Travel Writing and the Empire
Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898-1950: A Lost Tradition
Lawrence's Leadership Politics and The Defeat of Fascism
Literature and Social Reform in Colonial Orissa
Gender and Cultural Identity in Colonial Orissa
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