Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Raghubar Das today appointed Dr. Manash Ranjan Sahoo as the Vice Chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS).

The 56-year-old doctor is presently serving as the Professor and Head of the Department of General Surgery at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. He was appointed as the VC of Odisha University of Health Sciences for a period of four years from the date on which he assumes the charge or till he attains the age of 70 years under sub-section (6) of section 9 of OUHS Act, 2021or until further orders whichever is earlier.

Professor Dr. Sahoo has done Fellowship in Surgical Gastroenterology from SRCMCRI, Chennai after completing post-graduation in Surgery. He has teaching experience of more than 26 years and 6 years as Professor & equivalent post. He has administrative experience as a Professor & Head of the Department of General Surgery at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and as Chairman of the Medical Board of AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

Regarding his scholarly achievement, he had a chapter published in 3 books and did editorship in 3 books, Peer Review for 3 books and received 15 awards/Honours from different organisations. Professor Dr. Sahoo is credited with 65 Journals, 12 nos. of articles published in different Newspapers and magazines and 36 publications in Scopus/SCl lndexed Journal. Professor Sahoo has successfully guided 18 numbers of research scholars.