Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Mohanty
Qualification
- PhD (Public Administration) – Utkal University
- MSc (Physics) – NIT Rourkela, Topper
- MBA – Utkal University
- MA (Public Administration) – Utkal University – Recipient of two Gold Medals
- LLB – Utkal University
- Certified Yoga Trainer (Level-2) of the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India
Interests
- Good Governance & Public Policy
- Ethics, Human Values
- Yoga/ Meditation
- Ethical Political Leadership Training, Management Development Programmes, Training
- Indian Knowledge Systems
- Life Skills Training; Public Relations and Liaison
- Serving the society
- Team building
What subject you teach at SSU ?
- Good Governance: Understanding Eastern and Western Perspectives
- Ethics and Research in Good Governance and Public Policy
- Event Management & Corporate Social Responsibility
- Good Governance & Democratic Society
Other Accomplishments
- Author of the Bestseller Book: ‘President Droupadi Murmu- A Reflection of Changing Bharat’ (English)
& Rashtrapati Droupadi Murmu- Badalte Bharat ka Pratibimb (Translated to Hindi) - Joint Zonal Secretary (East), Indian Political Science Association (IPSA) for 2024-25.
Awards
- 7th Geetanjali Excellence Award- 2024 on Education on the State Conclave on Youth for Nation Building, Bhubaneswar on 23 December, 2024.
- Higher Education Review Top 10 Promising Women Education Leaders – 2024.
- Best Educationist-2024 by Aryabhata I Woman of Substance Award 2024 on 2 June, 2024 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Navaratna Samman for Education – (25.12.2023) – by State Council for Artistic Research and Training, Odisha at Kalabikash Kendra, Cuttack, Odisha for exemplary contribution in Education.
- Sebashree Samman- 2022 by Odisha Juba Sampadika Sangha and Chandinichowk Mandir Parichalana Committee on the auspicious occasion of Rath Yatra (1st July, 2022) in Chandnichowk, Cuttack.
- Anant Kumar Mishra Smruti Samman from Parikrama in 2021.
- Award for Exemplary contribution in Education on 26 January 2018 on the occasion of Republic Day by the Rairangpur Sub Division, Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Odisha.
- Makara Samman, Bhubaneswar in 2014
- Utkal University Gold Medal for Public Administration in 2000
- Rai Bahadur Durga Charan Das Memorial Gold Medal for Public Administration in 2000.
- First member of Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Odisha.
- First Woman from Mayurbhanj to be the founding member of a Multidisciplinary University.
- First Woman from Odisha to become the Advisor to the President of India.
- She has degrees in four diverse disciplines which included three Master’s degrees and LLB
