• Sachidananda Mohanty has been appointed as a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for three Years.
• He is a former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad and former Vice­ Chancellor of Central University of Odisha.
• He was a member of India’s Education Commission to the UNESCO and Governing Board member of Auroville Foundation.

ABOUT UGC:

• The University Grants Commission (UGC) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1956 to coordinate, determine, and maintain standards of teaching, examination, and research in university education.
• Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar is the current Chairman of UGC.
• Deepak Kumar Srivastava is the current Vice-Chairman of UGC.