Achyuta Samanta Explained
Achyutananda Samanta(born 20 January 1965) is an Indian educationist and philanthropist.
He is currently the President of Volleyball Federation of India. From 2019 to 2024 he was Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Kandhamal, Odisha.
Early life
Samanta was born to Anadi Charan Samanta and Nilima Rani Samanta in the village of Kalarabanka in Cuttack District of Odisha in 1965.[2] His father died when Samanta was four, and he grew up in abject poverty with his widowed mother and seven siblings.[3]
Samanta received an M.Sc. in Chemistry from Utkal University. He started his career as a Chemistry lecturer in a college in Bhubaneswar.
Awards and records
Samanta received a number of awards, and created new records in the field of social entrepreneurship. He was mentioned among the Top 15 Social Entrepreneurs of the World by the American Edge Foundation.[4] Samanta appears in The Limca Book of Records as the youngest chancellor of any University in India.
- Outstanding Green Activist Award by India Green Energy Awards organised by Indian Federation of Green Energy (IFGE)[5] – 2019
- Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar (Lifetime Achievement Award) at 4th National Teachers’ Congress by MIT World Peace University, Pune - 2020
- Personality of the Year Award by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)[6] – 2019
- Golden Gabel Award by World Academy of Arts And Culture[7] – 2019
- BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2019 instituted by The Hindu BusinessLine daily[8] – 2019
- Conferred the UC Distinguished Professorship in Humanities by The University of Cambodia[9] – 2018
- Received ‘Certificate of Excellence’ in the field of Social Work from the Minister of International Affairs, Government of Cambodia [10]
- In December 2022, he received Honorary Doctorate degree by Utkal University marking the 50th honorary degree conferred on him.[11]
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Dr. Achyuta Samanta-Founder, KIIT & KISS. 29 June 2018. 25 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190525043218/https://achyutasamanta.com/a-brief-profile/. dead.
- Web site: How Odisha's education man Achyuta Samanta plans to navigate his way to the Rajya Sabha. 2020-06-14. The New Indian Express. 15 March 2018 .
- Purkayastha. Debapratim. March 2015. Achyuta Samanta's KISS: Mainstreaming Marginalized Communities Through Education. The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development. XII (1). 45–61.
- The New Indian Express. 12.01.2008 Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder Secretary KIIT & KISS has been placed among the top 15 social entrepreneurs of the world
- Web site: Achyuta Samanta conferred with 'Outstanding Green Activist' Award. 2019-12-16. KalingaTV. en-US. 2020-01-09.
- Web site: Dr Samanta gets FICCI 'Personality of the Year' award, millennium Post, Nov 28, 2019. ficci.in. 2020-01-09.
- Web site: 39th World Congress of Poets at KIIT. The New Indian Express. 16 October 2018 . 2020-01-09.
- News: Changemaker Award to Achyuta Samanta. 16 March 2019. The Pioneer. 16 March 2019.
- Web site: THE CONFERMENT OF THE HONORARY DOCTORAL DEGREE ON JUSTICE DALVEER BHANDARI AND THE UC DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN HUMANITIES ON PROFESSOR ACHYUTA SAMANTA. The University of Cambodia. 4 May 2018.
- Web site: In Transit with Achyuta Samanta – Lok Sabha . Lok Sabha . 20 July 2009.
- News: Hemanta . Pradhan . Achyuta Samanta gets 50th honorary doctorate . The Times of India . 24 December 2022 . January 5, 2023.
