By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Utkal University Teachers’ Association (UUTA) started functioning today with the following office bearers and executive members from its office in the faculty club premises of the university. UUTA is a collective of teachers in Utkal university registered since 1993 to represent the university faculty members in different forums. In the past, UUTA has been instrumental in the statewide legal struggle of university teachers against the amendment made by the state higher education department.
UUTA is a member organization of the Federation of Odisha University Teachers Associations (FOUTA) and Joint Action Committee of University Teachers in the State. The elections of the Association could not be held during last two years because of the crisis caused by COVID-19. On assuming office, the leaders of the association expressed their concerns over the inequality in the service conditions of university teachers under the state government compared to other states and central universities. The leaders of the association mentioned that UUTA will continue its struggle to enhance the retirement age of university faculty members to 65 years.
The following members have been elected for various posts as mentioned against their names. The tenure of the elected members to UUTA and Faculty Club will be for one year or till the next elections.
Elected Members of UUTA Executive Committee
President: Kunja Bihari Panda, Statistics
Vice-President: Kabir Mohan Sethy. Geography
Secretary: Siba Sankar Mohanty, Economics
Joint Secretary: Sudhakar Jally, Philosophy
Treasurer: Satya Narayan Pal, Chemistry
Executive Committee Members, UUTA
Asim Ranjan Parhi, English
Asish Chandra Pathy, Geography
Durga Shankar Pattanaik, Geology
Mitali Chinara, Economics
Niranjan Sabar, Sanskrit
Prafulla Kumar Swain, Statistics
Priya Ranjan Dash, Statistics
Rabindra Kumar Swain, Commerce
Smita Naik, Political Science
Subrat Kumar Naik, Anthropology
Elected Members of Utkal University Faculty Club
Secretary: Sushant Kumar Patra, Archeology
Joint Secretary: Kirty Ranjan Mallick, Geology
Executive Members, Faculty Club
Dharmendra Das, Sanskrit
Priyanka Khurana, Anthropology
Pulastya Jani, English
Rudra Narayan Mohapatra, Odia
Sanatan Majhi, Biotechnology
