Jitendriya Kumar Satpathy will take over as third Vice Chancellor of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) soon. 

Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, has been appointed as new VC BPUT by the Chancellor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare. 

The Raj Bhawan has issued orders accordingly and Prof. Satpathy would remain VC for the next five years. 

He has replaced Dr. Omkar Nath Mohanty, who completed his term of five years in BPUT. 

Professor Damodar Achrya was the first Vice-Chancellor of BPUT, who is at present Director IIT Kharagpur. 

Prof. Satpathy received his Ph. D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. 

He has been Guest Faculty in several foreign universities. 

His specialisations include Digital Signal Processing, Application of Neural Networks & Fuzzy logic to digital communication, Electrical power drives. 

Born in Cuttack with top academic excellence, Professor Satapathy is known for his down to earth approach. 

BPUT is having 110 colleges, both constituent and affiliated with around 58,000 students. 

Disciplines include engineering, architecture, business management, hotel management, computer studies and pharmacy. 

This is the largest university of the State and besieged with problems of student unrest, challenge to maintain quality education and mushrooming technical colleges.

Commenting on his new appointment Professor Satapathy said that once he completes his duties in NIT, he will take over as VC. 

Once he takes over the assignment, it will be possible to spell out his vision on BPUT, said Prof.Satapathy.