Giridhari Nayak
Educationalist and Social Worker
Dr Jagannath Patnaik is a trailblazer in the field of education. He is a true global leader in the field of education if there was any. Be it diversification of his educational research and glimpses of his richness works reaching through most popular books as an eminent and prolific writer. He has been a founder and guide to several innovative and successful educational set-ups such as Kalinga University, ICFAI University, International Management Centre, Australia and Singhania University. He has subsequently helped establish many other successful enterprises too.
Dr Patnaaik is a board member of the International Police Commission, which fosters dialogues and peace collaborations among countries. He is presently serving as the secretary and chief of staff of IPC, India Command. He receives full marks on being unique with his concepts and ideas. His presence on the stage alone commands absolute attention allowing listeners to gather enough information for use in the future. He has been making blue prints of education across the globe. He may be the only person who has received honorary doctorates from more than two universities for contribution to this noble field and through it to the society.
In his case, he has got this honorary doctorates from more than five universities and that too from as diverse as places from US, Sri Lanka, Italy, the Netherlands and in the national level from Rajasthan and Punjab. A man who treats education as means of service is God’s best gift to mankind if not God reincarnated. Awards such as Sadbhabana, Swachh Bharat, World Human Rights educators, Pride of India are small tokens of appreciation from an obliged mass. He is an energetic, organized and methodical person with high level of creativity and commitment. Education is itself honoured to have got a leader, a true messiah like Dr Jagannath Patnaik.