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The Definition of Impetus

Niranjan PatnaaikFormer Minister and Senior Congress Leader, Odisha Dr Patnaaik has always enjoyed reading. Besides material in his field of study, his reading ranges from fiction to complex scientific theories. He sometimes reads Bhagavad Gita for devotion. His wife teases him that he reads too much Bhagavad Gita because he tends to look at signs […]

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A Man of God

Dr Raju ChandrasekarChancellor, Emeritus, Jinja, Uganda and Eminent Educationalist Dr Jagannath Patnaik is genuinely a man of God. He has authored many magazines and newspaper articles. Above all is the witness of his simple, humble, prayerful life. Dr Patnaaik could have become an eminent cleric in a prestigious order. But the Lord enticed his heart

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A Personal Accolade

Dr Aditya Arya IPS, Former DGP GoaFormer Special Commisssioner of Police, President House, New Delhi It is with a sense of admiration and love for this colossus in the field of education, that I write this appreciation of a person of distinction, viz., Dr Jagannath Patnaik. He is not only a doyen in the field

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A Much-Faceted Personality

S.K. TamotiaFormer CMD, NALCO Dr Jagannath Patnaik is a multi-faceted personality. He is often labelled as an educationist and spiritual motivator. Would that be appropriate? Well, he is certainly that but not only that. The injustice in confining him to this one compartment would be evident the moment we get to hear his erudite comments

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He Epitomized the Ideal Scholar

Vinod TibrewalChancellor, JJTU Dr Jagannath Patnaik is hardworking, dedicated to scholarship, knowledgeable in other disciplines, uncompromising in standards and principles, progressive minded, nationalist to the core and striving to achieve excellence in whatever he does at all times. He is simply a scholar par excellence and a model to students, scholars, scientists, nationalists, progressives and

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A Living Role Model

Dr Ashok Yende, Professor and HeadDepartment of Law, University of Mumbai I feel delighted to write foreword message to a book on The Veracity of Truth, written by Dr Jagannath Patnaik, the vice-chancellor of Kalinga University. There is acute scarcity of living role models like Dr Jagannaath B Patnaaik. He is widely acclaimed as the

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As I Know Him

Ashok Mohapatra, IASFormer Secretary, Govt of India Saints form a part of Hindu religion and some saints have left an irremovable impression of their life. Barring a few, a large number of saints have started their own sects. The lifestyle of many misguided people like me, have altered and improved. The holy men coax everyone

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