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<div>{{short description|Indian academic and the former vice-chancellor of Utkal University, Odisha, India}}<br />
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'''Soumendra Mohan Patnaik''' (or '''S. M. Patnaik''') is an Indian academic and the current vice-chancellor of [[Utkal University]], [[Odisha]], India.<ref name="KalingaTV">{{cite news |title=Soumendra Patnaik takes over as Utkal University VC |url=https://kalingatv.com/state/soumendra-patnaik-takes-over-as-utkal-university/ |accessdate=8 March 2020 |work=KalingaTV |date=31 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
Patnaik pursued his Ph. D in anthropology in 1994 from [[University of Delhi]]. He also pursued M.Sc (1983) and M. Phil (1986) in anthropology from the same university.<ref name="DU">{{cite web |title=Patnaik, Prof. Soumendra M. University of Delhi |url=http://du.ac.in/du/uploads/Faculty%20Profiles/2017/Anthropology/Oct102017_Anthro_Prof.%20SM%20Patanik.pdf |publisher=University of Delhi |accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Patnaik is a professor of anthropology and has experience of teaching for more than two decades. In July 2017 Patnaik was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Utkal University, India. He replaced Ashok Das in this position.<ref name="The New Indian Express">{{cite news |title=SM Patnaik, new Vice-Chancellor of Odisha's Utkal university |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2017/jul/18/sm-patnaik-new-vice-chancellor-of-odishas-utkal-university-1630075.html |accessdate=8 March 2020 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Before that he was working as a professor of anthropology at [[University of Delhi]]. He held the president's position at [[Indian Anthropological Association]].<ref name="OdishaDiary">{{cite news |title=Prof. Dr. Soumendra Mohan Patnaik appointed as Vice-chancellor for Utkal University |url=https://orissadiary.com/prof-dr-soumendra-mohan-patnaik-appointed-vice-chancellor-utkal-university/ |accessdate=8 March 2020 |work=OdishaDiary |date=17 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Publications ==<br />
Patnaik has authored 3 books and has published more than 30 research papers.<ref name="OdishaDiary"/> The books he has written are:<br />
* ''Culture, Identity and Development'' {{ISBN|9788131601280}}<br />
* ''Displacement, rehabilitation, and social change: the case of the Paraja highlanders'' {{ISBN|9788121003575}}<br />
* ''Indian Tribes and the Mainstream'' {{ISBN|9788131601037}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Portal|India|Education}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://du.ac.in/du/uploads/Faculty%20Profiles/2017/Anthropology/Oct102017_Anthro_Prof.%20SM%20Patanik.pdf Soumendra Mohan Patnaik biography at University of Delhi website]<br />
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