Soumendra Mohan Patnaik

Soumendra Mohan Patnaik (or S. M. Patnaik) is an Indian academic and the current vice-chancellor of Utkal University, Odisha, India.^[1]

Soumendra Mohan Patnaik
Occupation(s)	Academic, researcher
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Delhi
Academic work
Discipline	Anthropology

Education

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.^[2]

Career

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.^[3] Before that he was working as a professor of anthropology at University of Delhi. He held the president's position at Indian Anthropological Association.^[4]

Publications

Patnaik has authored 3 books and has published more than 30 research papers.^[4] The books he has written are:

• Culture, Identity and Development ISBN 9788131601280
• Displacement, rehabilitation, and social change: the case of the Paraja highlanders ISBN 9788121003575
• Indian Tribes and the Mainstream ISBN 9788131601037