Bhubaneswar, Oct. 21: Mr. Saumyesh Acharya, a 2020 pass out of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, faculty of agricultural sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University here, has cracked the 2022 Odisha Civil Services examination results of which were published recently.
He has been placed 83rd in the list of successful candidates.
Mr. Acharya, who passed B.Sc. (Hons) in Agriculture from IAS in 2020, completed M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Agricultural Extension from the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Visvavidyalaya in West Bengal in 2022. He also cracked the UGC Net 2022 and ICAR Net in 2023.
At present, Mr. Acharya is pursuing his Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension from Visva Bharati, West Bengal.
A recipient of the Ganga Singh Chauhan Memorial Award for his research in the domain of extension, Mr. Acharya has also co-authored a book titled ‘Farmer Producer Organisation- The Neo Institutional Revolution in Indian farming.’
Mr. Acharya was felicitated on his success by SOA Founder President Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak at the university office on Monday. SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Dean of IAS, Prof. Santosh Kumar Rout, Dean (Students’ Welfare) Prof. Jyoti Ranjan Das and senior professor of IAS Prof. Saroj Kumar Mohanty were present.
