Bibhuti Bhusan Mohanty

Background

Mohanty, Bibhuti Bhusan was born on October 1, 1931 in Kesol, Orissa, India. Son of Raj Kishor and Indurekha (Pattanayak) Mohanty.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics with honors, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, 1950. Master of Science in Radiophysics & Electronics, Calcutta University, India, 1953. Diploma in audio-visual aids, University London, 1964.

Diploma in distance education, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 1988.

Career

Audio-visual education officer community project, Junagarh, India, 1954-1955, chief social education organizer India, 1955-1956. District social education organizer Kalahandi, Dhenkanal, India, 1956-1960. Instructor extension and social education Orientation and Study Center, Mysore, Bhubaneswar, India, 1960-1967.

Vice principal Tribal Orientation & Study Center, Bhubaneswar, India, 1967. Extension officer farmers training Government India, New Delhi, 1967. Audio-visual aids specialist Indian Council Agricultural Research, 1967-1968.

Information specialist Agricultural Finance Corporation, Bombay, 1968-1970. Expert in community development United Nations Educational, Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 1970-1973. Manager Indian Express, Chandigarh, India, 1977-1978.

Director State Resource Center for Adult Education, Angul, India, 1978-1984. Professor, head department audio-visual communications Indian Institute Mass Communications, New Delhi, 1984-1993, resident director Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, 1993-1996. International consultant in education, communications Angul, India, since 1996.

Consultant educational radio, television, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1981. Resource person mass media for adult education United Nations Educational, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1982. Consultant Jamaican village development project Rotary Foundation, Blue Mount, Jamaica, 1984.

Consultant in distance education United Nations Development Program, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1995.

Achievements

• Registered professional engineer. Achievements include languages known Oriya (mother tongue), English, Bengali, Hindi, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malay.

Works

• book

  • A handbook of audio-visual aids
  • Adult education : some reflections

• Other Work

  • Author: A Handbook of Audio-Visual Aids, 1962, The World Changes Every Moment, 1962, Adult Education: Some Reflections, 1989, People and Places, 2005. Editor Indian Journal of Adult Education, CHETANA Jour.

Membership

Vol. volunteers in Technical Service, Virginia, 1978. Honorary advisor Development News of India, Bhubaneswar, 1980. Executive president Bajiraut Chhatravas Angul, India, since 1994.

Member Worldview International Foundation (vice president, member central council), Asian Media Information and Communications Center, Commonwealth Association for Education in Journalism and Communications, Indian Institute Public Administrn. (life), Indian Adult Education Association (life, vice president).

Connections

Married Krishna Choudhury, July 14, 1958. Children: Kalpana, Kasturi, Aseem (deceased), Amlan.

Father:

Raj Kishor Mohanty

Mother:

Indurekha (Pattanayak) Mohanty

Spouse:

Krishna Choudhury

child:

Kalpana Mohanty

child:

Kasturi Mohanty

child:

Aseem Mohanty (deceased)

child:

Amlan Mohanty