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Qualification : M.Sc ( Chemistry), Litt.D ( Hon )He got his primary and middle school education from village schools at Kandar Pur Lower Primary School, upto class 3 (age 8) , Middle School upto class 7 at his village Siddheswar Pur ( from class 4 to 6 ) and Subarna Pur, Banki ( class 7), next got his 4 year High School Education (class 8 to 11) in Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack, the most famous education institutions of Odisha that produced National Leaders and great litterateurs and Scientists like Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Dash, Netaji Subash Ch Bose,Raibahadur Gopal Ch. Praharaj, the compiler of the world renowned 4 language lexicon cum Compendium, “Purna Chandra Bhashakosh”, Dr. Prana Krushna Parija the renowned Scientist and many more luminaries of the country and adventurous persons like Biju Patnaik who later became the Chief Minister of Odisha, after India became an Independent Sovereign country, in 1947. After passing High School in 1949 Santanu went for College Education at the State level Ravenshaw Collge Cuttack, and studied there from Intermediate Science ( I.Sc.), B.Sc ( Hons in Chemistry) to Master of Science( M.Sc) classes in Chemistry, from 1949 to 1956.
Acharya belongs to the faculty of Science, by way of qualification, with a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from the Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, under the Utkal University of Orissa.He served the Govt. of Orissa in the Dept. of Education as a college teacher and then as Senior Education Administrative Officer since 1958 to 1992 from where he retired in the post of the Registrar Of the Utkal University, in the rank of Professor. He held the posts of College Principal in various graduate and postgraduate colleges of the state and discharged meritorious service as the Deputy Director of Public Instructions (science), Orissa, during the seventies. He pioneered the International Science Education Program in India, under the aegis of the UNICEF, at the school level from 1971- 1976 that had become the foundation of modernized teaching methods of science in Odisha.
He taught in important colleges like the B.J.B.College, Bhubaneswar and Ravenshaw College, Cuttack for long years before entering into the cadre of senior educational administration. He worked as the Principal of many colleges of the state like-Karanjia College, Karanjia, Maurbhanj, S.V.M. College, Jagatsingh Pur, Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar, and S.C.S. College, Puri before joining as the Registrar of Utkal University in 1990 from which post he retired on the 30th Jun. 1992.
Acharya belongs to the faculty of Science, by way of qualification, with a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from the Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, under the Utkal University of Orissa.He served the Govt. of Orissa in the Dept. of Education as a college teacher and then as Senior Education Administrative Officer since 1958 to 1992 from where he retired in the post of the Registrar Of the Utkal University, in the rank of Professor. He held the posts of College Principal in various graduate and postgraduate colleges of the state and discharged meritorious service as the Deputy Director of Public Instructions (science), Orissa, during the seventies. He pioneered the International Science Education Program in India, under the aegis of the UNICEF, at the school level from 1971- 1976 that had become the foundation of modernized teaching methods of science in Odisha.
He taught in important colleges like the B.J.B.College, Bhubaneswar and Ravenshaw College, Cuttack for long years before entering into the cadre of senior educational administration. He worked as the Principal of many colleges of the state like-Karanjia College, Karanjia, Maurbhanj, S.V.M. College, Jagatsingh Pur, Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar, and S.C.S. College, Puri before joining as the Registrar of Utkal University in 1990 from which post he retired on the 30th Jun. 1992.