Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Eminent academic and former vice-chancellor of North Odisha University (NOU) Prof Sanghamitra Mohanty lost her life while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in a private hospital.
She was the former president of Odisha Bigyan Academy under the Department of Science and Technology of the Odisha government and she lost the battle of Covid-19 at the age of 68. She had also served as the Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at Utkal University.
According to the reports, after she completed her tenure in NOU, she had joined as senior professor and Dean of, Faculty of Science at Sri Sri University. Her fields of research included Artificial Intelligence, Speech Processing, Image Processing, Natural Language Processing, Fractal Geometry and High Energy Physics.
The report further added that she has thirty Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on Indian Language Technology Solutions to her credit while more than 180 of her research papers have been published in the International Journals and Conference Proceedings. She has also guided 68 students for their Masters which included 11 for PhD.
Further, she has successfully completed several critical research projects of UGC and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology. Even for her work in the field of engineering and technology, the Odisha Government has conferred her with the prestigious Samanta Chandrashekhar Award in 2012. She was also recognised with the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Rama Devi Women’s University for her contribution to science and technology.
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