Odisha's Top Maoist Leader Wants To Pursue MA From Jail

Sabyasachi Panda is one of six inmates who have submitted documents to enroll in the two-year MA (Public Administration) correspondence course at OSOU.

Top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, currently in Odisha's Berhampur circle jail serving a life sentence, expressed his interest in pursuing MA in Public Administration through the Odisha State Open University (OSOU) this year, a prison official said on Wednesday.

Panda, who did his BA from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) two years ago, is one of six inmates who have submitted documents to enroll in the two-year MA (Public Administration) correspondence course at OSOU.

Of the six, four are convicts, including the 55-year-old Panda, and two are undertrials.