Eminent sculptor Purna Chandra Pradhan passes away

Cuttack, May 31: Eminent sculptor Purna Chandra Pradhan passed away on Saturday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack. He was 87. He was not keeping well for a long time due to old-age related ailments. Pradhan was a teacher at RTN, Cuttack and was awarded state Lalit Kala Akademi Award. He had joined Oxford University as an expert nominated by Doordarshan for INSAT programme in 1984.