BHUBANESWAR: Professor Chita Ranjan Tripathy assumed charge as vice-chancellor of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, here on Thursday. "We will regularise the pending payment of faculty involved in evaluation," Tripathy added. "BPUT being a 15-year-old institution has not been given required members of staff yet," Tripathy said. Tripathy was appointed VC by Odisha governor S C Jamir on October 8, 2017. "I am hopeful of making good changes like streamlining examination and publication of results," Tripathy said..