Leadership Team :: Government of Odisha :: Profile
Name: Ashok K. Meena, IAS
Designation: Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Govt. of Odisha
Contact No.: 0674-2536892 (0) 9437067762 (M)
Email Id: fcswsc@nic.in
Website: www.orissa.gov.in/foodsupplies/index.htm
Ashok Meena has completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and joined the IAS in 1993. During his entire life in administrative services he has worked in various sectors of Government of India and Odisha. He was very much involved in the formulation and enactment of SEZ Act 2005. For Government of Odisha, he has worked for industrial promotion, single window facilitation and externally aided projects. His vision is to strive to contribute to the policy formulation required in the changing scenario of economic condition of the Country as a whole which could be delivered with effective private sector participation.
Name: CJ Venugopal, IAS
Designation: CMD, IPICOL and Team Odisha
Website: www.ipicolorissa.com
C.J. Venugopal, belongs to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1988-batch. Presently Mr Venugopa is /serving as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha Ltd (IPICOL) the apex investment body in Odisha. An alumnus of IIM Ahmadabad , Mr.Venugopal is known for his industry-savvy approach is a result oriented top mandarin. Mr. Venugopal has been with GRIDCO and OPTCL as CMD since 2007 has brought in vast experience the power sector in general and infrastructure sector in particular. He was also instrumental in converting Orissa Mining Company (OMC) into a profit making company.
Name: Madhu Sudan Padhi, IAS
Designation: Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education Govt. of Odisha
Email Id: hedsec@ori.nic.in
Website: www.dheorissa.in
Madhusudan Padhi, IAS is presently working as the Commissioner-cum Secretary of Department of Higher Education, Govt. During his administrative service career he has been working in various Govt. sectors. He was also working with Indian Customs & Central Excise Service Department (IC&CES) from 1989-1991. Some other sectors include: OPEPA, District Magistrate & Collector of Kandhamal, Bolangir, Koraput, Khurda Districts of Odisha. His project Child Tracking System of OPERA has been awarded Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2006-07.
Name: Priyabrat Patnaik, IAS
Designation: Chairman, Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation
Priyabrat Patnaik, IAS is a very senior officer of Odisha Govt. and belongs to Indian Administrative Service Cadre of 1977 batch. He is an alumnus of one of the premier public school of India Rajku mar College, Raipur. He has held many important posts of Odisha Government like: CMD, OCC, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of Energy, Govt. of Odisha, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Commerce and Transport, CMD, IPICOL and presently He is posted as Chairman, IDCO. He is also the president of prestigious Bhubanewar Club.
Name: Sahadev Sahoo, IAS (Retd.) ,Government of Odisha
Designation: Chairman
Company: Kalinga Bharati Residential College
Contact No: 0674-2505680/2531158 (0)
Email: kalingabharati@kalingabharati.org
Website: wwvv.kalingabharati.org
Mr. Sahadeva Sahoo is a Professional member of All India Management Association, New Delhi. Training in Project Management, Leadership, Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Management, (Oxford Polytechnic, U.K.) 'Information Technology in Government' etc. A member of the Philatelic Advisory Committee, Government of India, 1989-91, 1998-2008 Prepared a teacher's handbook on collecting stamps and coins for the secondary schools in Orissa. Organized 2 National Philatelic Exhibitions in Bhubaneswar: Millipex 2000 and INPEX 2002.
Name: Santosh Sarangi, IAS,
Designation: Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of ST & SC Development, Minorities & BackwardClassesWelfare, Government of Odisha
Contact No.: 0674- 2322757/2536672 (0)
Email Id: welsec@ori.nic.in, ssantosh@ias.nic.in
Website: www.orissa.gov.in/stsc/index.htm
Santosh Sarangi, IAS belongs to Indian Administrative Service Cadre of 1994 batch. He has held many prestigious positions during his administrative career like: Director, Dept. of Tourism and Culture, Govt. of Odisha, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of Culture & Tourism and presently working as the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare, Govt. of Odisha.
Name: Satyabrata Sahu, IAS
Designation:Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development,Govt. of Odisha
Contact No.: 0674-2322960/2536985(0)
Website: www.orissa.gov.in/fisheries&ard/index.htm
Satyabrat Sahu, IAS joined his administrative career in the year 1991. During his tenure he has held various important positions of Govt. of Odisha with Sub-Collector, Collector of several districts of Odisha, Joint Secreatry, Director, of various Government Departments. Municipal Commissioner in H& UD Department of Odisha. He was also working as the Revenue Divisional Commissioner of the Dept. of Revenue & Disaster Management, govt. of Odisha and presently working as the Commissioner- cum Secretary of Dept. of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development, Govt. of Odisha.
Name: Saurabh Garg, IAS
Designation: Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of H & UD, Govt. of Odisha Contact No.: 0674-2536903
Website: www.urbanorissa.gov.in
Saurabh Garg is the Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Department of Housing & Urban Development, Government of Odisha. Since joining the Indian Administrative Services, he had held various esponsibilities in Government of Odisha, Government of India and the World Bank. He has also worked in the private sector with Citibank and the Tata Administrative Service. He has published many articles and has contributed to various books in the field of innovations in administration and corporate governance.
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