Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday conferred Minister of State (MoS), chief secretary and principal secretary ranks on 11 recently-appointed advisors to various government departments.
The list of advisors with MoS rank released to the media by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) is as follows:
1. Lopamudra Buxipatra, Advisor, Mission Shakti
2. Sudhir Das, Advisor, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana
3. Mujibulla Khan, Advisor, (Minority Affairs), ST&SC Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department
4. Anubhav Pattnaik, Advisor, ET&IT
5. Krutibas Patra, Advisor, Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment Department
6. Ramchandra Panda, Advisor, Odisha State Agriculture Marketing Board
Special Development Councils advisor Sujeet Kumar has been given the rank of Chief Secretary.
Similarly, four more advisors have been granted Principal Secretary rank in the government. They are:-
- Utkal Keshari Parida, Advisor, Chilika Development Authority
2. Debashish Mallick, Advisor , Odisha Forest Development Corporation
3. Sulata Deo, Advisor, Women & CD Department
4. Janmejaya Lenka, Advisor, Odia Language Literature & Culture Department
