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Environmentalist From Odisha Appointed As Greenpeace India Chairman

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s noted environmentalist and activist Biswajit Mohanty has been appointed as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Greenpeace India, a  global environmental group.

Biswajit, with 25 years of experience as a professional Chartered Accountant, was already a member of the Executive Committee of the organization for 10 years. He holds a Law degree and a PhD in wildlife poaching. An active wildlife onlooker, he has been working towards environment protection since 1994.

“It is for sure a huge responsibility. I am looking forward to some great learning experience,” Biswajit said.

He had co-ordinated ‘Operation Kachhapa’ launched in 1998 to contain rampant death of Olive Ridley sea turtles along Odisha coast and is soon coming up with a small book on the same, he informed.

He has to his credit several awards for wildlife protection, including Sanctuary Asia-ABN Amro Award 2011, Times Leadership Award and Ford Award.

Honorary Secretary of Wildlife Society of Orissa, he was a governing body member of Wildlife Institute of India for 2008-2014, a member of Odisha State Audit Advisory Board and former Director, Orissa Forest Development Corporation Ltd. He also served on the National Board for Wildlife during 2007-2013 and as a board member of Transparency International India during 2010-2013.

He has authored ‘Chasing His Father’s Dreams’ (2017), a research-based book that analyses the performance of Naveen Patnaik, the longest ruling Chief Minister of Odisha since the year 2000 when he took over the reins of the state.

OB Bureau

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