Bhubaneswar: The state government on Sunday made appointment to senior posts of different boards, commission and departments.
Senior BJD leaders Prasanna Patsani and Ramesh Chandra Chyau Pattnaik have been appointed as members of State Planning Board in the rank of Cabinet ministers while and Sadhu Nepak as member of State Planning Board in the rank of Minister of State.
Following are other important appointments:
- Raghunath Naidu – Expert Member, District Planning Board, Ganjam
- Tumbanath Panda – Exper
t Member, District Planning Board, Ganjam - Sarada Jena – Expert Member, District Planning Board, Jagatsinghpur
- Jitendra Mohanty – Expert Member, District Planning Board, Mayurbhanj
- Dr Rama Chandra Panda: Advisor, Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department
- Anubhav Patnaik: Advisor, E & IT Department
- Sudhir Das: Advisor, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana
- Nibedita Nayak: Advisor, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana
- Gita Bastia: Advisor, Mission Shakti
- Sarojini Hembram: Advisor, ST&SC Development
- Sumitra Jena: Advisor, W&CD Department
- Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo: Chairperson, Odisha State Housing Board
- Lenin Mohanty: Chairperson, OTDC
- Minati Behera: Chairperson, Odisha State Commission For Women
- Sangram Paikraray: Chairperson, Odisha Khadi & Village Industries Board
- Dr. Pradip Majhi is appointed as Advisor, Special Development Council
- D. Lopamudra Buxipatra and Gita Bastia: Advisors to Mission Shakti department
- Kasturi Mohapatra: Editor, Utkal Prasanga and Odisha Review