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IFS Officer Suresh Pant Appointed Odisha PCCF After Debidutta Biswal’s Retirement

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday appointed Suresh Pant as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) & Head of Forest Force (HoFF) in the state.

The 1990-batch Indian Forest Service officer will replace Debidutta Biswal, an officer of 1988 batch, who retired on Friday.

Pant, who hails from Uttarakhand, had been serving as the Managing Director (MD) of Odisha Forest Development Corporation (OFDC) Ltd since 2021.

Prior to joining OFDC, he was posted as Regional Chief Conservator of Forests (RCCF), Bhawanipatna Circle, in Kalahandi district from November 24, 2015, to July 22, 2018. He also served as RCCF, Berhampur Circle, from July 25, 2018.

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