Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved appointments of many BJD leaders in several State-run public sector undertakings (PSUs) and Government departments.
While Lenin Mohanty was appointed as Editor, the Utkal Prasanga and the Odisha Review, Sujeet Kumar as Advisor to the Special Development Councils.
Similarly, Anubhav Patnaik was appointed as Advisor to the ET and IT Department, Krutibas Patra as Advisor to the Agriculture Department,
Utkal Keshari Parida as Advisor to the Chilika Development Authority, Debasis Ghosh as Advisor to the Odisha Forest Development Corporation, Sulata Deo as Advisor to the WCD Department, Janmejay Lenka as Advisor to the Odia Language Literature and Culture Department and Rama Chandra Panda as Advisor to the Odisha State Agriculture Marketing Board.
Similarly, Debasis Mohanty was appointed as Chairperson of the Odisha Agro Industries Corporation, Iswar Panigrahi as Chairperson of the Odisha Seeds Corporation, Pravaditya Mishra as Chairperson of the APICOL, Anup Sai as Chairperson of the Odisha Warehousing Corporation, Asit Patnaik as the Chairperson of the Odisha Pisciculture Development Corporation, Amarendra Das as Chairperson of the Odisha State Cashew Development Corporation,Lulu Amat as Chairperson of the Odisha Rural Housing Corporation, Chinmay Sahoo as Chairperson of the OSIC, Srimayee Mishra as Chairperson of the OTDC and Amaresh Patri as Chairperson of the Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation.
Besides, Satyabrat Tripathy was appointed as Chairperson of the Odisha Film Development Corporation, Bijay Nayak as Odisha State Youth Welfare Board Head, Priyadarshi Mishra as Chairperson of the Odisha State Housing Board, Subash Singh as Chairperson of Odisha Building and Other Construction Workers Board, Sudhir Das as Advisor to the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), Dilip Tirkey as Chairperson of the Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, Manas Madkami as Chairperson of the Special Development Council, Malkangiri, Binay Toppo as Chairperson of the SDC, Sundargarh, Susmita Bagchi as Chairperson, Mo School programme, Akash Das Nayak as Chairperson of Mo College programme, Minati Behera as Chairperson of the State Commission for Women, Kasturi Mohapatra as Chairperson of the Social Welfare Board, Sulochana Das as Chairperson of the State Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Lopamudra Buxipatra as Advisor to the Mission Shakti and Pushpendra Singh Deo as Member, WODC.