Dinesh Patnaik has been appointed as the new Director General for the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
Patnaik, who belongs to Balangir district, is son of former senior IPS officer Braja Mohan Patnaik and Kamini Patnaik. Patnaik completed his Intermediate in Science from the Gangadhar Meher College, Sambalpur and later did his BSc in the Delhi University and Post-Graduation Management from the IIM, Calcutta.
As the new DG of ICCR, Patnaik would promote cultural, heritage, history, tourism objectives and hold different programmes to promote Indian culture across the world.
