Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s Private Secretary V Karthikeyan Pandian has been given additional charge as the Secretary to the Chief Minister’s Transformation and Initiatives (5Ts).
Notably, Pandian, a 2000-batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer, was appointed as the Private Secretary to the CM in May 2011.
Prior to this, he had served as the Collectors of Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts.
After assuming office as the Chief Minister for a fifth consecutive term, Patnaik has given emphasis on 5Ts -- Teamwork, Transparency, Time, Technology and Transformation for the sake of good governance.
He has advised his Ministers, newly-elected BJD MLAs and bureaucrats to focus on the 5 mantras to build a “New Odisha”