Omfed Managing Director Bishnupada Sethi will receive the Udyog Rattan Award, which is given for outstanding performance in the field of industrial development, in New Delhi on December 30.
Sethi will receive the award at the Indian Habitat Centre during a seminar on economic development. Besides Sethi, the Omfed will also be conferred with Excellence Award. The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and award for Excellence every year to distinguished persons for their outstanding contribution to the economic development of the country.
Sethi, who is also the Secretary of Fishery and Animal Resources Development Department, has been a pioneer in developing the dairy, poultry and animal husbandry sector in Odisha. His tireless efforts have given a boost to economic and employment generation in the State.