Retired IAS officer Priyabrata Patnaik passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday morning. He was 67.
He was suffering from cancer and undergoing treatment at the hospital. Efforts were on to bring his body back to the State.
Patnaik, who was a 1976-batch IAS officer, had served in various capacities, including Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (IDCO) in the rank of Chief Secretary. Earlier, he was Collector of several districts, including undivided Cuttack.
Patnaik was also president of the prestigious Bhubaneswar Club for long years and was instrumental in developing it to a big institution with multiple activities.