Bhubaneswar: Ace Mandarin, Manoj Kumar Sahoo has been appointed as Special Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Senior IAS Officer of 2006 Batch joined the State Government on Inter-Cadre Deputation.
Shri Sahoo, who belong to AGMUT Cadre was born and brought up in Jagatsinghpur District of Odisha.
He has served in several districts of Goa, Arunachal Pradesh as District Magistrate and is having lot of field expereince.
His tenure in Ministry of Jal Shakti as Joint Secretary has been lauded by Top Mandarins of Government of India.
His assignment in Election Commission of India as Deputy Election Commissioner was praiseworthy.
Shri Sahoo is cool, composed and a hard working IAS Officer, having pro-people attitude.
Lot of expectation is pinned on Shri Sahoo as he will handle crucial assignments in CMO, Odisha.