Former DGP of Tamil Nadu Jalad Kumar Tripathy (Retd.IPS:1985:TN) was on Thursday (23.09.2021) appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Odisha. Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal made the appointment on the recommendations of the Committee Constituted for the purpose.
The post of the CIC had fallen vacant after retirement of Sunil Kumar Mishra on August 15, 2021.
Born at Bheda of Cuttack district, Tripathy has held various positions in his long career of over 30 years. He retired as the Director-General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force of Tamil Nadu on June 30 this year.
He has served as the DGP of Uniformed Services Recruitment Board in Tamil Nadu, the Commissioner of Police in Chennai and Trichy and as the Superintendent of Police in nine districts of Tamil Nadu.
