Manoj Kumar Mishra (IRTS:2000), Principal Secretary, Electronics & Information Technology (ET&IT), has been given additional charge of Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Earlier, Mishra resigned from the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) to join the Odisha government. He was on deputation to the Odisha government as Commissioner, Rail Co-ordination and Special Secretary to Government, Commerce & Transport Department.
After the Ministry of Railways accepted Mishra’s resignation, the Odisha government appointed him as the Principal Secretary of ET & IT Department on Thursday. This is considering his experience in the IT Sector as well as grounding key projects may utilise his services in any sector requirement.
