The Odisha government on Wednesday (09.04.2025) appointed retired IAS officer Manoj Kumar Parida (Retd. IAS:1986:AGMUT) as the new Chief Information Commissioner of the Odisha Right to Information (RTI) Commission.
Parida retired from the Government of India in February 2022 as Secretary, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention. He also served as Advisor to the Administrator of Chandigarh. Over the course of his distinguished career, he held several key assignments both in his cadre and at the Centre.
Alongside Parida, three others have been appointed as Information Commissioners: retired IPS officer Pranabindu Acharya, High Court advocate Kalpana Pattnaik, and retired IAS officer Pabitra Mandal.
The Odisha State Information Commission, a statutory and autonomous body, was constituted under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Its core responsibilities include hearing appeals on RTI responses by public authorities, investigating complaints related to the denial of information, and reviewing annual RTI compliance reports submitted by government departments.
