Shri Bishnupada Shethi,IAS is currently serving as the Principal Secretary under Government of Odisha, leading dept. of social security and persons with disability. He handled mega cyclone Fani effectively as the Relief Commissioner and was recognised worldwide for his role. He has taken effective steps to improve the systems and give benefit to the people of KBK region for which he was appreciated by the National Human Rights Commission, which was then monitoring starvation deaths in KBK region. He has served as the Secretaries to different departments of Govt. of Odisha. He has been the instrumental in the adoption of Odisha Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2006 and Odisha Fishery Policy, 2015 under the United Nations Development Program project. He has played vital roles in many policy level reformations and executions for the Govt. of Odisha. He has published monographs on eleven indigenous breeds of animals like cattle, buffalo and goat of Odisha which led to registration of seven breeds, for the first time after independence of the country. He has also published a number of articles and books which have been received well and have been translated to other languages.
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