Dr Bibhuti Bhusan Pattanaik is the Independent Director and Non-Executive Chairperson of our Company. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) degree from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneshwar and Master of Science (Agriculture) degree in Entomology and Agricultural Zoology from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
He also holds a Post-graduate diploma in Marketing and Sales Management from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and a diploma in Human Resource Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University. He has also been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology by Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (UP). He has over 40 years of experience at senior levels in central PSUs and the Government of India in warehousing and the agricultural industry.
He earlier served as Joint Commissioner (S&R) in the Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Government of India, as Chairman and Managing Director in National Seeds Corporation Limited and as Managing Director in Central Warehousing Corporation. Subsequently, he was appointed by the Government of India, as Member and later as Chairperson of the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
He currently serves as a Director on the Boards of Prabhat Agri Biotech Limited, National E-Repository Limited, Farmersfortune (India) Private Limited and Odisha State Warehousing Corporation.
