Bhubaneswar: The state government appointed Suresh Pant as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force (HoFF), Saturday.
The 1990-batch Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer will replace Debidutta Biswal, an officer of 1988 batch who retired Friday.
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Pant, who hails from Uttarakhand, had been serving as the Managing Director of Odisha Forest Development Corporation (OFDC) Limited since 2021.
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