Upendra Nath Behera, (IAS Rtd)
Upendra Nath Behera, a retired IAS officer, is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur who joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1983. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management and is fluent in German. Throughout his career, Shri Behera has held several significant positions in both the Government of Odisha and the Government of India. His roles have included Managing Director of the Oil Seeds Federation under the Agriculture Department, Managing Director of the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, and positions in the Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Biotechnology, and the Delhi Development Authority under the Ministry of Urban Development. In Odisha, he served as Principal Secretary of the Forest & Environment Department, the General Administration Department, and as Additional Chief Secretary in both the Home Department and Finance Department. He also held the position of Chairman of the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission.