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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-16122025-268552
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5607]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 25, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th December, 2025
S.O. 5802(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and in pursuance of the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile
Ministry of Environment and Forests, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section(ii), vide number S.O. 1533(E), dated the 14th September, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said
notification), the Central Government hereby constitutes the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority,
Odisha (hereinafter referred to as the Authority Odisha) comprising of the following persons, namely:—
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| Sl.No. | Name and Address | Designation |
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| 1. | Dr. Sudarsan Panda, | Chairman; |
| | K-8/135, Kalinga Nagar, | |
| | Bhubaneswar-751003. | |
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| 2. | Dr. Gopal Prasad Roy, | Member; and |
| | Plot No. 216/2370, Lane No.2, | |
| | Maruti Vihar, Raghunathpur Jali, Nandan Kanan | |
| | Road, Bhubaneswar- 751024. | |
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| 3. | Director, | Member- Secretary. |
| | Environment-cum-Special Secretary, | |
| | Government of Odisha. | |
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2. The Authority, Odisha shall take its decision on the recommendations of the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee
constituted under paragraph 4 of this notification.
3. All decisions of the Authority, Odisha shall be taken in a meeting and shall ordinarily be unanimous:
Provided that, in case a decision is taken by majority, the details of views, for and against it, shall be clearly
recorded in the minutes and a copy thereof sent to the Central Government.
4. The Central Government, in consultation with the State Government of Odisha, for the purpose of assisting the
Authority, Odisha, hereby constitutes the State Level Expert Appraisal Committee for the State of Odisha, (hereinafter
referred to as the Committee) comprising of the following persons, namely:
State Level Expert Appraisal Committee
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| Sl. No. | Name and Address | Designation |
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| 1. | Dr. Pramod Kumar Prusty, | Chairman; |
| | CB No-12, Cantonment Road, Cuttack-753001, | |
| | Odisha. | |
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| 2. | Dr. Rajesh Roshan Dash, | Member; |
| | Professor (Civil and Environmental Engineering), | |
| | School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of | |
| | Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. | |
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| 3. | Shri Bijaya Basanta Kumar Sahu, | Member; |
| | Flat G-7, Netaji Subhas Enclave, Gadakana, | |
| | Bhubaneswar-751017, Odisha. | |
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| 4. | Dr. Bendadi Hanumantha Rao, | Member; |
| | Associate Professor in Geotechnical and | |
| | Environmental Engineering, | |
| | School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of | |
| | Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. | |
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| 5. | Dr. Akshaya Kumar Das, | Member; |
| | "SANKALP" Sankalp Vihar, | |
| | Near KEC, Pubasasan, Kausalyaganga-751002, | |
| | Bhubaneswar, Odisha. | |
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| 6. | Dr. Sudhansu Sekhar Sahoo, | Member; |
| | Associate Professor, | |
| | School of Mechanical Sciences, | |
| | Odisha University of Technology and Research, | |
| | Bhubaneswar, Odisha. | |
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| 7. | Sri Saroj Kumar Pattanaik | Member; |
| | A/411, Rajendra Vihar Apartment, Forest Park, | |
| | Bhubaneswar- 751009, Odisha. | |
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| 8. | Dr. Trupti Das, | Member; |
| | Senior Principal Scientist, | |
| | Department of Environment and Sustainability, | |
| | Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, | |
| | Bhubaneswar- 751013, Odisha. | |
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| 9. | Dr. Soobhankar Pati, | Member; |
| | Chief Executive Officer, Research and | |
| | Entrepreneurship Park, IIT, | |
| | Bhubaneswar A24, Palaspalli, Bhubaneswar | |
| | -751020, Odisha. | |
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| 10. | Dr. Sarat Chandra Sahu, | Member; |
| | Flat No.123, Block No. C8, | |
| | Kendriya Vihar, Phase-ll, | |
| | Tamando Bhubaneswar, 751028, Odisha. | |
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| 11. | Dr. Sarat Kumar Palita, | Member; |
| | Plot No. 09, Pokhran village, | |
| | Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, 751016, Odisha | |
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| 12. | Dr. Nabin Kumar Dhal, | Member; |
| | Chief Scientist and Head of Environment and | |
| | Sustainability, | |
| | Council of Scientific & Industrial Research | |
| | Institute of Minerals and Materials | |
| | Technology, Bhubaneswar, Pin-751013, Odisha. | |
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| 13. | Dr Amarendra Das, | Member; |
| | Associate Professor, | |
| | School of Humanities and Social Studies, | |
| | National Institute of Science Education and | |
| | Research, | |
| | PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, | |
| | District- Khordha, PIN- 752050, Odisha. | |
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| 14. | Dr Hiranmayee Nayak, | Member; and |
| | Assistant Professor, | |
| | Dept. of Silviculture and Agroforestry, | |
| | College of Forestry, Orissa University of | |
| | Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar – | |
| | 751003, Odisha. | |
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| 15. | Member- Secretary, | Member -Secretary. |
| | State Pollution Control Board, Odisha. | |
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5. The Chairman and Members of the Authority, Odisha and the Committee shall hold office for a period of three years
from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
6. The Authority, Odisha and the Committee shall exercise such powers and follows such procedures as specified in the
said notification.
7. In order to avoid any conflict of interest,—
(i.) the Chairman and Members of the Authority, Odisha and the Committee shall,—
(a) declare to which consulting organisation they have been associated with and also the project proponents;
and
(b) not undertake any consultation or associate with regard to preparation of Environment Impact Assessment
and Environment Management Plan for a project, which is to be decided by the Authority, Odisha or to
be appraised by the Committee during their tenure; and
ii. in the preceding five years, if the Chairman or any Member of the Authority, Odisha and the Committee have
provided consultancy services or conducted Environment Impact Assessment studies for any project proponent,
in that event they shall recuse themselves from the meetings of the Authority, Odisha or the Committee, as the
case may be, from the process of appraisal of any project proposed by such proponents.
8. The Committee shall function on the principle of collective responsibility and the Chairman shall endeavour to reach
a consensus in each case, and if a consensus cannot be reached, the views of the majority shall prevail.
9. The State Government of Odisha shall notify an agency to act as Secretariat of the Authority, Odisha and the
Committee which shall provide financial and logistic support, including accommodation, transportation and such other
facilities in respect of all their statutory functions.
10. The sitting fees, travelling allowances and dearness allowances to the Chairman and Members of the Authority,
Odisha and the Committee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of relevant rules of the State
Government of Odisha.
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RAJAT AGARWAL, Jt. Secy.
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