Two Odias find place in most influential bureaucrat list

Bringing glory for the State, two senior bureaucrats from Odisha have found place in India Today’s High and Mighty: The ultimate power list 2024 as most influential bureaucrats.

While P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained top of the list named-Officials | Portraits framed in steel, a sub-category under the High and Mighty: The ultimate power list 2024, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das secured the third spot.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval secured second position in the list. 

Among others, Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India; T V Somanathan, Cabinet Secretary of India; Rahul Navin, Director, Enforcement Directorate; Praveen Sood, Director, Central Bureau of Investigation; B V R Subrahmanyam, EO, NITI Aayog; General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff; Arvind Panagariya, Chairman, Finance Commission have also found place in the list of most influential bureaucrats.

In the political category, Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured the top spot, while Mukesh Ambani and Amitabh Bachchan held the first position in the Businesspeople and Icons categories respectively.