Odisha CM appoints Dilip Tirkey as OTDC chairman

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today appointed former Rajya Sabha MP and ex-captain of Indian national hockey team, Dilip Tirkey, as the chairman of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC), official sources said.

Tirkey, a leader of the ruling BJD, was elected to the Rajya Sabha on March 22, 2012 and his tenure ended on April 2, this year.
OTDC is a state government undertaking, incorporated in 1979, to promote tourism in the state and operate some of the existing tourist bungalows and transport fleets on commercial basis.