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Bhubaneswar: Former Director of Town Planning and the first Chief Town Planner of Odisha, Surendra Behera passed away at the age of 68 in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
Behera was a resident of Balanga village under the district of Puri.
An alumnus of Ravenshaw College and Utkal University, Behera had obtained his Masters Degree in Regional Planning from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 1980. He had also got a Post Graduate Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning from the Technical University of Szczecin, Poland, in 1984.
In his tenure spanning 33 years, from 1977 to 2010, he held various positions in the Directorate of Town Planning in Bhubaneswar.
He also served as the Planning Member of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) in the past and was fondly remembered by his colleagues for his dedication for work.
He was a fellow member of the Institute of Town Planners India (ITP), the founding Secretary of the Orissa Regional Chapter of the ITPI and served as Chairman of the regional chapter ITPI from 2006 to 2008.
He is survived by his wife, daughter and a son.
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