Bhubaneswar: Shri Samarth Verma, IAS (Odisha: 2011), a distinguished and widely-respected officer of the Odisha cadre, has been appointed as a Director in the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways.

The appointment, notified by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T) under the Central Staffing Scheme, is for a period of five years.

The timing of Shri Verma’s move to the Centre is particularly significant as his home state, Odisha, is aggressively pursuing a massive maritime development vision and port-led industrialization.

Odisha, with its long coastline and rich maritime heritage, recently made headlines with its ambitious plan to increase its port capacity from the current 80 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) to 8 00 MTPA by 2047. The state has also recently formalize

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