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Odisha-born Purnedu S. Mishra has been appointed as the new General Manager (GM) of South Eastern Railway

Bhubaneswar:22 /9/18:Odisha-born Purnedu S. Mishra has been appointed as the new General Manager (GM) of South Eastern Railway (SER), which has its headquarters at Garden Reach, Kolkata.

Mishra assumed the charge of the post of GM today after his appointment was approved by the Railway Board, an official notification issued in this regard said.

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Prior to his new role, Mishra was serving as Princiapl Chief Operations Manager, Western Railway, Mumbai.

Mishra, who has vast knowledge and experience in train, had joined in the Indian Railways Traffic Service in 1982. He has worked in various capacities such as Advisor, Safety & Executive Director (Corporate Co-ordination), Railway Board, Divisional Railway Manager-Raipur, South Central Railway, Chief Transportation Palnning Manager, Souith Eastern Railway.

Besides, he worked asChief Freight Transportation Manager, Chief Transportation Planning Manger and Chief Passenger Transportation Manager both in East Coast and East Central Railways.

Mishra has keen interest in sports and other social and welfare activities.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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