Ranjan Kumar Patnaik is the District Manager for Gajapati, overseeing all programmes across 7 blocks in the district. He is also a member of the Finance and Accounts Management Group in Gram Vikas. His route to district leadership ran through Gram Vikas’ own finance function. He joined in 2001 and served as Manager for Payments and Budget before taking on his current role. Before joining Gram Vikas, he worked in accounts and office administration across government and private sector organisations.
Ranjan holds an M.Com, an MBA in Finance and HR, and a PGDCA in Computer Applications.