A. Board of Directors

Orissa State Seeds Corporation Ltd was incorporated on 24.2.1978. . It has its own Memorandum and Articles of Association which has been filed with the Registrar of Companies, Orissa Cuttack . As per Article-125 (a) read as under “2/3rd of the total number of Directors’ of the Company shall be appointed according to the principle of proportional representation, whether by the single transferable Board or by a system of cumulative voting or otherwise as may be determined by the Board of Directors’ provided however, in case the Board of Directors’ determine such appointment to be made otherwise than single “

Article-125 (b) – 1/3 rd the total number of Directors’ shall be nominated by the Government and the N.S.C. Ltd in proportion to the shares held by them. The nomination would in the ex-officio capacity and would include the Chairman- and Managing Director of the National Seeds Corporation Ltd and Secretary/ Agriculture Production Commissioner and representatives of the Agricultural University.

Article-125 © - the appointment shall be made once in three years.

Article-125 (d) – the Directors’ so nominated shall be appointed once in every three years.


The board of directors of OSSC consist of  directors nominated by the State Govt., N.S.C. and O.U.A.T and one Director representing the Growers share holders. The name and address of the Board of Directors are given below: 

LIST OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OSSC LTD

Sl.No

Name & Designation of the Officers Director
1 Sri Premchand Choudhury, IAS,
Director of Agriculture and Food Production, Odisha
Director
2 Sri Rohit Kumar Lenka, IFS,
Director, Horticulture, Odisha
Director
3 Dr. Manmohan Mishra, ,
Dean of Research, OUAT ,Bhubaneswar
Director
4 Sri Bijaya Kumr Pradhan
Agriculturist, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment, Odisha, Bhubaneswar
Director
5 Sri Satyabrata Rout
Additional Secretary to Govt, Finance Deptt,Odisha,Bhubaneswar
Director
6 Sri Prashanta Kumar Satpathy
Director, OSSOPCA, Bhubaneswar
Director
7 Sri Ashok Kumar Baral,
Grower Shareholder Representative
Director
8 Sri Sailendra Dwivedi
Additional Secretary to Govt, P.E Deptt,Odisha, Bhubaneswar
Director
9 Sri Jyoti Ranjan Mishra,O.A.S(SAG) Managing Director

KEY MANAGERIAL POST OF OSSC

Sl.No Name Designation
1 Shri Jyoti Ranjan Mishra,OAS(SAG) Managing Director
2 Shri Subrata Kumar Mishra Company Secretary-cum-DGM(Finance)
3 Er.Manabhanjan Mohanty D.G.M.(Engineering)
4 Shri Aditya Kumar Panda D.G.M(Production & Marketing)

LIST OF ZONAL MANAGERS

Sl.No Name Designation
1 Shri Ashok Kumar Amat Zonal Manager,Bargarh
2 Shri Satyabrata Dash Zonal Manager,Bhubaneswar
3 Shri Narayan Mohananda Zonal Manager,Boudh
4 Shri Gourahari Biswal Zonal Manager,Cuttack
5 Shri Sudama Charan Nayak Zonal Manager,Balasore
6 Shri Subhash Chandra Behera Zonal Manager,Berhampur
7 Shri Mir Miraj Ali Zonal Manager,Bhawanipatna
8 Shri Shitikantha Das Zonal Manager,Jeypore