Mr. G.B. Reddy, IFS, Director, Orissa Watershed Development Mission (OWDM)
Mr. Reddy has joined Indian Forest Service in the year 1981 , for the last 24 years he worked in various capacities and activitly involved in Tribal Development and Natural Resource Management programmes.
Mr. Reddy joined as Director Orissa Watershed Development Mission (OWDM) in September 2004 and involved in implementation of watershed development programme in the state.As Director OWDM he holds responsibility of managing Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project (WORLP) on the behalf of Gov. of Orissa. Earlier Mr. Reddy worked in UNWFP funded World Food Programme (WFP) as Project Director WFP Orissa and implemented various food security and livelihoods programmes in the tribal pocket of Orissa. Mr. Reddy loves traveling.
Mr. R. Raghu Prasad, IFS, Addl. Director, Orissa Watershed Development Mission (OWDM)
Mr. Raghu Prasad is an Officer of the Indian Forest Service, 1997 Batch. Besides being a forester he has been
actively involved in various developmental activities towards improving the Socio Economic conditions
of the tribal communities. He worked as Project Administrator in Integrated Tribal Development Agency,
Koraput for over 3 years wherein he has gained extensive experience in promoting various Strategic
Sectoral Interventions aimed towards Tribal Development. He has worked closely and coordinated with various
Departments and have implemented various multilateral projects. He has joined the OWDM team during April 2004.
He has a special interest in Natural Resource Management with emphasis on Strategic Development.
