Special SecretaryOdisha State Planning Board
Sujeet Kumar currently serves as the OSD-cum-Special Secretary of the Odisha State Planning Board, a very senior policy-planning position.
He is also the lead partner at ‘LexMantra, a boutique business Consulting firm focused on Legal and Business advisory services, for domestic and overseas corporations, multinational companies and multi-lateral bodies. Sujeet is also the co-founder and Chairman of ‘Kalinga Kusum’, a social enterprise that addresses challenges tied to education and entrepreneurship in rural communities in Odisha. Previously, Sujeet was a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, and has also worked for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and for Infosys Technologies Ltd. in India.
Sujeet studied for the mid-career Master in Public Administration (MPA) at the prestigious Harvard University. He also has the distinction of receiving the inaugural Skoll Scholarship for Social Entrepreneurship, in-order to study for his MBA at University of Oxford. Sujeet also holds Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering and Law from India.
He has traveled widely and spoken in numerous conferences and forums. An avid reader, his passions are political advocacy, learning about other cultures and building linkages between them, understanding the human mind, and livelihood-enabling education.