Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik on Wednesday appointed internationally-acclaimed sand artist Padma Sri Sudarsan Pattnaik as the new president of the Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi.
A notification in this regard was issued from the Chief Minister’s Office.
The post was lying vacant after noted sculptor Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra resigned from it following his nomination to Rajya Sabha in July this year.
Sand sculptor Pattnaik will start a campaign on the Puri sea beach to attract tourists ahead of the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup to be held here in Bhubaneswar from November 28 to December 16.
