Dayanidhi Choudhury
Dayanidhi Choudhury, also known as D.N. Choudhury was the first Odia IFS and he is the former Chief Conservator of Forest, Govt. of Odisha. During his period lot of developments happened with respect to forest and wildlife conservation, that includes Nandankanan [Zoological Park] at Bhubaneswar, Similipal Elephant/Tiger reserve in 1956, which is now a prominent National Park in India.