Senior IRS officer Dr D. Sudhakara Rao assumed charge today as the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (PCCIT) for the Odisha Region at Bhubaneswar.
An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1990 batch, Dr Rao brings decades of rich administrative and leadership experience across multiple states and Union Territories, including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa, Karnataka, Puducherry, Kerala, and Maharashtra. He is currently also holding the additional charge of Principal Chief Commissioner for the Bihar and Jharkhand regions.
Hailing from Telangana, Dr Rao holds an M.Phil. in Environmental Sciences from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His appointment follows a recent CBDT reshuffle of senior IRS officers at the Principal Chief Commissioner level.
Known for his dynamic leadership, Dr Rao is expected to further strengthen the administration, compliance, and overall functioning of the Income Tax Department in Odisha. His extensive field experience is likely to bring fresh impetus to revenue mobilisation and taxpayer services in the region.
Outside of his professional duties, Dr Rao is an avid sports enthusiast who enjoys playing badminton and golf. His spouse, Smt. D. Padma Jyothi, is a former MLA who represented the Thiruvuru constituency in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. The couple has two children — a son and a daughter — both of whom are MBA graduates from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calicut.
