Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The newly appointed Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati arrived at the Bhubaneswar Airport here on Thursday. Upon arrival at the airport, he was welcomed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CM KV Singh Deo, Deputy CM Pravati Parida and other Ministers. A Guard of Honour was offered to the newly appointed Governor at the airport from where he proceeded to the Raj Bhawan, the official residence of the Odisha Governor.
Later, Governor Kambhampati left for Puri, where he would pray at the Jagannath Temple to the holy trinity. Kambhampati went to Srimandir after arriving in Puri. He is expected to return to Bhubaneswar on Friday at 10:15 a.m. to take the oath. In a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan’s Abhishek Hall, the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court will give the oath. On December 24, 2024, Mizoram Governor Kambhampati was named the new governor of Odisha by President Droupadi Murmu. He will take over for Raghubar Das, who resigned from his position lately for personal reasons.
Kambhampati, the recently appointed governor, graduated from Andhra University (AU) with a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications engineering. Along with his PhD in Control Systems from Andhra University, he holds a ME in Electrical and Control Systems. Additionally, he spent 24 years at Andhra University Engineering College as an associate professor. From 2014 until 2018, Kambhampati was also the president of the Andhra Pradesh BJP. Due to his son’s alleged attack on an Assistant Section Officer in Puri during the Rath Yatra last year, Raghubar Das, the former governor of Odisha, was under siege from the opposition Biju Janata Dal and Congress.
After serving Mizoram for almost three years and five months, Governor Kambhampati departed the northeastern state on Thursday to take over as governor of Odisha. The opposition also accused Das of using the Odisha Raj Bhawan as a war room for the Jharkhand Assembly elections.
