Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- Bhubaneswar: Former Orissa High Court judge Justice Bijoy Krishna Patel has been appointed as the chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). Justice Patel will be replacing Justice Bimala Prasad Das, who left the position on 14 November 2020.

Born to advocate Ramchandra Patel and Laxmipriya Patel in Sundergarh on January 24, 1953, Bijoy passed his high school certificate examination (HSCE) from Bhawani Shankar High School in Sundergarh.

He graduated with honours in political science in first division from Gangadhar Meher (GM) College in 1972. Later, he pursued masters in political science from Vani Vihar in 1974 and went on to pass LLB from Delhi University in 1978.

As per information obtained from Or...