Pannaga B. Patnayak

Pannaga has done his Masters in Business Administration from the Institute of Productivity and Management through partial scholarship from Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India for topping his batch (B.Sc Geography) in graduation in the year 1997.

He started his career as a Management Trainee with Singer India Limited. Pannaga joined ESS in 2000, and was deputed to Kenya shortly thereafter. With more than a decade of experience in Africa, he is the longest serving employee of the ESS in this continent.

He is known for his quick wit and one-liners and has hopes of rewriting the Indian epics, Ramyana and Mahabharata, in satire and getting them published. He also strongly believes in the African cause and frequently performs voluntary work for various charitable organisations.