Appointment Committee of Cabinet has appointed Santosh Kumar Sarangi (IAS:1994:OR) as new Chairman of APEDA (Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Promotion Development Authority) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Sarangi has been serving as JS, Commerce since 06 December 2014 and has been handling Administration, Foreign Trade (NAFTA/AM), Export Inspection, Export Promotion (Agri), Bio-Technology and EP(MP).