Prasanta Mahapatra Assumed Charge as Executive Director of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Exam-focused facts from the 8 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Prasanta Mahapatra assumed charge as Executive Director of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
He will handle the Corporation Finance Investigation Department and the Recovery and Refund Department.
Before this elevation, he was the Chief General Manager at SEBI.
He joined SEBI in April 1999 and has served there for over 27 years.
He has served in departments including Market Regulation, Investigation, Enquiries and Adjudication, Market Intermediaries Regulation and Supervision, Corporation Finance, and Investment Management, and at SEBI's Eastern Regional Office in Kolkata.
He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Utkal University, Odisha.