New Delhi : Odisha’s senior IAS officer GMathivathanan has been picked up by union urban ministry to head think tank group conatituted for Urban Governance Reforms.

Mathivatan, who is now heading Gopabandhu Academy as its director general, would head the Capacity Building at Local Level, one of the five groups comprising of senior officers and minicipal commissioners constituted by the union urban ministry for suggesting reforms in urban governance. The groups: Reforms at Polotical Level, Reforms at Administrative Level, Redefing the Role of Parastatals, and Transition Systems for Rural Urban Contitnum.

Mathivathan has vast experience in urban administration.