# Prasanta Mahapatra takes charge as SEBI executive director 2026-08-06T21:51:45+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Prasanta Mahapatra has taken charge as executive director at the Securities and Exchange Board of India in Mumbai. He will oversee SEBI’s Corporation Finance Investigation Department and Recovery and Refund Department. Mahapatra joined SEBI in April 1999 and was previously a chief general manager. He has worked in market regulation, investigations, enquiries and adjudication, market intermediaries regulation and supervision, corporation finance and investment management. He has also served at SEBI’s Eastern Regional Office in Kolkata and on domestic policy and advisory committees involving cooperation with international regulators, ETLegalWorld reports. ## Coverage - legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com Tags: capital markets, investor recovery, Prasanta Mahapatra, SEBI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/prasanta-mahapatra-takes-charge-as-sebi-executive-director/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/prasanta-mahapatra-takes-charge-as-sebi-executive-director/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.