Dr. Alok Lodh, a Navratna Awardee, Govt of Odisha, hails from the steel city of Rourkela situated on the meandering banks of the river Koel. A born healer by heart and an environmentalist by passion, destiny & intent chose for him the path to servitude in the field of medicine, where he trained under one of the best medical institutions in the country at S. C. B. Medical College Cuttack.