Shri Arindam Dakua is a 2011-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Odisha cadre. He worked as Collector and District Magistrate, Nayagarh and Cuttack. Presently he is serving as Director, Municipal Administration in Housing and urban Development Department. He has done his Masters and M. Phil in Political science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.