SD Dhakal, SCS
Chief Administrator, State Institute of Capacity Building, Sikkim
Dr Jagannath Patnaik is a man who never fails to impress greatly those with whom he comes in contact, even when their opinion is the very reverse of his. The impression he gives is that of boundless strength, together with talents, which combined with such apparent force of will and character that seems capable of dominating the world. Everybody who has met him, both friends and foes, anticipates that he would definitely play a conspicuous part in public life.
It is seldom that men produce so great an immediate effect by speech, unless they, in some degree, lay themselves out for it; and he did this in no ordinary degree. Dr Patnaaik loves to strike, and even to startle. He knows that decision is the greatest element of effect, and he uttered his opinions with all the decision he could throw into them, never so well pleased as when he astonished any one by their audacity.