Maheswar Bhima Sahu is a businessperson who has been the head of 7 different companies. Currently, he occupies the position of Chairman of Gift Sez Ltd., Chairman at IRM Energy Pvt Ltd. and Vice Chairman & Managing Director at Gujarat Industrial Development Corp.

He is also on the board of 16 other companies.

In his past career he held the position of Managing Director at Gujarat Informatics Ltd., Managing Director at Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd., Vice Chairman & Managing Director at Gujarat Industrial Area Development Co. Ltd., Joint Secretary for Government of India Joint Secretary for India Ministry of Communications & Information Technology and Joint Secretary of India Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (both are subsidiaries of Government of India) and Chief Secretary at State of Gujarat Chairman for Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. Ltd. and Secretary of Industries & Mines Department (both are subsidiaries of State of Gujarat).

Maheswar Bhima Sahu received an undergraduate degree from National Institute of Technology (Rourkela) and a graduate degree from the University of Birmingham.