diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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-*   @ananzh @kavilla @AMoo-Miki @ashwin-pc @joshuarrrr @abbyhu2000 @zengyan-amazon @zhongnansu @manasvinibs @ZilongX @Flyingliuhub @curq @bandinib-amzn @SuZhou-Joe @ruanyl @BionIT @xinruiba @zhyuanqi @mengweieric
+*   @ananzh @kavilla @AMoo-Miki @ashwin-pc @joshuarrrr @abbyhu2000 @zengyan-amazon @zhongnansu @manasvinibs @ZilongX @Flyingliuhub @curq @bandinib-amzn @SuZhou-Joe @ruanyl @BionIT @xinruiba @zhyuanqi @mengweieric @LDrago27
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
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 | Xinrui Bai                | [xinruiba](https://github.com/xinruiba)             | Amazon      |
 | Ella Zhu                  | [zhyuanqi](https://github.com/zhyuanqi)             | Amazon      |
 | Eric Wei                  | [mengweieric](https://github.com/mengweieric)       | Amazon      |
+| Suchit Sahoo              | [LDrago27](https://github.com/LDrago27)             | Amazon      | 
 
 ## Emeritus
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6980.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6980.yml
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+doc:
+- Add Suchit as maintainer ([#6980](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/6980))
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