Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has announced a significant bureaucratic reshuffle affecting several senior officials.
This reshuffle involves the transfer and new appointments of 23 officers, including 21 senior IAS officers and 2 senior OAS officers.
Key changes include:
- – Asit Kumar Tripathy has been given additional charge as Chief Administrator of KBK, Koraput, while continuing as Secretary to Government, Planning & Convergence Department.
- – Sudershan Pal Thakur has been reassigned as Director General, Training Coordination at Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Bhubaneswar.
- – C.J. Venugopal has been appointed as Member, Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack.
- – Niten Chandra has been named Officer on Special Duty at GA & PG Department.
- – Deoranjan Kumar Singh will take on additional responsibilities as Principal Secretary to Government, Science & Technology Department, while retaining his current role.
- – Ranjana Chopra is now the Principal Secretary to Government, ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department.
- – Sushil Kumar Lohani will also serve as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Odisha, Cuttack, in addition to his current role.
- – Vir Vikram Yadav has been assigned additional responsibilities in the Cooperation Department.
Other notable appointments include:
- – Arun Bothra as Chief Executive Officer, CESU, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.
- – R. Raghu Prasad as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Department.
- – Vishal Gagan as Special Secretary, Water Resources Department.
- – Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department.
- – Krishan Kumar as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Works Department.
- – Archana Patnaik as Special Secretary, Water Resources Department, with additional duties at Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Limited.
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