Bihar Govt Reshuffles Several IAS Officers; IAS Chaitanya Prasad Made Chairman, Revenue Board

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Patna: As part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government of Bihar has announced the transfers of several senior IAS officers, including IAS Chaitanya Prasad.

According to the official notification by the state’s General Administration Department (GAD), IAS Chaitanya Prasad (1990 batch), currently the Chief Investigation Commissioner in GAD, has been given additional charge as the Chairman of the Revenue Board.

Other notable transfers include:

IAS HR Srinivasa (1996 batch), who was awaiting posting, has been made Principal Secretary of the Backward and Extremely Backward Classes Welfare Department.
IAS Narmadeshwar Lal (1998 batch), presently the Principal Secretary of the Mines and Geology Department, has taken charge as Principal Secretary, Minor Water Resources Department.
IAS B. Rajender, currently the Additional Chief Secretary in the General Administration Department, has been assigned the additional charge of Director General, Bihar Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (BIPARD).
IAS Ajay Yadav (2005 batch), currently the Secretary of the Education Department, will now serve as Secretary, Prohibition, Excise and Registration Department.
IAS Devesh Sehra (2005 batch), presently the Secretary, Scheduled Caste and Tribe Welfare Department, has been reappointed as Secretary, Mines and Geology Department.
IAS Manoj Kumar (2009 batch), currently Secretary of the Backward and Extremely Backward Classes Welfare Department, has been made Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department.
IAS Rachna Patil (2010 batch), presently the Special Secretary in the General Administration Department, has also taken charge as the Additional Director General of BIPARD.
IAS Pankaj Kumar (2010 batch), currently the Principal Secretary of the Public Health Engineering Department, has been given the additional charge of Director, Food and Consumer Protection Department, and Managing Director, Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation.
IAS Sandeep Kumar R. Pudakalkatti (2005 batch), Secretary of the Minor Water Resources Department, has been made Transport Secretary and will also hold additional charge of Road Construction Department Secretary.