Ranchi: The Jharkhand government has orchestrated a major bureaucratic reshuffle, under which it has mandated the transfers and fresh postings of 20 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. IAS Shashi Prakash Singh (2011 batch), currently the Director of Primary Education, has taken charge as Deputy Commissioner (DC), Hazaribagh, as per the government notification.
The list of other notable transfers includes:
- IAS Faiz Ak Ahmed (2014 batch) has been appointed Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Ramgarh. He previously served as the Director of Horticulture.
- IAS Ajay Nath Jha, currently serving as the Tribal Welfare Commissioner, has been appointed DC, Bokaro.Â
- IAS Aditya Ranjan (2015 batch), currently the Director of Information Technology, has been made DC, Dhanbad.
- IAS Ram Niwas Yadav (2015 batch), presently the Director of Higher Education, has been posted as DC, Giridih.Â
- IAS R. Ronita (2015 batch), Director of Jharkhand Space Application Centre (JSAC), has been posted as DC, Khunti.Â
- IAS Naman Priyesh Lakra (2015 batch), the outgoing DC of Giridih, has been posted as DC, Deoghar.Â
- IAS Anjali Yadav (2015 batch), currently the Director of Tourism, has been made DC, Godda.
- IAS Karan Satyarthi (2016 batch), previously DC of Gumla, is now posted as DC, East Singhbhum (Jamshedpur).Â
- IAS Chandan Kumar, previously the DC of Ramgarh, has been made DC, West Singhbhum (Chaibasa).Â
- IAS Kanchan Singh, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JSLPS, has been appointed DC, Simdega.
- IAS Nitish Kumar Singh (2017 batch), currently the Director of Audit, has been made DC, Seraikela-Kharsawan.Â
- IAS Prerna Dixit (2017 batch), Managing Director (MD) of Ziada, has been appointed DC, Gumla.
- IAS Kumar Tarachand (2017 batch), Director of Agriculture, has become the new Deputy Commissioner of Lohardaga.Â
- IAS Kirtishree G (2017 batch), MD of Jharcraft, has been appointed DC, Chatra.
- IAS Abhijit Sinha (2018 batch), Deputy Development Commissioner of Dumka, has been elevated to DC, Dumka.Â
- IAS Rituraj (2018 batch), Deputy Development Commissioner of Koderma, has been made DC, Koderma.Â
- IAS Sameera S (2018 batch), Director of the Jharkhand State Child Protection Society, has been appointed DC, Palamu.
- IAS Ravi Anand (2018 batch), Joint Secretary, Personnel, Jamtara, has been made DC, Garhwa.
- IAS Dinesh Yadav (2018 batch), Deputy Development Commissioner, Ranchi, has also been posted as DC, Garhwa.









































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