Bihar Govt Transfers 21 IAS Officers; IAS Kundan Kumar Made DM, Patna

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Patna, June 19 (APAC Media): As part of a significant administrative reshuffle, the Bihar government has transferred 21 IAS officers across the state. According to the official notification, IAS Kundan Kumar (2012 batch) has been appointed as the District Magistrate (DM) of Patna.

Kumar previously served as the DM of Nalanda. He succeeds IAS Thyagarajan S.M. (2011 batch), who has now been appointed the Chairman of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), Patna. In addition to his new role, Thyagarajan will continue to hold the additional charge of Special Secretary in the Health Department.

Other key appointments include

Senior IAS Anand Kishor has been relieved of his additional responsibility as the Chairman of the Bihar School Examination Board. He will now serve exclusively as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Department.
IAS Robert L. Chongthu, previously serving as Principal Secretary of the Minority Welfare Department, has been transferred and appointed Principal Secretary of the Parliamentary Affairs Department.
IAS Mohammad Sohail has been reposted as Secretary of the Minority Welfare Department. He will continue to hold the additional charge of Secretary in the General Administration Department.
IAS Navin Kumar, the outgoing DM of Khagaria, has been appointed Special Secretary in the Prohibition, Excise, and Registration Department. He will also continue to hold additional responsibilities as Secretary-in-Charge of the Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD) and Managing Director (MD) of the Bihar State Beverages Corporation Limited.
IAS Udita Singh, who was serving as DM of Rohtas (Sasaram), has been appointed the new DM of Nalanda.
IAS Deepak Kumar Mishra, who was serving as Joint Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, has been appointed the new DM of Rohtas.
IAS Alankrita Pandey, a 2016-batch IAS officer and the outgoing DM of Jehanabad, has been transferred and appointed DM of Bhagalpur. She will be succeeded in Jehanabad by IAS Chhiring Y. Bhutia (2013 batch), who was serving as Special Secretary in the Health Department.
IAS Subrat Kumar Sen, previously Muzaffarpur DM, has been transferred and appointed MD of the Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (BMICL).
IAS Kumar Gaurav, currently serving as Additional Executive Director of the State Health Society, has been appointed as the new DM of Muzaffarpur.
IAS Saurabh Suman Yadav, previously Agriculture Director, has been appointed the new DM of East Champaran (Motihari).
IAS Saurav Jorwal, previously DM of East Champaran, has been appointed Managing Director of the South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL)
IAS Vikram Virkar, Director of Primary Education, has been appointed the new DM of Khagaria. He replaces IAS Navin Kumar, who has been shifted to the Prohibition, Excise, and Registration Department.
IAS Anshul Agrawal, who was serving as Inspector General of Registration-cum-Excise Commissioner, has been appointed DM of Banka.
IAS Samir Saurabh, MD of COMFED, has been posted as the new DM of Gopalganj.
IAS Naveen Kumar has been appointed as the new DM of Kishanganj.
IAS Dharmendra Kumar, currently serving as Director (Social Security), has been transferred and appointed Chairman of the Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation Limited (BSBCCL), Patna.