Odisha Govt Effects Major IAS Reshuffle

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Thursday effected a major reshuffle in the IAS cadre, giving additional responsibilities to the officers.

As per an official notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department, Satyabrata Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home Department with additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department has been appointed as Member, Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack.

Deoranjan Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Revenue & Disaster Management Department with additional charge of Member, Board of Revenue, Special Relief Commissioner, Odisha, Managing Director, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority and Chairman, Odisha Forest Development Corporation has been appointed as Development Commissioner-cum- Additional Chief Secretary and Secretary to Government, Planning & Convergence Department.

He has been allowed to remain in additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Revenue & Disaster Management Department, as per the notification.

Similarly, Hemant Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Industries Department with additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary to Government, I &PR Department and Chairman, IPICOL has been allowed to remain in additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home Department.

Shubha Sharma, Principal Secretary to Government, Women & Child Development Department has been allowed to remain in additional charge of Principal Secretary to Government, Water Resources Department.

Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, Principal Secretary to Government, Excise Department with additional charge of CMD, OPTCL and Chairman, OSBCL has been allowed to remain in additional charge of Principal Secretary to Government, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department

Rajesh Prabhakar Patil, Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Co-operation Department with additional charge of Chairman, Odisha State Warehousing Corporation (OSWC) and Special Secretary to Government, Housing & Urban Development Department will remain in additional charge of Special Relief Commissioner, Odisha and Managing Director, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority.

Madhumita Rath, Additional Secretary to Government, School & Mass Education Department has been appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Nayagarh.

Akshay Sunil Agrawal, Collector & District Magistrate, Nayagarh has been appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Gajapati.