Odisha Govt Appoints Aravind Agrawal as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Higher Education Dept
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday announced the appointment of senior IAS officer Aravind Agrawal as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Higher Education Department. Agrawal will replace Bishnupada Sethi, who has been posted as Officer on Special Duty, General Administration & Public Grievance Department. Vishal Kumar Dev, Principal Secretary to Government. Finance Department has been given the additional [...]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday announced the appointment of senior IAS officer Aravind Agrawal as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Higher Education Department.
Agrawal will replace Bishnupada Sethi, who has been posted as Officer on Special Duty, General Administration & Public Grievance Department.
Vishal Kumar Dev, Principal Secretary to Government. Finance Department has been given the additional charge of Chairman, Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Ltd, as per an official notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department.
The additional appointment of Bishnupada Sethi as Chairman, Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Ltd. shall stand terminated from the date Vishal Dev takes over.
“Aravind Agrawal, Director, Social Welfare, Women & Child Development Department with additional Charge of Managing Director, Mahila Vika Samabaya Ngam and Director, Rural Development is appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government. Higher Education Department vice Bishnupada Sethi transferred”, the notification reads.
He is allowed to remain in additional charge of Director. Rural Development.
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