16 May 2016

Major reshuffle in Odisha cadre IAS officers

Bhubaneswar:
The Odisha govt today effected a major reshuffle in the senior IAS cadre as as many as 24 officers have been either transferred or given an additional charge. Besides, three senior OAS officers have also been transferred. As per the notification, 1988-batch IAS Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra has been posted as Principal Secretary Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department with the additional charge of Special Relief Commissioner and MD of Odisha State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA).

1991-batch IAS Madhusudan Padhi, who was posted as Principal Secretary of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department, has been posted as Principal Secretary, Rural Development department with the additional charge of MD OMFED. Similarly, 2003-batch IAS Dhiren Kumar Patnaik has been posted as Additional Secretary, Agriculture department and his batchmate Srikanta Prusty, Director OTELP, Bhubaneswar, has been posted as Director, Horticulture. 

In the major rejig in the bureaucratic level, eight District Collectors and four PD DRDAs have been changed. 2007-batch IAS Balwant Singh, DM and Collector of Sambalpur, has been posted as Director of Technical Education and Training, Cuttack with the additional charge of Director, Industries.2006-batch IAS Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar, presently posted as DM and Collector of Deogarh, has been posted as DM and Collector of Rayagada. 2008-batch IAS Yamini Sarangi, DM and Collector of Kandhamal, has been posted as DM and Collector of Jagatsinghpur.2008-batch IAS M Muthu Kumar, DM and Collector of Bolangir, has been posted as Joint Secretary, Higher Education department. 2009-batch IAS D Prasanth Kumar Reddy, DM and Collector of Malkangiri, has been posted as Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare department with the additional charge of Commissioner, Food Safety. 2009-batch IAS Bijay Ketan Upadhyay, DM and Collector of Jagatsinghpur, has been posted as Director, Fisheries.

2010-batch IAS Mansi Nimbhal, presently posted as Director Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability, has been given additional charge of Director SCERT.
2011-batch IAS Ashis Thakare, PD, DRDA, Ganjam, has been posted as DM and Collector of Bolangir.2011-batch IAS Samarth Verma, PD DRDA Koraput, has been posted as DM and Collector of Sambalpur. 2011-batch IAS Raghu G, PD DRDA Malkangiri, has been posted as DM and Collector of Kandhamal. 2011-batch IAS K Sudarshan Chakravarthy, ADM Rourkela, has been posted as DM and Collector of Malkangiri. 2011-batch IAS Arindam Dakua, PD DRDA, Mayurbhanj, has been posted as DM and Collector of Nayagarh.

2013-batch IAS Subham Saxena, presently posted as Sub-Collector of Baliguda, has been posted as PD DRDA Mayurbhanj. 2013-batch IAS Monisha Banerjee, posted as Sub-Collector of Dharmagarh, has been posted as ADM Rourkela-cum Administrator of Rourkela Municipal Corporation. 2013-batch IAS Madhusmita Sahoo, Sub-Collector of Jeypore, has been posted as PD DRDA of Koraput.
2013-batch IAS Kulange Vijay Amruta, presently working as Sub-Collector of Bonei, has been posted as PD DRDA of Ganjam. 2013-batch IAS Gavali Parag Harshad, Sub-Collector of Nabarangpur, has been posted as PD DRDA of Malkangiri.

Similarly, the three senior officers have also been relocated. Senior OAS officer Sashi Bhusan Padhi, Special Secretary of Higher Education Department, has been posted as Registrar, Cooperative Societies. Purna Chandra Pathy, Additional Secretary of Heath and Family Welfare department, has been posted as DM and Collector, Deogarh. Jagannath Mohanty, DM and Collector Rayagada, has been posted as Skill Development and Technical Education department.