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.