Odisha-cadre IAS officers Ananya Das, Chanchal Rana tie the knot
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar,02/05/23:: With normalcy returning to Sambalpur, collector Ananya Das tied the nuptial knot with fellow IAS officer Chanchal Rana at a hotel in Guwahati on Monday.
Rana, a 2014-batch IAS officer, is currently serving as Balangir collector. He joined the dancing baaratis as the procession neared the wedding venue amid fireworks last night. Family members, relatives and close friends attended the event and wished the newly married couple.
Meanwhile, the video of the sangeet ceremony of Odisha-cadre IAS officers Ananya Das and Chanchal Rana has gone viral. In the video, Sambalpur Collector Ananya Das can be dancing to song, “Sona Kitna Sona Hai”.
She is then joined by the 2014-batch IAS officer Rana, who is currently serving as Balangir Collector. The duo then shake a leg to the “Ghagra” song from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and “Aadha Sa Wada Kabhi” from Jab We Met.
The duo had exchanged rings on February 19 in the presence of family members and close relatives at Das’ official residence in Sambalpur. This is second wedding for both Das and Rana. Earlier, Das had married IAS Officer Abdaal M. Akhtar, who is now posted as the Collector of Koraput. Similarly, Rana happens to be ex-husband of Rayagada Collector Swadha Dev Singh.
Das, a 2015-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, hails from Assam. After getting married to Odisha-cadre IAS officer Akhtar, she was allowed to change her cadre. Prior to her appointment as the Sambalpur Collector, she was the Commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
Rana is an alumnus of NIT Silchar. He ranked seventh in the civil services exam. He hails from Nalco Nagar in Angul district.
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