Odisha Govt Reshuffles Over 60 IAS Officers in Major Bureaucratic Overhaul
Bhubaneswar: In a significant bureaucratic shake-up, the Odisha government on Tuesday executed a major reshuffle in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre, reassigning roles to several senior and mid-level officers across departments and districts.
According to a notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department, senior IAS officer Hemant Sharma (1995 batch), currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary of the Industries Department and Chairman of IPICOL, will now also hold the additional charge of Information & Public Relations Department. Consequently, Sanjay Kumar Singh’s additional appointment to the same post stands terminated.
*Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra (1997 batch) appointed as Principal Secretary, Finance Department, retaining additional charge of Chairman, IDCO.
*N.B.S. Rajput (1999 batch) designated as Principal Secretary, Public Enterprises Department, continuing as CMD, OSRTC.
*Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma shifted to Excise Department while continuing as CMD, OPTCL, replacing Guha Poonam *Tapas Kumar, whose additional appointment stands cancelled.
*Roopa Roshan Sahoo appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to the Governor.
In other key appointments:
*Sachin Ramchandra Jadhav becomes Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Sports & Youth Services, while retaining his existing roles in Sambalpur and WODC.
*Bhupendra Singh Poonia to now be Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Skill Development & Technical Education, retaining his charge of IPICOL.
*B. Parameswaran to take over as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, ST & SC Development Department.
*D. Prasanth Kumar Reddy to head MSME Department, additionally continuing as MD, IDCO.
District-level Changes:
Numerous Collector and District Magistrate (DM) appointments were made:
*Dibya Jyoti Parida moves to Puri.
*Amrit Ruturaj takes charge in Khordha.
*Somesh Kumar Upadhyay posted to Malkangiri, replacing Ashish Ishwar Patil, who moves to Dhenkanal.
*Dr. Subhankar Mohapatra now DM of Sundargarh, while Keerthi Vasan V takes over Ganjam.
Other important changes include:
*Chanchal Rana, previously DM of Puri, is appointed Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.
*Dr. Yeddula Vijay becomes Director, Sports, and Chakravarti Singh Rathore becomes Director, Technical Education & Training.
*Anya Das, Niyati Pattnaik, Dr. Maheswar Swain, and Parul Patawari have also been shifted to key director-level posts in education and social sectors.
The reshuffle also covers several 2020–2021 batch IAS officers now promoted or transferred to Collector positions, including:
*Vedbhushan to Kandhamal
*Kulkarni Ashutosh C to Rayagada
*Madhumita to Gajapati
*Chavan Kunal Motiram to Jharsuguda
*Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak to Boudh
Additionally, several Sub-Collectors from the 2021 batch have been promoted to municipal and departmental roles, reflecting a broader strategy to bolster governance at the grassroots and urban levels.
