Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today effected a major leucocratic reshuffle. 1995-batch IAS Hemant Sharma was appointed as Additional Chief Secretary of Information and Public Relations Department. In addition to the new assignment, Sharma will be Additional Chief Secretary of the industries Department and Chairman, IPICOL.

The additional appointment of IAS Sanjay Kumar Singh as Principal Secretary, Information and Public Relations Department shall stand terminated from the date  Sharma takes over, a statement of the GA & PG department stated.

1997-batch Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, Principal Secretary, Odia Language, Literature & Culture Department with additional charge of Principal Secretary, ST & SC Development, M&BCW Department was appointed as Principal Secretary, Finance Department. He will hold the additional charge of Chairman, IDCO.

1999-btahc N.B.S. Rajput, Principal Secretary to Governor with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Public Enterprises Department is appointed as Principal Secretary, Public Enterprises Department. He is allowed to remain in additional charge of CMD, OSRTC.

1999-batch IAS Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, Principal Secretary, Sports & Youth Services Department with additional charge of CMD, OPTCL was appointed as Principal Secretary, Excise Department. He will continue to hold additional charge of CMD, OPTCL.

The additional appointment of IAS Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar, as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Excise Department shall stand terminated from the date Jyoti Sarma takes over.

2006 batch Roopa Roshan Sahoo, Revenue Divisional Commissioner (SD), Berhampur was appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to the Governor, Odisha.

2007-batch lAS Sachin Ramchandra Jadhav, Revenue Divisional Commissioner (ND), Sambalpur with additional charge of CEO, WODC was appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Sports & Youth Services Department. He has been allowed to remain in additional charge of RDC(ND), Sambalpur and CEO, WODC.

2008-batch IAS Bhupendra Singh Poonia, MD, IPICOL with additional charge of Special Secretary, industries Department, MD, IDCO and Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Skill Development & Technical Education Department was appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Skill Development & Technical Education Department. He is allowed to remain in additional charge of MD, lPlCOL.

2008-batch IAS B. Parameswaran, RDC(CD), Cuttack has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department.

2008-batch Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar, Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department is allowed to remain in additional charge of RDC(CD), Cuttack.

2009-batch IAS D. Prasanth Kumar Reddy, Director, Industries with additional charge of MD, OSIC and MD, OSFC has been appointed as Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department.  He is allowed to remain in additional charge of MD, IDCO.

The additional appointment of Hemant Sharma, IAS as Additional Chief Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department and Bhupendra Singh Poonia, IAS as MD, IDCO shall stand terminated from the date Reddy takes over.

2011-batch IAS lndramani Tripathy, Labour Commissioner, Odisha has been allowed to remain in additional Charge of inspector of Factories and Boilers, Odisha.

2012-batch Manish Agarwal, Additional Secretary, Planning & Convergence Department with additional charge of Additional Director General (Training), Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Bhubaneswar was appointed as Additional SRC. He is allowed to remain in additional charge of Additional Secretary to Government, Planning & Convergence Department.

2012-batch IAS Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, Additional Secretary, School & Mass Education Department is appointed as RDC(SD), Berhampur.

2012-batch IAS Deben Kumar Pradhan, Additional Secretary, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department is appointed as MD, OSBCL. The post of MD, OSBCL is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Additional Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

 2012-batch IAS Bijay Kumar Dash, Collector & District Magistrate, Gajapati has been  appointed as Additional Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department.

 2012-batch Smruti Ranjan Pradhan, Collector & District Magistrate,  Kendrapara was appointed as Additional Secretary to Govemment, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department.

 2013-batch Raghuram R. lyer, Director, Higher Secondary Education with additional charge of PD, MDM, Director, TBPM and Additional Secretary to Government, School & Mass Education Department has been appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Kendrapara. ln exercise of the powers conferred under section 1a(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government appointed Raghuram R. lyer, IAS as the District Magistrate in the District of Kendrapara.

2014-batch IAS Chanchal Rana, Collector & District Magistrate, Puri was appointed as Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. The post of Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Joint Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

2014-batch IAS Siddharth Shankar Swain, Officer on Special Duty, GA&PG Department was appointed as Director, Special Project, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department. Swain, shall join after superannuation of Jyoti Prakash Das, IAS(SCS-2010) w.e.f. 31.07.2025.

2014-batch Chakravarti Singh Rathore, Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department with additional charge of CEO, ORMAS was appointed as Director, Technical Education & Training.

2014 batch IAS Dr Yeddula Vijay, Additional Secretary, Planning & Convergence Department was appointed as Director, Sports. The post of Director, Sports is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Joint Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

2014-batch IAS Niyati Paftnaik, Director, SSEPD is appointed as Director, Higher Secondary Education, Odisha.

2014-batch IAS Dr. Mahesuar Sruain, Director, Panchayati Raj is appointed as  Collector & District Magistrate, Nabarangpur. In exercise of the power conferred under section 1a(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government appointed Dr. Maheswar Swain as the District Magistrate in the District of Nabarangpur.

2015-batch Parul Patawari, Collector & District Magistrate, Rayagada has been appointed as Director, SSEPD. The post of Director, SSEPD is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Joint Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

2015-batch IAS Aboli Sunil Naravane, Collector & District Magistrate, Jharsuguda was appointed as Director, industries, Cuttack.

2015-batch IAS Amrit Ruturai, Collector & District Magistrate, Kandhamal was appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Khordha. ln exercise of the powers conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government appointed Amrit Ruturaj, as the District Magistrate in the district of Khordha.

2015-batch IAS Madhumita Rath, Additional Secretary, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department is appointed as Additional Secretary, School & Mass Education Department.

2015-batch IAS Subrat Kumar Panda, Collector & District Magistrate, Boudh was appointed as Director, Soil Conservation & Watershed Development, Odisha, Bhubaneswar. The post of Director, Soil Conservation & Watershed Development, Odisha, Bhubaneswar is declared equivalent in status and responsiblity to the post of Joint Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

2015-batch Pratap Chandra Hota, Additional Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs Department is appointed as Additional Secretary, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department.
2015-batch Sagadka Hota, Additional Secretary, GA & PG Department is appointed as Additional Secretary, Finance Department.

2016-batch Dibya Jyoti Padda, Collector & District Magistrate, Ganjam was appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Puri. ln exercise of the power conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government appointed Dibya Jyoti Parida, IAS as the District  Magistrate in the district of Puri

2017-batch Somesh Kumar Upadhyay, Collector & District Magistrate, Dhenkanal was appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Malkangiri. ln exercise of the power conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Somesh Kumar Upadhyay, IAS as the District Magistrate in the district of Malkangiri.

2017-batch IAS P. Anvesha Reddy, Collector & District Magistrate, Jajpur was appointed as Excise Commissioner, Odisha.

2017-batch Ashish lshwar Patil, Collector & District Magistrate, Malkangiri was appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Dhenkanal. ln exercise of the powers conferred under section 1a(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government appointed Ashish lshwar Patil, as the District Magistrate in the district of Dhenkanal.

2018-batch IAS Dr. Subhankar Mohapatra, Collector & District Magistrate, Nabarangpur was appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Sundargarh. In exercise of the power conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagailk Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Dr. Subhankar Mohapatra, as the District Magistrate in the district of Sundargarh.

2018-batch IAS Keerthi Vasan V Collector & District Magistrate, Koraput is appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Ganjam. ln exercise of the powers conferred under section 1a(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government do hereby appoint Keerthi Vasan V, IAS as the District Magistrate in the district of Ganjam.

 2019-batch IAS Anya Das, Collector & District Magistrate, Sonepur was appointed as Deputy Secretary to Government, Health & Family Welfare Department.

2019-batch IAS Manoj Satyawan Mahajan, Collector & District Magistrate, Sundargarh was appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Koraput. ln exercise of the powers conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Manoj Satyawan Mahaian, IAS as the District Magistrate in the district of Koraput.

2020-batch Vedbhushan, Commissioner, Sambalpur Municipal Corporation is appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Kandhamal. ln exercise of the power conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Vedbhushan, as the District  Magistrate in the district of Kandhamal.

 2020-batch IAS Kulkami Ashutosh C, Additional District Magistrate, Rourkela with additional charge of Commissioner, Rourkela Municipal Corporation, CEO, Rourkela Smart City Ltd. and Secretary, Rourkela Development Authority is appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Rayagada. ln exercise of the powers conferred under section 1a(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha  Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Kulkami Ashutosh C as the District Magistrate in the district of Rayagada.

 2020-batch IAS Madhumita, CDO-um-EO, Zilla Parishad, Ganjam was appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Gajapati. ln exercise of the power conferred under section 1a(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government appointed Madhumita as  District Magistrate in the district of Gajapati.

2020-batch Chavan Kunal Motiram, Additional District Magistrate, Padampur is appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Jharsuguda. ln exercise of the power confererd under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Chavan Kunal Motiram, as the District Magishate in the district of Jharsuguda.

 2020-batch Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, ADM, Mayurbhanj has been appointed as Collector & District Magistrate, Boudh. In exercise of the power conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State Government appointed Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, as the District Magistrate in the district of Boudh.

2021-batch IAS Dheenah Dastageer, Sub-Collector, Berhampur was appointed as Additional District Magistrate, Rourkela. ln exercise of the power conferred under section 14(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Dheenah Dastageer, as the Additional District Magistrate, Rourkela in the district of Sundargarh.

2021-batch IAS Rehan Khatri, , Sub-Collector, Titilagarh was appointed as Commissioner, Sambalpur Municipal Corporation. The post of Commissioner, Sambalpur Municipal Corporation is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Deputy Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

2021-batch IAS Dr. Rina Pradhan, Sub-Collector, Baliguda is appointed as Chief Executive Officer, DMF, Keonjhar. The post of Chief Executive Officer, DMF, Keonjhar is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Deputy Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

2021-batch IAS Kirandeep Kaur Sahota, Sub-Collector, Gunupur is appointed as Commissioner, Cuttack Municipal Corporation. The post of Commissioner, Cuttack Municipal Corporation is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Deputy Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

OAS Nruparaj Sahu, OAS(SS), Registrar, Sambalpur University is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Sonepur. ln exercise of the power conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,   2023, the State appointed Nruparaj Sahu, 0AS(SS) as the District Magistrate in the district of Sonepur.

OAS Ambar Kumar Kar, Special Secretary, Excise Department with additional charge of MD, OSBCL is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Jajpur. ln exercise of the power conferred under section 14(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the State appointed Ambar Kumar Kar, OAS(SS) as the District Magistrate in the district of Jalpur.