Bhubaneswar: The state government today shifted Ravi Kant, the Resident Commissioner of Odisha in New Delhi.

Ravi Kant, a 1998-batch IPS officer, has been transferred and posted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Home Department with immediate effect, said a notification issued by the Odisha government today.

1998-batch IAS officer Vishal Gagan, Special Secretary to Industries Department in New Delhi, has been allowed to remain in additional charge of Resident Commissioner, New Delhi, said the Home Department.

Notably, the state government had appointed Ravi Kant as the Special Resident Commissioner of Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi in 2019.

During his tenure as the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi, Ravi Kant had been designated as nodal officer for safe return of Odias from the warzones in Ukraine.