Bhubaneswar, November 9: The State Government on Saturday effected a reshuffle in senior IAS and gave five senior bureaucrats the additional charge of various departments and agencies.
Senior IAS Officer and Principal Secretary to Odisha Government Vishal Kumar Dev has been given the charge of Department of Energy.
Dev, a senior IAS Officer of 1996 batch, is now serving as Principal Secretary to Government, E & IT Department with additional charge of Chairman, OCAC.
He has been now allowed to remain in additional charge of Principal Secretary, Energy, according to a notification issued by the General Administration Department.
Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management, Deoranjan Kumar Singh, with additional charge of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), and Managing Director, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) is allowed to remain in additional charge of Chairman, Odisha Forest Development Corporation (OFDC).
Similarly, Sanjay Kumar Singh, who is now serving as Principal Secretary in the Rural Development Department with additional charge of I & PR Department is allowed to remain in additional charge of Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department.
Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, Principal Secretary, Spots & Youth Services Department has been given additional charge of CMD, OPTCL.
On return from Central Deputation, Girish S N has been appointed as Secretary of Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department.
Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar, Special Secretary, PR & DW Department with additional charge of CEO, ORMAS has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department.
She was also allowed to remain in additional charge of the Excise Department.
