Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday effected a reshuffle in IAS cadre, assigning additional responsibilities and new roles to 13 officers.
According to the notifications issued by the General Administration Department, Akavaram Sasya Reddy, a 2022-batch IAS officer previously serving as sub-collector in Jeypore, has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Berhampur Municipal Corporation. She will continue to hold additional charge as Vice-Chairman of the Berhampur Development Authority.
Akshay Pillay, also from the 2022 batch and formerly sub-collector in Bonei, has been posted as Additional District Magistrate in Paradip, Jagatsinghpur district.
Several other 2022-batch officers received new postings as Chief Development Officer-cum-Executive Officer (CDO-cum-EO) of Zilla Parishads: Padampur sub-collector Arugula Sneha to Mayurbhanj; Talcher sub-collector Samir Kumar Jena to Ganjam; and Rairangpur sub-collector Soumyaranjan Pradhan to Kalahandi.
In senior-level changes, Manish Agarwal, a 2012-batch IAS officer serving as Additional Special Relief Commissioner with additional charge as Additional Secretary in the Planning & Convergence Department, has been appointed Registrar of
Cooperative Societies, Odisha.
He will replace Siddhartha Das, who has been transferred as Director of Fisheries in Cuttack.
Similarly, Smruti Ranjan Pradhan, previously Additional Secretary in the Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department, has been posted as Managing Director of the Odisha Small Industries Corporation. He will retain additional charge as Chief Executive Officer of Startup Odisha, the prior additional charge held by Rashmita Panda will stand terminated upon his assumption.
Madhusmita Sahoo, a 2013-batch officer serving as Additional Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department with additional charge of Director, Revenue Officers’ Training institute (ROTI), has been appointed as Director, Teachers’ Education & State Council of Educational Research and Training (TE & SCERT), Odisha.
She will continue as Additional Secretary, School & Mass Education Department.
Additional Commissioner, Settlement and Consolidation, Upama Kalo of 2014-batch retains additional charge as Secretary to the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Division), Sambalpur.
Lily Kumari Kullu has been transferred from Additional Secretary in Revenue & Disaster Management to Additional Secretary in the Public Enterprises Department.
Malkangiri Collector Somesh Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed as Director of Textiles & Handlooms, Odisha.
Prathamesh Arvind Rajeshirke, who is serving as Berhampur Municipal Corporation Commissioner with additional charge of Vice-Chairman of Berhampur Development Authority, will replace him as Malkangiri Collector.