Raj Kumar Sharma Appointed Addl Chief Secy, Health & Family Welfare, In Odisha; Check Other Appointments

Bhubaneswar: Raj Kumar Sharma has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department. Sharma was Agriculture Production Commissioner with additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, and Chairman, OSMCL.

He will remain in additional charge of Chairman, OSMCL.

The state General Administration & Public Grievance Department notified several new postings on Sunday.

Sanjeev Chopra has been appointed Agriculture Production Commissioner. He was Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department.

He will remain in additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, and Additional Chief Secretary, A&FE Department.

Madhu Sudan Padhi has been appointed Principal Secretary, Odia Language, Literature & Culture Department. He was Principal Secretary, Commerce & Transport Department, with additional charge of Commissioner, Land Records & Settlement.

Satyabrata Sahu has been appointed Principal Secretary, Revenue & DM Department. He was Principal Secretary, MS&ME Department, with additional charge of Principal Secretary, School & Mass Education Department.

Ranjana Chopra, Principal Secretary, ST&SC Development, M&BCW Department, will remain in additional charge of Principal Secretary, MS&ME Department.

Hemant Sharma, Principal Secretary, Industries Department, with additional charge of Principal Secretary, SD&TE Department, and Chairman, IPICOL, will remain in additional charge of Chairman, IDCO.

Bishnupada Sethi, Principal Secretary, Revenue & DM Department, with additional charge of Principal Secretary, I&PR Department, has been appointed Principal Secretary, School & Mass Education Department.

He will remain in additional charge of Principal Secretary, Commerce & Transport Department, and Principal Secretary, I&PR Department.

Suresh Kumar Vashishth, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, A&FE Department, has been appointed Officer on Special Duty, GA&PG Department.

Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department, will remain in additional charge of Commissioner-cum-Secretary, W&CD Department.

The additional appointment of Anu Garg, Principal Secretary, W&CD Department, will stand terminated after Sarma will take over.

Bhupendra Singh Poonla, MD, IPICOL, with additional charge of Additional Secretary, Industries Department, ED (IDCO) and MD (Odisha Film Development Corporation) will remain in additional charge of MD (IDCO).