6 Odisha IAS Officers Assigned Additional Roles in Forest, Energy, Power & Excise

Indian Bureaucracy, Bhubaneshwar, November 09, 2024| In a recent directive, the Odisha state government has restructured additional charges held by senior IAS officers across key portfolios, canceling several prior assignments and reassigning roles to enhance operational efficiency. These changes impact critical sectors, including Energy, Forest, Excise, Food, and Civil Supplies.

1. Shri Deoranjan Kumar Singh IAS (Odisha 1993), currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary – Revenue & DM Department, with additional charge of the posts of Special Relief Commissioner – Odisha, Managing Director – Odisha State Disaster Management Authority, and Chairman – Odisha Forest Development Corporation (OFDC), will continue as Chairman of OFDC. The allocation of this position to Shri Vishal Kumar Dev IAS (Odisha 1996), has now been cancelled.
2. Shri Vishal Kumar Dev IAS (Odisha 1996), presently serving as Principal Secretary to Government – E & IT Department, with additional charge of the posts of Chairman – Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC), and Principal Secretary, Department of  Energy, will retain the additional charge as Principal Secretary – Department of  Energy, Odisha. The allocation of this position to Shri Hemant Sharma IAS (Odisha 1995), has now been cancelled.
3. Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh IAS (Odisha 1997), presently Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department, Odisha, with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Information & Public Relations (I & PR), and Principal Secretary, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department, Odisha, will retain the additional charge as Principal Secretary – Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department, Odisha. The allocation of this position to Shri Vir Vikram Yadav IAS (Odisha 1996), has now been cancelled.
4. Shri Bhaskar Jyoti Sharma IAS (Odisha 1999), Principal Secretary, Sports & YS Department and CMD – Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL), will retain the additional charge as CMD – Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited, will continue as CMD – OPTCL.
5. Shri Girish S N IAS (Odisha 2002), on return from to State Cadre from Central Deputation as Regional Director of Staff Selection Commission, Bangalore, is appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary – Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water (PR & DW) Department, Govt of Odisha.
6. Mrs Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar IAS (Odisha 2008), presently Special Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water (PR & DW) Department, Odisha, with additional charge of CEO, Odisha Rural Development And Marketing Society (ORMAS), Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department, and Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Excise Department, is appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary – Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department with additional charge as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Excise Department, Govt of Odisha. The allocation of the post of as Principal Secretary – Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department to Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee IAS and of Principal Secretary – Excise Department, Odisha, to Shri Sushil Kumar Lohani IAS stands cancelled.