Indian Bureaucracy, Bhubaneshwar, November 23, 2024| The Odisha Government, in a late-night order issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department, announced the transfer of 12 IAS officers within the state. Details of the officers and their new assignments are as follows.

1. Smt Chithra Arumugam IAS (Odisha 1995), presently Special Secretary Planning & Convergence Department with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Science & Technology Department and Principal Secretary, Labour & ESI Department, is appointed as Principal Secretary – Labour & ESI Department, Odisha, with additional charge of Principal Secretary – Science & Technology Department, Odisha.
2. Ms Yamini Sarangi IAS (Odisha 2008), presently State Project Director, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan with additional charge of Special Secretary, Finance Department and Commissioner, Commercial Taxes & GST, is transferred and appointed as Commissioner – Commercial Taxes & GST with additional charge of Special Secretary – Finance Department.
3. Shri Sudhansu Mohan Samal IAS (Odisha 2010), presently Additional Secretary in the Water Resources Department, is transferred and appointed as Managing Director (MD) – Odisha Mining Corporation Limited. The role of MD has been designated equivalent in status and responsibility to that of an Additional Secretary in the State IAS Cadre. Consequently, additional charge as Managing Director, Odisha Mining Corporation Limited to Shri Balwant Singh IAS (Odisha 2007) stands cancelled.
4. Shri Indramani Tripathy IAS (Odisha 2011), presently Director, ST with additional charge of Additional Secretary, ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department (M&BCW) and Director, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), is transferred and appointed as Labour Commissioner, Odisha. Consequently, additional charge as Labour Commissioner to Shri Kulange Vijay Amruta IAS (Odisha 2013) stands cancelled.
5. Dr Poma Tudu IAS (Odisha 2012), presently MD, Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL) with additional charge of Commissioner, Food Safety, Odisha and MD, Tribal Development Co-operative Corporation of Odisha Ltd (TDCCOL), to continue with additional charge of Director – ST.
6. Shri Trilochan Majhi IAS (Odisha 2012), presently Additional Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department, is transferred and appointed as Additional Secretary – Home Department, Odisha.
7. Shri Siddhartha Das IAS (Odisha 2012), presently Director, Sports with additional charge of Additional Secretary, Finance Department has been appointed as Registrar – Cooperative Societies, Odisha.
8. Shri Bijay Kumar Prusty IAS (Odisha 2012), presently Secretary, Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ORERA), is transferred and appointed as Director – Estates & Ex-officio Additional Secretary, General Administration & Public Grievance Department, Odisha.
9. Shri Satyabrata Rout IAS (Odisha 2013), presently Additional Secretary, Finance Department, is transferred and appointed as Additional Secretary – Works Department, Odisha.
10. Ms Monica Priyadarshini IAS (AGMUT 2014), presently on inter-cadre deputation to Government of Odisha, appointed as Mission Director – Odisha Livelihoods Mission.
11. Shri Deepankar Mohapatra IAS (Odisha 2014), presently CEO, Hockey Promotion Council, Odisha, is appointed as Director – Sports with additional charge of CEO – Hockey Promotion Council, Odisha. The post of Director, Sports is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Joint Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.
12. Ms Smita Rout IAS (NSCS-2014), presently Additional Secretary, Finance Department, is transferred and appointed as State Project Director – Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan. The post of State Project Director, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Joint Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.

IndianBureaucracy.com wishes all the officers the very best.