Chhattisgarh Govt transfers 30 IAS officers amidst a major administrative rejig

The Government of Chhattisgarh, on June 5, agreed to a major administrative reshuffle and transferred 30 IAS officers including nine district collectors in the state.

1. Dr Kamalpreet Singh (IAS 2002-Batch) has been posted as Secretary, School Education Department. Also, he gets the additional charges of Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD); Commissioner, Public Education; and Mission Director, Samagra Siksha.
2. Amrit Kumar Khalkho (IAS 2005-Batch) has been posted as Secretary, Labour Department and also Secretary to the Governor in additional capacity.
3. Topeshwar Verma (IAS 2005-Batch) has been posted as Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department. Also, he gets the additional charges of Secretary/Commissioner, Transport Department; and Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department.
4. S Bhartidasan (IAS 2006-Batch) has been posted as Special Secretary, Chief Minister. He will also hold the additional charges of Special Secretary, Agriculture Department and Commissioner-cum- Director, Public Relation (Ex-officio CEO, Chhattisgarh Samwad).
5. Himshikar Gupta (IAS 2007-Batch) has been relieved of his additional charge of Managing Director (MD), Chhattisgarh State Agriculture Marketing (Mandi) Board, Raipur. He is posted as Special Secretary, Cooperatives with additional charges of Registrar, Cooperatives Societies and Registrar, Firms and Societies, at present.
6. Yashwant Kumar (IAS 2007-Batch) has been posted as Director, Agriculture and MD, Chhattisgarh Tourism Board and Commissioner, Sugarcane, in additional capacity.
7. Satyanarayan Rathore (IAS 2008-Batch) has been posted as Registrar, Firms and Societies. He will also hold the additional charge of Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural).
8. Shyam Lal Dhavade (IAS 2009-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Korea district.
9. Kiran Kaushal (IAS 2009-Batch) has been posted as Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection. Also, he gets the additional charge of MD, Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Marketing Board (MARKFED).
10. Sameer Vishnoi (IAS 2009-Batch) CEO, Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) with additional charges of Ex-officio Joint Secretary, Electronics and IT; Director, Geology and Mining; and MD, Chhattisgarh State Minerals Development Corporation has been relieved of the charges of Director, Geology and Mining and MD, Chhattisgarh State Minerals Development Corporation. He has been assigned the additional charge of Commissioner, Commercial Tax.
11. Saurabh Kumar (IAS 2009-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Raipur.
12. Jaiprakash Maurya (IAS 2010-Batch) has been posted as Director, Geology and Mining. He also gets the additional charges of MD, Chhattisgarh State Minerals Development Corporation and Director, Urban and Rural Investment.
13. Ranu Sahu (IAS 2010-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Korba.
14. Padum Singh Alma (IAS 2010-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Dhamtari.
15. Bhoskar Vilas Sandipan (IAS 2011-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Bemetara.
16. Jitendra Kumar Shukla (IAS 2011-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Janjgir-Champa.
17. Shiv Anant Tayal (IAS 2012-Batch) has been posted as Joint Secretary, Agriculture Department. He also gets the additional charge of MD, Chhattisgarh State Marketing (Mandi) Board, Raipur.
18. Taran Prakash Sinha (IAS 2012-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Rajnandgaon.
19. Iffat Ara (IAS 2012-Batch) has been posted as IG, Registration and Stamp and also gets the additional charge of Mission Director, State Rural Livelihood Mission.
20. Ajit Vasant (IAS 2012-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Mungeli.
21. Indrajit S Chandrawal (IAS 2013-Batch) has been posted as Collector, Balrampur-Ramanujganj.
22. P S Dhruv (IAS 2013-Batch) has been posted as Deputy Secretary, GAD.
23. Richa Prakash Chaudhary (IAS 2014-Batch) has been posted as CEO, Zila Panchayat, Bastar.
24. Kuldeep Sharma (IAS 2014-Batch) has been posted as Commissioner, Korba Municipal Corporation.
25. S Jayavardhan (IAS 2014-Batch) has been posted as Commissioner, Raigarh Municipal Corporation.
26. Prabhat Malik (IAS 2015-Batch) has been posted as Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation.
27. Nupur Rashi Panna (IAS 2015-Batch) has been posted as Additional Collector, Durg.
28. Priyanka Rishi Mahobia (IAS 2016-Batch) has been posted as CEO, Zila Panchayat, Dhamtari.
29. Chandrakant Verna (IAS 2017-Batch) has been posted as Additional MD, Smart City.
30. Mayank Chaturvedi (IAS 2017-Batch) has been posted as CEO, Zila Panchayat, Raipur.

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