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In a fresh bureacratic reshuffle, the Odisha government announced a minor reshuffle of senior IAS officers, impacting several critical administrative positions. According to a notification by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department, Deoranjan Kumar Singh, a 1993-batch IAS officer and Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue & Disaster Management Department, will retain his additional role as Chairman of the Odisha Forest Development Corporation (OFDC). This transfer effectively concludes the additional appointment of Vishal Kumar Dev in this position.

Further changes include the continuation of Vishal Kumar Dev, a 1996-batch IAS officer and Principal Secretary of the E & IT Department, as Principal Secretary of the Energy Department. The termination of Hemant Sharma’s additional charge as Principal Secretary of Energy accompanies this adjustment.
The reshuffle also confirms Sanjay Kumar Singh, a 1997-batch IAS officer and Principal Secretary of the Rural Development Department, in his additional role in the Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department, leading to the termination of Vir Vikram Yadav’s additional assignment.

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Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, a 1999-batch IAS officer and Principal Secretary of the Sports & Youth Services Department, will continue to hold his additional role as CMD of OPTCL (Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited).
The reshuffle introduced Girish SN, a 2002-batch IAS officer, as the Commissioner-cum-Secretary to the Government in the P.R. & D.W. Department. Additionally, Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar, a 2008-batch IAS officer and Special Secretary in the P.R. & D.W. Department, has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department while retaining her charge as Commissioner-cum-Secretary in the Excise Department. This appointment terminates the roles of Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee in Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts and Sushil Kumar Lohani in the Excise Department.

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