The Odisha government has made significant administrative changes, transferring four senior IAS officers and appointing nine 2023-batch IAS officers as Deputy Collectors in various districts. This move comes just three days after a major bureaucratic reshuffle that saw 49 IAS officers transferred.
- Rajesh Prabhakar Patil: Appointed as Commissioner and Secretary of the Cooperative Department, replacing his previous role as Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Metropolitan Corporation (BMC).
- Ketan Upadhyay: Appointed as Secretary of the Odisha Language, Literature and Culture Department.
- Vomit Verma: Appointed as Director of the Light Minerals Department.
- Deepankar Mohapatra: Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Hockey Promotion Council.
New Deputy Collectors:
- Prekshaya Agarwal: Dharmagarh Deputy Collector
- Pranati Das: Baliguda Deputy Collector
- Kasturi Panda: Panchpir-Karanjia Deputy Collector
- Abhishek Dilip Dudhal: Gunupur Deputy Collector
- Asni A. L.: Nabarangpur Deputy Collector
- C. Saravanan: Kuchinda Deputy Collector
- Tejaswini Behera: Sundargarh Deputy Collector
- Shiv Malviya: Anandpur Deputy Collector
- Avinash Kumar: Berhampur Deputy Collector
The recent transfers and appointments are part of the government's efforts to ensure efficient administration and governance.