Senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi was appointed by the state government as the new principal Secretary of the higher education department, and he was also permitted to remain in an additional charge of the Commerce and Transport department.
Senior IAS officer Arabinda Kumar Padhee is now in charge of the state agriculture department as a principal secretary who recently returned from central deputation. He has also been assigned additional charges as secretary of the Fisheries and animal resources department.
Sanjay Kumar Singh has also been appointed as the new Principal Secretary of the rural development department and will also continue to serve in additional charge as state information and public relations secretary, vice chairman of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority, and managing director of Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd.
The department of state school and mass education has appointed Aswathy S as its new secretary.
