In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle in Odisha, the Naveen Patnaik-led state government transferred three IAS officers and one OAS officer, who have been given new postings. The State General Administration & Public Grievance Department has issued a notification regarding this.
2008 batch IAS officer, Yamini Sarangi, has been appointed as State Project Director, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan (OAVS). She is presently serving as Officer on Special Duty, GA&PG Dept, along with additional charge of the Additional Secretary to Government, Finance Department.
It is worth mentioning here that the post of State Project Director, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan (OAVS) is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Additional Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.
2012 batch IAS officer, Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, has been transferred and appointed as Additional Secretary to Government, School & Mass Education Department. He was serving as State Project Director of OAVS.
While 2020-batch IAS officer Vedbhushan has been appointed as Commissioner of Sambalpur Municipal Corporation. He he currently serving as Sub-Collector, Dharamgarh with additional charge of Executive Officer, NAC, Dharamgarh.
The post of Commissioner, Sambalpur Municipal Corporation is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Under Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.
This apart, Nrusingh Ch. Swain, OAS (SS), at present Special Secretary to Government, Finance Department, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Boudh. In exercise of the powers conferred under section 20(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (Act II of 1974), the State Government appointed Mr. Nrusingh Ch. Swain, OAS(SS) as the District Magistrate in the district of Boudh.
