30 Odisha Administrative Services Officers Promoted to IAS, Check Names Here

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, President Droupadi Murmu has approved the promotion of 30 Odisha Administrative Services (OAS) officers to the rank of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), filling the available vacancies for the years 2023 and 2024.

According to an official notification, the President’s approval comes under the provisions of the Administrative Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954, and the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955. The promotion will see 15 OAS officers promoted to IAS rank for vacancies arising between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, while another 15 OAS officers have been promoted for vacancies arising between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024.

The officers, who have now been appointed to the IAS, will be allocated to the Odisha Cadre and placed on probation until further orders. The notification, issued by Sanjay Kumar Chaurasia, Under Secretary to the Government of India, highlights the appointments made in consultation with the State Government.

Select List 2023 (Against vacancies arising between 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2023):

1. Dharam Hansdah
2. Rina Mohapatra
3. Niyati Pattnaik
4. Maheswar Swain
5. Mrunal Kanti Das
6. Srikanta Tarai
7. Birendra Korkora
8. Laxman Kumar Mallik
9. Upama Kalo
10. Lily Kumari Kullu
11. Kabindra Kumar Sahoo
12. Aradhana Das
13. Pradeep Kumar Nayak
14. Madhusudan Dash
15. Premjit Nayak

Select List 2024 (Against vacancies arising between 01.01.2024 to 31.12.2024):

1. Narahari Sethy
2. Jugaleswari Dash
3. Madhumita Rath
4. Debasis Singh
5. Subrat Kumar Panda
6. Pratap Chandra Hota
7. Nibedita Mishra
8. Rega Geetarani Patnaik
9. Archana Das Pattnaik
10. Anjana Panda
11. Nivedita Prusty
12. Swayam Prava Mohanty
13. Indramani Nayak
14. Sudam Charan Mandal
15. Girish Chandra Singh

This move follows the promotion of 15 OAS officers by the Odisha government in November 2024, who were elevated to OAS Grade-A (Senior Branch) and assigned new appointments.