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Odisha: 4 IAS Officers Get Fresh Postings, Parul Patawari Made Project Director, OSEPA 

Mr. Samarth Verma, a 2011-batch IAS officer, became Additional Secretary in the Public Works Department
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The government of Odisha gave new postings to four IAS officers across the state through a gazetted notification from the State General Administration & Public Grievance Department. 

Mr. Samarth Verma (2011 batch), the incumbent Additional Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration in Puri, In charge of Chief Administrator SJTA, with the additional charge of Additional Secretary to Government, Works Department, was asked to take up the charge of Additional Secretary in the Public Works Department.

Mr. Vineet Bhardwaj (2012 batch), presently posted as Collector & District Magistrate of Cuttack, was asked to assume office as the Director-cum-Additional Secretary, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department.

Ms. Parul Patawari (2015 batch), the incumbent Collector & District Magistrate of Jagatsinghpur, became the State Project Director (in the same rank as Joint Secretary) of the Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) in Bhubaneswar. 

Dr. Subhankar Mohapatra (2018 batch) was mandated to assume charge as the Director of Rural Development (in the same rank as Deputy Secretary). 

Two more officers were given new appointments, Mr. Arindam Dakua (2011 batch) and Mr. Anupam Saha (2012 batch) were asked to assume charge as the new DCs of Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur, respectively.


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