Assam govt transfers 18 officers in major bureaucratic reshuffle

In a significant administrative shake-up, the Assam government on Monday (July 1, 2025) issued transfer and posting orders for 18 officers, including 17 IAS officers and one Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;

1. Syedain Abbasi (IAS:1990:AM), Special Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering, Water Resources and Irrigation Departments with additional charges of Resident Representative, New Delhi, and Chairman, APDCL, is relieved from charges of Special Chief Secretary, Irrigation Department and Resident Representative, New Delhi.
2. Kailash Chand Samria (IAS:1993:AM), Chairman, Board of Revenue with additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Fishery Deptt, has also been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation Department.
3. L Sweety Changsan (IAS:1994:AM), on return from Central Deputation, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue & DM Department, with additional charges of Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Tribal Affairs (Plain) and CEO, ASDMA.
4. B Kalyan Chakravarthy (IAS:1995:AM), Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat & Rural Development with additional charges of Cultural Affairs, Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Departments & Chairman, State Level Recruitment Commission for Class-IV Posts (addl) is relieved from the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department.
5. Mukesh Ch Sahu (IAS:1996:AM), Principal Secretary, Women and Child Development, Tribal Affairs (Plain) and Welfare of Bodoland Department is relieved from the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Tribal Affairs (Plain) Department.
6. Gyanendra Dev Tripathi (IAS:1998:AM), Principal Secretary, Revenue and DM, Border Protection & Development, Implementation of Assam Accord Departments with additional charge of CEO, ASDMA, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Transport Department with additional charges of Principal Secretary, Border Protection & Development, Implementation of Assam Accord, Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Departments.
7. Rakesh Kumar (IAS:2005:AM), MD, APDCL with additional charges of Commissioner & Secretary, Excise Department and Chairman, APGCL, is relieved from the additional charge of Commissioner & Secretary, Excise Department.
8. Ashwani Kumar (IAS:2010:AM), Director, Directorate of Information Technology, Electronics & Communication (DITEC), has been given additional charge of Chief Data Officer, Assam State Data Policy, 2022.
9. Dr Lakshmanan S (IAS:2011:AM), Secretary, Industries, Commerce & Public Enterprises Deptt; MD, Guwahati Smart City Limited with additional charge of Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), has been transferred and posted as Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM) and MD, Guwahati Smart City Limited with additional charges of Secretary, Industries, Commerce & Public Enterprises Department (only limited to CMAAA).
10. Adil Khan (IAS:2011:AM), Secretary, Transport, Welfare of Minorities Development Department with additional charges of Environment & Forest Department and Barak Valley Development Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Excise Department with additional charges of Secretary, Welfare of Minorities Development, Barak Valley Development and Irrigation Departments.
11. Riju Gogoi (IAS-SCS:2011), Director of Training, Assam Administrative Staff College, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Home & Political Department.
12. Deba Prasad Misra (IAS-SCS:2011), Secretary, Home & Political Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Administrative Reforms & Training, Pension & Public Grievances Department, with additional charge of Director of Training, Assam Administrative Staff College.
13. Pallav Gopal Jha (IAS:2012:AM), Secretary, Science, Technology & Climate Change Department with additional charges of Social Justice & Empowerment Department and Implementation of Assam Accord Department and Revenue & D.M. Department and Project Director, Assam Urban Infrastructure Investment Program and Project Director, JICA Assisted Guwahati Water Supplies Project and Additional CEO, Assam State Disaster Management Authority, has been relieved from the additional charges of Secretary, Revenue & D.M. Department and Additional CEO, Assam State Disaster Management Authority.

Pallav Gopal Jha has been given additional charge of MD, Guwahati Jal Board.

14. Oinam Sarankumar Singh (IAS:2012:AM), Commissioner, Industries & Commerce, is transferred and substantively posted as Secretary, Handloom, Textile and Sericulture Department with additional charges of Water Resources Department and MD, Assam Silk Outreach Mission.
15. Dilip Kumar Borah (IAS:Non-SCS:2012), Secretary, Finance, Handloom, Textile and Sericulture and Transformation & Development Departments with additional charges of MD, Assam Silk Outreach Mission, has been relieved from the additional charges of Handloom, Textile and Sericulture Department and MD, Assam Silk Outreach Mission.
16. Dr Jeevan B (IAS:2013:AM), Secretary to Chief Minister, Assam with additional charges of CEO, FREMAA ; Chief Data Officer, Assam State Data Policy, 2022 and Secretary, Department of Innovation, Incubation & Start-Ups (DIIS), has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Department of Innovation, Incubation & Start-Ups (DIIS) with additional charge of Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Affairs , CEO, FREMAA and Officer in charge, EAP cell.

He is relieved from additional charge of Chief Data Officer, Assam State Data Policy, 2022.

17. Megha Nidhi Dahal (IAS:2015:AM), MD, AIDC, has been given additional charge of Commissioner, Industries & Commerce.
18. Meenakshi Das Nath (ACS:1992), Secretary, Revenue & D.M. Department and Additional CEO, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), has been given additional charge of Project Director, Assam Integrated River Basin Management Project under PIU, ASDMA, Kamrup (M).