Bihar: 17 IAS officers shifted, M Saravanan posted as Commissioner, Tirhut Division

The Bihar government on Saturday (31.08.2024) enacted major bureaucratic reshuffle in the state by issuing transfer and posting orders for 17 IAS officers.

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

1. Harjot Kaur Bamhrah (IAS:1992:BH), Additional Chief Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Affairs with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Film Development and Finance Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Social Welfare Department with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Women & Child Development Corporation.
2. Santosh Kumar Mall (IAS:1997:BH), Principal Secretary, Cooperative Department with additional charge of the posts of Principal Secretary, Minor Water Resource Department; Enquiry Commissioner, GDA and OSD, Resident Commissioner Office, Bihar Bhawan, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Minor Water Resource Department with additional charge of the posts of Enquiry Commissioner, GDA and OSD, Resident Commissioner Office, Bihar Bhawan, New Delhi.
3. Chaitanya Prasad (IAS:1990:BH), Development Commissioner, Bihar with additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources Department, has been relieved of the charge of Water Resources Department.
4. Prem Singh Meena (IAS:2000:BH), Secretary, Social Welfare Department with additional charge of Secretary, Enquiry Commissioner, GDA, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya. He has been given additional charge of DG, Bihar Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development (BIPARD).
5. Pratima Satish Kumar Verma (IAS:2002:BH), Secretary, Commercial Tax Department, with additional charge of the posts of Commercial Tax Commissioner, Commercial Tax Department; Additional Mission Director, Bihar Administrative Reforms Mission Society and Additional Commissioner, GST, Commercial Tax, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Science, Technology & Technical Education Department with additional charge of Mission Director, Bihar Administrative Reforms Mission Society.
6. M Saravanan (IAS:2002:BH), Commissioner, Saran Division, Chapra, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur.
7. Pankaj Kumar Pal (IAS:2002:BH), Secretary, Rural Development Department with additional charge of the posts of Secretary, Energy Department and Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Limited, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Energy Department with additional charge of
   Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Limited.
8. Lokesh Kumar Singh (IAS:2003:BH), Secretary, Science, Technology & Technical Education Department with additional charge of the post of Secretary (Resources), Finance Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Finance with additional charge of Secretary, Rural Development Department.
9. Kundan Kumar (IAS:2004:BH), Resident Commissioner, Bihar Bhawan, New Delhi with additional charge of Investment Commissioner, Mumbai and CEO, Bihar Foundation, has been given additional charge of MD, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority.
10. Dr. Virendra Kumar Yadav (IAS:2004:BH), Special Secretary, Cooperative Department with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Vegetable Processing and Marketing Cooperative Federation Limited, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Agriculture Department.
11. Dayanidhan Pandey (IAS:2006:BH), Secretary, Minor Water Resources Department, has been transferred and posted Secretary, Art, Culture & Youth Affairs with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Film Development and Finance Corporation.
12. Sandeep Kumar R Pudkalkutti (IAS:2006:BH), Secretary, Road Construction Department, has been transferred and posted Secretary, Minor Water Resources Department with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Road Construction Department.
13. Dharmendra Singh (IAS:2006:BH), Secretary, Mines & Geology with additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Cooperative with additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD.
14. Jai Singh (IAS:2007:BH), Secretary, Revenue & Land Reforms Department with additional charge of Director, Land Records & Measurement, has been transferred and posted as Secretary (Resources), Finance Department.
15. Sanjay Kumar Singh (IAS:2007:BH), Secretary, Health Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Commercial Tax Department with additional charge of the posts of Secretary, Health Department; Commercial Tax Commissioner and Additional Commissioner, GST.
16. Ashima Jain (IAS:2008:BH), Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department, Patna, has been given additional charge of Secretary, Transport Department.