In a significant administrative restructuring in Kerala, the state government has issued orders for the transfer and appointment of eleven IAS officers, which includes the reassignment of six collectors. The government has relocated the collectors of Kollam, Alappuzha, Malappuram, Kannur, Pathanamthitta, and Kozhikode.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
- Divya S Iyer (IAS:2014:KL), District Collector of Pathanamthitta, has been appointed as the Managing Director of Vizhinjam Port. She is also the Director of Kerala Solid Waste Management Project.
- Adeela Abdullah (IAS:2012:KL), who held the position of Managing Director of Vizhinjam Port, has been removed from her post just two days before the official inauguration of the port.
- Shibu A (IAS:2019:KL), Director, Social Security Mission, has been transferred and posted as Pathanamthitta, Collector.
- Haritha V Kumar (IAS:2013:KL), District Collector, Alappuzha, has been transferred and posted as Director, Mining and Geology
Department. - John V Samuel (IAS:2015:KL), Director, Groundwater Department, has been transferred and posted as Collector, Alappuzha.
- V R Premkumar (IAS:2014:KL), Collector, Malappuram, has been transferred and posted as Director, Panchayat.
- VR Vinod (IAS:2015:KL), Commissioner, Food Safety, has been transferred and posted as Collector, Malappuram.
- Afsana Parveen (IAS:2014:KL) has been posted as Commissioner, Food Safety.
- Devi Das N (IAS:2015:KL), Director, Mining and Geology Department, has been transferred and posted as Collector, Kollam.
- Arun K Vijayan (IAS:2016:KL), Commissioner, Entrance Examination, has been transferred and posted as Collector, Kannur.
- Snehil Kumar Singh (IAS:2016:KL), Staff Officer of the Chief Secretary, has been transferred and posted as Collector, Kozhikode.
