Odisha: 25 IAS/OAS officers shifted; 20 Districts gets new Collectors

The Odisha government on Wednesday (07.08.2024) under took major bureaucratic restructuring by issuing transfer orders for 22 IAS officers and 3 Odisha Administrative Officers. This reshuffle significantly altered the administrative landscape of the state, with new Collector & District Magistrates being posted in 20 districts.

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

1. Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya (IAS:2009:OR), Secretary, Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack, has been transferred and posted as Director, Odia Language, Literature & Culture. He will also hold the additional charge of Director, Odisha Paribar.
2. Ashish Thakare (IAS:2011:OR), Collector & DM, Balasore, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack.
3. Dilip Routrai (IAS-SCS:2011:OR), Director, Odia Language, Literature & Culture, with additional charge of Director, Odisha Paribar, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Bhadrak.
4. Kamal Lochan Mishra (IAS-SCS:2011:OR), Collector & DM, Nabarangpur, has been transferred and posted as Executive Director, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority.
5. Nikhil Pavan Kalyan (IAS:2012:OR), Collector & DM, Jajpur, has been transferred and posted as Director, Soil Conservation and Watershed Development, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.
6. Bijay Kumar Dash (IAS-SCS:2012:OR), Commissioner, Cuttack Municipal Corporation, with additional charge of Vice Chairman, Cuttack Development Authority, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Gajapati.
7. Smruti Ranjan Pradhan (IAS-NSCS:2012), Collector & DM, Gajapati, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Kendrapara.
8. Swadha Dev Singh (IAS:2014:OR), Collector & DM, Nayagarh, has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary, PR & DW Department.
9. Parul Patawari (IAS:2015:OR), State Project Director, OSEPA, with additional charge of Member Secretary, Mo School, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Rayagada.
10. Amrit Ruturaj (IAS:2015:OR), Collector & DM, Dhenkanal, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Kandhamal.
11. Siddeshwar Baliram Bondar (IAS:2016:OR), Collector & DM, Bhadrak, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Sambalpur.
12. Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde (IAS:2016:OR), Collector & DM, Mayurbhanj, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Cuttack.
13. Hema Kanta Say (IAS:2017:OR), Collector & DM, Nuapada, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Mayurbhanj.
14. P Anvesha Reddy (IAS:2017:OR), Collector & DM, Kalahandi, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Jajpur.
15. Ashish Ishwar Patil (IAS:2017:OR), Collector & DM, Kandhamal, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Malkangiri.
16. Somesh Kumar Upadhyay (IAS:2017:OR), Collector & DM, Deogarh, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Dhenkanal.
17. Subhankar Mohapatra (IAS:2018:OR), Director, Rural Development, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Nabarangpur.
18. Suryawanshi Mayur Vikas (IAS:2018:OR), Collector & DM, Kendrapara, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Balasore.
19. J Sonal (IAS:2018:OR), Collector & DM, Boudh, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Jagatsinghpur.
20. Pawar Sachin Prakash (IAS:2019:OR), Collector & DM, Malkangiri, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Kalahandi.
21. Akshay Sunil Agrawal (IAS:2019:OR), Collector & DM, Sambalpur, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Nayagarh.
22. Manoj Satyawan Mahajan (IAS:2019:OR), Collector & DM, Rayagada, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Sundargarh.
23. Kabindra Kumar Sahu (OAS-SS), Executive Director (Land), Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd., has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Deogarh.
24. Madhusudan Dash (OAS-SS), Special Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Nuapada.
25. Subrat Kumar Panda (OAS-SS), Special Secretary, Rural Development Department, has been transferred and posted as Collector & DM, Boudh.