Odisha: 38 IAS officers shifted, Bijay Kumar Dash post as Collector & District Magistrate of Puri

The Odisha government strategically reshuffled its bureaucracy, transferring 38 IAS officers, including 17 district Collectors. This move is seen as preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections, traditionally held simultaneously in the state.

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

1. Temjenwapang (IAS:2000:OR), Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Southern Division), Berhampur, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Public Enterprises Department.
2. Srikanta Prusty (IAS-NSCS:2003), Special Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, has been transferred and posted as Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Division), Sambalpur.
3. Ranjan Kumar Das (IAS-SCS:2007), Chief Administrator, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri, has been transferred and posted as Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Central Division), Cuttack. He will hold the additional charge of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Southern Division), Berhampur.
4. Samarth Verma (IAS:2011:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Puri, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Administrator, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri.
5. Ashish Thakare (IAS:2011:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Keonjhar, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Mayurbhanj.
6. K Sudarshan Chakravarthy (IAS:2011:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Kurdha, has been transferred and posted as Director, Minor Minerals, Bhubaneswar.
7. Vineet Bharadwaj (IAS:2012:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Mayurbhanj, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Cuttack.
8. Nikhil Pavan Kalyan (IAS:2012:OR), Commissioner, Cuttack Municipal Corporation, Cuttack, has been transferred and posted as Director, Rural Development.
9. Bijay Kumar Dash (IAS-SCS:2012), Secretary, State Election Commission, Bhubaneswar, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Puri.
10. Monisha Banerjee (IAS:2013:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Bargarh, has been transferred and posted as Director, Social Welfare.
11. Chanchal Rana (IAS:2014:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Bolangir, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Khurda.
12. Swadha Dev Singh (IAS:2014:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Rayagada, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Nayagarh.
13. Siddharth Shankar Swain (IAS:2014:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Angul, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Cuttack Municipal Corporation.
14. Chakravarthi Singh Rathore (IAS:2014:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Jajpur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Panchayat Raj Drinking Water Department.
15. Md. Abdaal Akhtar (IAS:2015:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Koraput, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Angul.
16. Lingraj Panda (IAS:2015:OR), Director, Social Welfare, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Cooperation Department.
17. Amrit Ruturaj (IAS:2015:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Kendrapada, has been transferred and posted as Labour Commissioner, Bhubaneswar.
18. Ananya Das (IAS:2015:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Sambalpur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Handloom Textiles & Handicrafts Department.
19. Vishal Singh (IAS:2016:OR), Collector & District Magistrate, Malkangiri, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Keonjhar.
20. Dr. Subhankar Mohapatra (IAS:2018:OR), Commissioner, Rourkela Municipal Corporation with additional charge of CEO, Rourkela Smart City Limited, ADM, Rourkela and Secretary, Rourkela Development Authority, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Jajpur.
21. Keerthi Vasan V (IAS:2018:OR), CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Ganjam, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Koraput.
22. Suryawanshi Mayur Vikas (IAS:2018:OR), Additional Commissioner, BMC, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Kendrapara.
23. J Sonal (IAS:2018:OR), Commissioner, Berhampur Municipal Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Boudh.
24. Agrawal Akshay Sunil (IAS:2019:OR), ADM, Mayurbhanj, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Sambalpur.
25. Aditya Goyal (IAS:2019:OR), CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Bargarh, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Bargarh.
26. Anya Das (IAS:2019:OR), CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Nabarangpur, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Sonepur.
27. Manoj Satyawan Mahajan (IAS:2019:OR), CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Sundergarh, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Raygada.
28. Pawar Sachin Prakash (IAS:2019:OR), CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Kalahandi, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate,
    Malkangir.
29. Gaurav Shivaji Isalwar (IAS:2019:OR), CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Koraput, has been transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Bolangir.
30. Kulakami Ashutosh C (IAS:2020:OR), CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Koraput, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Rourkela Municipal Corporation.
31. Madhumita (IAS:2020:OR), Sub-Collector, Baliguda with additional charge of Executive Officer, NAC, Baliguda, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Berhampur Municipal Corporation.
32. Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak (IAS:2020:OR), Sub-Collector, Kuchinda with additional charge of EO, NAC, Kuchinda, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Mayurbhanj.
33. Dheenah Dastagar (IAS:2021:OR) has been posted as Sub-Collector, Berhampur, Ganjam.
34. Rina Pradhan (IAS:2021:OR) has been posted as Sub-Collector, Baliguda, Kandhamal.
35. Prathamesh Arvind Rajeshirke (IAS:2021:OR) has been posted as Sub-Collector, Balasore.
36. Kirandeep Kaur Sahota (IAS:2021:OR) has been posted as Sub-Collector, Gunupur, Raygada.
37. Rehan Khatri (IAS:2021:OR) has been posted as Sub-Collector, Titilagarh, Bolangir.
38. Dhiman Chakma (IAS:2021:OR) has been posted as Sub-Collector, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi.