Odisha: 8 IAS officers shifted; B J Sarma posted as Commissioner, Land Records

In a significant administrative reorganization, the Odisha government implemented a reshuffle among Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre officers on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

The officers and their new assignments are as follows:

1. Bishnupada Sethi (IAS:1995:OR), OSD, GA & PG Department is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department.
2. Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma (IAS:1999:OR), Special Secretary, Planning & Convergence Department, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Land Records & Settlement, Cuttack. The post of Commissioner, Land Records & Settlement, Cuttack is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Special Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the State.
3. B Parameswaran (IAS:2008:OR), Director-cum-Additional Secretary, Drinking Water & Sanitation, PR&DW Department with additional charge of SPD, 0HEPEE, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Consolidation, Bhubaneswar.
4. Ramashis Hazra (IAS-SCS:2010:OR), Director, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Odisha is allowed to remain in additional charge of President, Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.
5. Jyoti Prakash Das (IAS-SCS:2010:OR) has been posted as Director, Special Project, PR&DW Department with additional charge of Director, Revenue Officers’ Training Institute (ROTI).
6. Arindam Dakua (IAS:2011:OR), Director, Special Project, PR&DW Department, has been transferred and posted as Director-cum-Additional Secretary, Drinking Water & Sanitation, PR&DW Department.
7. lndramani Tripathy (IAS-SCS:2011:OR), Additional Secretary, ST & SC Dev., M&BCW Department with additional charge of Director, SC&STRTI and Director, ST, has been transferred as Director, ST with additional charge of Additional Secretary, ST & SC Dev, M&BCW Department and Director, SC&STRTI.
8. Subrata Satapathy (IAS-SCS:2011:OR), Financial Advisor, Board of Revenue, Cuttack is allowed to remain in additional charge of lnspector General of Registration, Cuttack.