Odisha govt reshuffles 25 IPS officers in major administrative overhaul

In a significant overhaul of the police administration, the Odisha government on Friday (28.02.2025) issued transfer and posting orders for 25 IPS officers across the state.

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

1. SM Narvane (IPS:1989:OR), Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, has been transferred and posted as Spl DG, OHRC.
2. Diptesh Kumar Pattanaik (IPS:1997:OR), CMD, OSRTC, has been transferred and posted as Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication.
3. Yatindra Koyal (IPS:2000:OR), ADGP, Provisioning, has been transferred and posted as ADG, HRPC.
4. S Praveen Kumar (IPS:2002:OR), IGP, Personnel, has been transferred and posted as IGP, Central Range, Cuttack.
5. Narsingha Bhol (IPS:2002:OR), Excise Commissioner, has been transferred and posted as Addl. CP, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack.
6. Dr. Deepak Kumar (IPS:2004:OR), IGP, Home Guards and Fire Services, has been transferred and posted as IGP, Operations.
7. Dr. Sarthak Sarangi (IPS:2007:OR), IGP, SR, Berhampur, has been transferred and posted as IGP, CID-CB.
8. Niti Shekhar (IPS:2007:OR), IGP, SWR, Koraput, has been transferred and posted as IGP, Southern Range.
9. Dr. Umashankar Dash (IPS:2008:OR), Additional CP, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack, has been transferred and posted as DIG, Home Guards and Fire Services.
10. Akhileshvar Singh (IPS:2009:OR), DIG, Operation, has been transferred and posted as DIG, South Western Range.
11. Charan Singh Meena (IPS:2009:OR), DIG, CR, Cuttack, has been transferred and posted as DIG, Provisioning.
12. Pinaka Mishra (IPS:2011:OR), DCP, Bhubaneswar, has been transferred and posted as DIG, STF, Bhubaneswar.
13. Jugal Kishore Kumar Banoth (IPS:2011:OR), DIG, State Police Hqrs, has been transferred and posted as DIG, Personnel.
14. Battula Gangdhar (IPS:2011:OR), DIG, State Police Hqrs, has been transferred and posted as DIG, CID-CB.
15. Jagmohan Meena (IPS:2013:OR), DCP, Cuttack, has been transferred and posted as DCP, Bhubaneswar.
16. Vivekanand Sharma (IPS:2014:OR), AIGP, State Police Hqrs, has been transferred and posted as SP, Railways, Cuttack.
17. Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo (IPS:2016:OR), SP, Bolangir, has been transferred and posted as DCP, Cuttack.
18. Abilash G (IPS:2018:OR), SP, Kalahandi, has been transferred and posted as SP, Bolangir.
19. Nagaraj Deverkonda (IPS:2018:OR), SP, Boudh, has been transferred and posted as SP, Kalahandi.
20. Rahul Goel (IPS:2020:OR), SP, Railways, Cuttack, has been transferred and posted as SP, Boudh.
21. Ankit Kumar Meena (IPS:2021:OR), SDPO, Jeypore, has been transferred and posted as Additional CP, Bhubaneswar.
22. Kashyap Partha Jagdish (IPS:2021:OR) has been posted as SDPO, Jayepore.
23. Amritpal Singh (IPS:2021:OR), SDPO, Nuapada, has been transferred and posted as Additional SP, Khurdha.
24. Amritpal Kaur (IPS:2021:OR), SDPO, Padampur, has been transferred and posted as Addl. DCP, Bhubneswar UPD.
25. Sonali Singh Parmer (IPS:2022:OR), SDPO, Bonai, has been transferred and posted as ACP, Bhubaneswar UPD.