As many as nine officers of Indian Economic Service (IES) have been assigned fresh assignments. Accordingly, Bikash Kumar Malick has been appointed as Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, while Ms Aparajita Priyadarshni was made Deputy Director, I&B and Manoj Kumar Mishra is Deputy Director, Food & Public Distribution. Similarly, P Babu has been appointed as Deputy Director, Social Justice & Empowerment; Ms Supriya Anand as Deputy Director, Labour & Employment; Ms Deeksha Supyaal Bisht as Deputy Director, Rural Development; Sachidananda Das as Deputy Director, Rural Development; Jagadish Sahu as Assistant Director, Development Commissioner office, MSME and Ms Pallak Shrestha was made Assistant Director, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh.