Major administrative reshuffle in Odisha

In a major administrative reshuffle, as many as 23 IAS officers have been shifted and given new postings in Odisha. Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya has been appointed as Director, Odia Language, Literature & Culture with additional charge of Director, Odisha Paribar, while Ashish Thakare was made Secretary, Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack and Dilip Routrai joins as Collector & DM, Bhadrak. Similarly, Kamal Lochan Mishra has been posted as Executive Director, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority; Nikhil Pavan Kalyan as Director, Soil Conservation and Watershed Development, Odisha, Bhubaneswar; Bijay Kumar Dash as Collector & DM, Gajapati; Smruti Ranjan Pradhan as Collector & DM, Kendrapara; Swadha Dev Singh as Additional Secretary to Government, PR & DW Department; Parul Patawari as Collector & DM, Rayagada; Amrit Ruturaj as Collector & DM, Kandhamal; Siddeshwar Baliram Bondar as Collector & DM, Sambalpur; Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde as Collector & DM, Cuttack; Hema Kanta Say as Collector & DM, Mayurbhanj; Anvesha Reddy as Collector & DM, Jajpur; Ashish Ishwar Patil as Collector & DM, Malkangiri; Somesh Kumar Upadhyay as Collector & DM, Dhenkanal; Subhankar Mohapatra as Collector & DM, Nabarangpur; Suryawanshi Mayur Vikas as Collector & DM, Balasore; J Sonal as Collector & DM, Jagatsinghpur; Pawar Sachin Prakash as Collector & DM, Kalahandi; Akshay Sunil Agrawal as Collector & DM, Nayagarh; Manoj Satyawan Mahajan as Collector & DM, Sundargarh; Kabindra Kumar Sahu as Collector & DM, Deogarh; Madhusudan Dash as Collector & DM, Nuapada and Subrat Kumar Panda has been transferred and appointed as Collector & DM, Boudh.