Bhubaneswar, Mar 12: The Odisha government on Thursday carried out a minor reshuffle in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre, appointing several officers to important administrative and departmental positions across the state. 

The changes were notified by the General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department as part of the state’s routine administrative reorganisation aimed at improving governance and strengthening departmental functioning.

According to the notification, Manish Agarwal (IAS, 2012 batch), who was serving as Additional Special Relief Commissioner with additional charge as Additional Secretary in the Planning and Convergence Department, has been appointed as the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Odisha.

Smruti Ranjan Pradhan (IAS, 2012 batch), currently Additional Secretary in the Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, has been posted as Managing Director of the Odisha Small Industries Corporation. He will also continue to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Startup Odisha. Following his appointment, the additional charge of Startup Odisha CEO held by Rashmita Panda will cease.

Siddhartha Das has been appointed Director of Fisheries, while Madhusmita Sahoo will serve as Director of Teachers’ Education and SCERT.

Among other changes, Somesh Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed Director of Textiles and Handlooms, while Prathamesh Arvind Rajeshirke will take charge as Collector of Malkangiri. Several young IAS officers have also been given new assignments in district administration and development bodies.

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