Amulya Padhan appointed Odisha Board of Secondary Education vice-president

Amulya Kumar Padhan, OES (SB) (Group A), presently working as the RDE in Sambalpur, was transferred on Thursday and has been posted as the Vice-President, Board of Secondary Education (BSE)-Odisha, Cuttack, under Foreign Service terms and conditions.

The School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department issued a notification in this regard.

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Similarly, Chakradhar Behera, OES (SB) (Group A) (Senior) UoT, presently working as ADEO in Nabarangpur, was transferred and has been posted as the Deputy Controller, BSE-Odisha, Cuttack. He was allowed to remain in charge of the Controller, BSE-Odisha, Cuttack, until further orders under Foreign Service terms and conditions.

Previous posting of Chakradhar Behera vide S&ME Department notification No.-10109/SME, dated 07.04.2025 was cancelled, the notification mentioned.

Likewise, Amrita Pritinanda, OES (SB) (Group A) (ST), Controller of Examination, BSE-Odisha, Cuttack, was transferred and has been posted as Joint Director, State Institute for Languages and Teachers Training (SILTT)-Bhubaneswar, under Foreign Service terms and conditions.

Besides, the additional charge of Govinda Chandra Hembram, Headmaster of Government High School, Chandrasekharpur, Phase-I, Bhubaneswar, as Assistant Director of SILTT, vide the Department notification No.-15307/SME, dated 04.06.2025, was also cancelled.

Worth mentioning, the Crime Branch had arrested former BSE vice-president Nihar Mohanty on August 3 in connection with the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) question paper leak case.

A detailed probe has revealed that the question paper leak was facilitated through a data entry operator working with the examination board. The prime accused, Jitan Maharana, a Data Entry Operator, is believed to have played a major role in the leak.

Crime Branch sources earlier confirmed that Rs 2.4 lakh was transferred into Maharana’s bank account, establishing a clear financial link to the illegal activity.