Bhubaneswar: A major IAS reshuffle was effected by the State government today. Five senior IAS officers have been given charge of new departments after the reshuffle.
Mona Sharma has been appointed the new Principal Secretary of Culture and Tourism department which she will be joining after returning from a leave. Present Handloom, textiles and handicraft department secretary Chithra Arumugam has been transferred to Women and Child development and Mission Shakti department while Vishal Dev will now take charge as the Commissioner cum secretary of the Sports and Youth Services Department along with the additional charge of CMD of Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) Ltd.
The two other IAS officers transferred are Shubha Sarma and Dodda Venkata Swamy who have been appointed the new Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Handloom, textiles and handicraft department and Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Division), Sambalpur, respectively.