Seven IAS officers have been given new responsibilities in Odisha. Birendra Korkora (2014 batch) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Home Department, while Mrs Aradhana Das (2014) assumes charge as Additional Secretary, Forest, Environment & Climate Change.

Similarly, Mrs Jugaleswari Das (2015) was posted as Director, Secondary Education; Mrs Archana Das Pattanik (2015) as Director, AYUSH; Mrs Anjana Panda (2015) as Additional Secretary, Excise and Sanjay Kumar Biswal is shifted as Director, Information and Public Relations. Besides, Sundara Madhaba Padhi is appointed as Chief Operation Officer, Odisha Maritime Board with additional charge of GM, Odisha State Road Transport Corporation.