Odisha IAS Reshuffle: Four Senior Officers Get New Assignments, Check details

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday effected a reshuffle in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), assigning new responsibilities to four senior bureaucrats, including key changes in the Panchayati Raj, Health and Family Welfare, and Finance departments.

According to a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department on November 5, 2026, senior IAS officer Roopa Mishra has been appointed Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department following her return from Central Deputation.

Roopa Mishra, a 2004-batch IAS officer, will take charge of the department as part of the latest administrative reshuffle.

Meanwhile, Girish S.N., a 2002-batch IAS officer who was serving as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, has been transferred and appointed Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department.

Similarly, Aswathy S., a 2003-batch IAS officer currently serving as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department, has been appointed Special Secretary to the Government in the Finance Department.

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Aswathy S. will continue to hold the additional charge of Chief Executive Officer of the State Institute for Transformative Initiatives, Odisha (SITI-Odisha).

In another significant administrative change, Bishnupada Sethi, the 1995-batch IAS officer serving as Chairman of the Odisha Forest Development Corporation with additional charge of Chief Administrator of KBK, has been appointed Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the General Administration and Public Grievance Department.

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