Odisha-Cadre IAS officer Santosh Kumar Sarangi was on Monday relieved from the charge of Principal Secretary of Science and Technology Department as he will be sent on Central deputation.
The 1994-batch IAS officer, who is the husband of Bhubaneswar BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi, will take charge as the Additional Secretary to Government of India, Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education with additional charge of Chairman, National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi. IRTS office Manoj Kumar Mishra will remain in additional charge of Secretary of State Science and Technology Department along with his duties as Secretary in-Charge of Electronics and Information Technology Department with additional charge of CRC-cum–Special Secretary of Commerce and Transport Department.