Sujata R Karthikeyan, a 2000-Batch IAS officer, has been appointed as Secretary of the newly-created Department of Mission Shakti that came into being on Tuesday. Karthikeyan was Commissioner-cum-Director, Mission Shakti, being instrumental in phenomenal growth of Mission Shakti in the State. After State Cabinet’s approval, the Department of General Administration and Pension and Public Grievance had amended the rules of business for this on March 3.
According to an official notification, Women and Child Development Department Minister Tukuni Sahu has been allocated overall business of new department.As per decision, Department of Mission Shakti will start functioning separately and parent department Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti will be renamed as Women and Child Development Department.