IAS officer Biswaranjan Samal assumed the office of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of the National Aluminium Company limited (Nalco) on Friday. He took over the charge from Gautam Bhattacharya, who had been entrusted this additional assignment at the Nalco since August.
A 1992-batch IAS officer of the Assam & Meghalaya cadre, Samal has done his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the NIT, Rourkela. Thereafter, he did his PG diploma in Industrial Engineering from the NITIE, Mumbai. Under the Government of Assam, Samal served as District Magistrate in four districts and headed various prestigious departments. Before joining the aluminium major Nalco, he was Assam’s Commissioner & Secretary of Science & Technology, General Administration, Tea Tribes, WPT & BC.