In a minor reshuffle in the bureaucracy, the State Government on Friday appointed 1996-batch IAS officer Vishal Dev as the Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Industries. However, Dev will continue as the CMD of IDCO and IDCOl.
As per a General Administration Department notification, 1988-batch IAS officer Parag Gupta was appointed as the Principal Secretary, Public Enterprises. He will also continue to function as the Principal Secretary to Governor.
Dr Krishan Kumar, a 2002-batch officer, was posted as the Vice-Chairman of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Prem Chandra Choudhury, a 2010-batch IAS officer, was appointed as the Collector of Ganjam district. He was the Project Director, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Ganjam.