The Chhattisgarh Government on Sunday shifted 23 IAS officers, including 17 District Collectors, in a major bureaucratic reshuffle carried out in months, in the State.
The new postings of District Collectors are: Bhim Shingh - Surguja, Neeraj Kumar - Kawardha, JP Maurya - Sukma, Umesh Agrawal - Durg, Kiran Kaushal - Surguja, Saransh Mittar - Balod, Rajesh Rana - Balodabazar, Nilam Ekka - Mungeli, Shammi Abidi - Raigarh, P Dayanand - Bilaspur, Md. Keshar - Korba, Kartikey Goyal - Bemetara, Himshikhar Gupta - Mahasamund, Dhananjay Dewangan - Bastar, Taman Sonwani - Kanker, Neeraj Kumar Bansod - Kabirdham, Jai Prakash Maurya - Sukma, and TP Verma - Narayanpur.
Similarly, Additional Chief Secretary, Village Industries, Higher Education and State Co-operatives Election Commissioner Sunil Kumar Kujur has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education and with additional charge as Additional Chief Secretary, Planning, Economic & Statistics, 20 Point Programme Implementation and Director-General, Chhattisgarh Administration Academy from retirement date of NK Agrawal.
Mukesh Bansal has been made Joint Secretary , CM Secretariat, CEO, NRDA and Director, Civil Aviation Department.
Niharika Barik, Commissioner, Bilaspur division, has been made Secretary, Village Industries Department, while Santosh Mishra till the tenure of his deputation period has been assigned additional charge as Secretary, Tourism & Culture.
Similarly, Alok Chanda Mahavar, who is currently posted as Commissioner, Surguja division, has been made Commissioner of Bilaspur division.
Rita Shandilya, Collector, Bemetara, has been made Commissioner, Surguja division.
R Prasanna, Director, Health Services, has been made Commissioner, Health Services, with additional charge as Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission, Raipur.
Amit Kataria, Collector, Bastar, has been made Mission Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and Managing Director, National Primary Education Mission.
Ambalgan P, Collector, Bilaspur, has been made Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Marketing Federation (MARKFED).
Alarmelmangai D, Collector, Raigarh, has been made Director, Industries, with additional charge as Director, Geology and Mining, and Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Mineral Development Corporation.
On her assuming charge as Director, Geology and Mining, and Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Mineral Development Corporation, Reena Babasaheb Kangale, Special Secretary (Independent charge), Tribal and Scheduled Caste Welfare Development, Backward Classes and Minority Development, Director, Tribal Research and Training Institute and Commissioner, Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development, will be relieved from only charge of Director, Geology and Mining and Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Mineral Development Corporation.
R Sangitha, Collector (Durg), has been made Special Secretary, General Administration Department, and given additional charge as Director (Budget).
After R Sanghitha assuming charge as Director (Budget), Dr Kamalpreet Singh, Special Secretary, Finance Department, Director (Budget) and Director (Institutional Finance), will only be relieved from the additional charge of Director (Budget).
Meanwhile, Shikha Rajput Tiwari after her assuming charge as Director, Treasury,Accounts and Pension, Janak Prasad Pathak would be relieved from only charge of Director, Treasury, Accounts and Pension.
Abhijeet Singh, Chief Executive Officer, District Panchayat, Kondagaon, has been made Managing Director of Agriculture Marketing Board.
Fariha Alam, CEO, District Panchayat, Mungeli has been made CEO, District Panchayat, Bilaspur.
Sanjay Kannauje, Joint Director, Chhattisgarh Administration Academy, and Joint Director, Health Services, has been made CEO, District Panchayat, Kondagaon.
lokesh Kumar, Joint Collector, Rajnandgaon, has been made CEO, District Panchayat, Mungeli.