The Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday gave fresh postings to 26 Indian Administration Service (IAS) officers.
A 1991 batch officer, Renu G Pillay, has been made the Additional Chief Secretary in the Health and Medical Education Department. She gets additional charge as the Additional Chief Secretary in Science and Technology and Religious Trusts & Endowments Departments.
She is also the Director General of the Chhattisgarh Academy of Administration.
R Prasanna (2004) has been given additional charge as the Secretary of the Medical Education Department.
Alarmelmangai D (2009) has been appointed the Secretary in the General Administration Department.
Ankit Anand (2006) has been made Secretary of the Finance Department and given additional charge as Chairman of the Pension Redressal Committee.
There are 16 other IAS officers who have got new postings in the reshuffle.
Also, six district Collectors have been changed.
A 2011 batch officer and Bastar Collector Chandan Kumar has been made the Balodabazar-Bhatapara Collector.
Balodabazar-Bhatapara Collector Rajat Bansal (2012) has been appointed the Commissioner of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).
Surajpur Collector Iffat Ara (2012) has been made the Managing Director, Samagra Shiksha and Director, Swachh Bharat Mission(Rural) besides being made Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department.
Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai Collector Jagdish Sonkar (2013) appointed a Joint Secretary in the School Education Department.
Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Collector P.S. Dhruv has been made a Joint Secretary in the General Administration Department.
Balrampur-Ramanujganj Collector Vijay Dayaram (2015) has been made the Bastar Collector.