nIn a minor reshuffle in the top bureaucracy, the Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday gave additional charge of Secretary, Public Relations, to Siddhartha Komal Pardesi, an IAS officer of 2003 batch and Secretary to the Chief Minister, PWD and Mining.
S. Bharathi Dasan (IAS 2006), has been relieved from the charge of Commissioner-cum-Director Public Relations and CEO Chhattisgarh Samvad. He will remain Special Secretary to the CM, Special Secretary, Agriculture, and Nodal Officer, Narva Garva Ghurva Badi.
Similarly, Tulika Prajapati (IAS 2016) has been appointed Deputy Secretary, Agriculture Department.
In another order, IPS officer Dipanshu Vijay Kabra has been appointed on deputation as Commissioner Public Relations and CEO Chhattisgarh Samvad.
Kabra was till now Additional Transport Commissioner in the Department of Home and Transport.
Similarly, IAS officer D.D. Singh, Secretary Electronics and IT with additional charge of Secretary, Tribal and Scheduled Caste, has been relieved from the charge of Secretary, Public Relations, and given additional charge of Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Saumil Ranjan Choubey (State Administrative Services) has been given additional charge of Director Public Relations and CEO Chhattisgarh Samvad. He was till now serving as CEO State Urban Development Agency (SUDA), which post he will retain.