Bhubaneswar: Some important administrative departments received a new secretary because the state government affected the overhaul at the top of the bureaucracy on Thursday.
Vishal Kumar Dev, an IAS 1996-batch officer, has posted as a new financial secretary after almost five years as a sports and adolescent service secretary.
Dev as a sports secretary has contributed significantly in the promotion of sports and infrastructure development including partnering with the company’s home for the formation of high-performance centers and increasing Kalinga Stadium for international sports events.
The Dev’s role is very important in the success of hosting international events such as the 2018 Hoki Men’s World Cup, 2017 Championship Asian Athletics, The Hockey World League in 2017 and the Commonwealth table tennis championship in 2019.
Secretary Pancayati Raj DK Singh, who has been in that position.
Since May 2013, it has been transferred as the new Secretary of the Steel and Mines Mines while the Finance Secretary of Ashok Kumar Meena replaces Singh as a new secretary of Pancayati Raj.
Both of them are 1993-batch IAS officers.
Meena’s appointment as Pancayati Secretary Raj came several months ahead of the three-level Panchayat elections where the government had to do a massive exercise of environmental restrictions and seat reservations.
R Vineel Krishna, who currently serves as Special Secretary of the Minister and Special Secretary of the Department of Sports and Adolescents, has been given an additional allegations of the Sports Department Commissioner-Cum-Secretary.
The height of Krishna, IAS 2005-batch, because the sports secretary showed the government’s focus on sports promotions and infrastructure development.
When Odisha prepared to host the Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, the official source said the government would like to take advantage of Krishna’s experience recently in the sports department for infrastructure development, such as the construction of a new world class hockey stadium in Rourkela, which is expected It will be completed in July 2022.
In addition, the preparation is also to host the FIFA U-17 World Cup at Kalinga Stadium.
Among other things, 1993-Batch IAS Surendra Kumar has been appointed as a new secretary of the General Administration and the Department of Public Complaints.
He also handled the Department of Tourism, which is currently held by Dev.