In a major administrative reshuffle as many as 21 IAS officers in Odisha have been assigned new responsibilities. Deoranjan Kumar Singh, DC-cum-ACS and Secretary, Planning & Convergence, has been assigned additional charge of ACS, Steel and Mines Department, while Surendra Kumar is appointed as ACS, General Administration & Public Grievance and will continue as ACS, Parliamentary Affairs. Similarly, Bishnupada Sethi was posted as Chairman of Odisha Forest Development Corporation and will also serve as Chief Administrator, KBK; Mrs Chithra Arumugam, ACS, Labour & ESI Department, with additional charge of ACS, Science & Technology, will also hold charge of DG, Training Coordination, Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Bhubaneswar; Dr Arabinda Padhee as ACS, Revenue & Disaster Management and will continue as Chief Administrator, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA); Mrs Usha Padhee, ACS, Housing & Urban Development, has been assigned additional charge of Chairperson, Odisha Industrial infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO); Suresh Kumar Vashishth as PS, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department; Mrs Shubha Sarma as PS, Water Resources; NBS Rajput as PS, Commerce & Transport, with additional charge of CMD, Odisha State Road Transport Corporation; Girish S N, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, will also hold charge of Chairman, Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) Ltd; Dr Mrinalini Darswal was appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Women & Child Development; Rajesh Prabhakar Patil, Commissioer-cum-Secretary, Co-operation, has been relieved of additional charge of Special Secretary, Housing & Urban Development, and assigned additional charge of posts of Chairman, Odisha State Warehousing Corporation (OSWC), Special Relief Commissioner, Odisha and Managing Director, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA); Balwant Singh, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Tourism, was assigned additional charge of MD, Odisha State Highways Authority; Sachin Ramchandra Jadhav has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment and he will continue as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Sports & Youth Services department; Sudhansu Mohan Samal, MD, Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) Ltd , will hold additional charge of Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Central Division, Cuttack; Rashmita Panda will join as Vice-Chairman, Bhubaneswar Development Authority and will remain in additional charge of MD, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited and Special Secretary, Housing & Urban Development; Md Sadique Alam as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Public Enterprises and will also serve as MD, Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), Bhubaneswar; Ms Mansi Nimbhal as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Mission Shakti; Prem Chandra Chaudhary as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development; Anupam Saha, Additional Secretary to Chief Minister, was assigned additional charge of MD, Odisha Bridge & Construction Corporation (OBCC) Ltd. and Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Southern Division, Berhampur, was assigned additional charge of Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Northern Division, Sambalpur, and Chairman, Western Odisha Development Council (WODC).