Bhubaneswar: On Thursday, the Odisha government implemented a minor bureaucratic reshuffle, assigning four senior IAS officers to important roles.

As per a notice from the General Administration & Public Grievance Department, Bishnupada Sethi, a 1995 batch officer who currently serves as the Chairman of the Odisha Forest Development Corporation and also oversees the KBK region, has been reassigned to the General Administration & Public Grievance Department as an Officer on Special Duty.

Girish S N, a 2002 batch officer and the Commissioner-cum-Secretary for the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, has been appointed to lead the Health & Family Welfare Department. He succeeds Aswathy S. (2003 batch), who has been transferred to the Finance Department as Special Secretary, while continuing her role as the Chief Executive Officer of the State Institute for Transformative Initiatives, Odisha (SITI-Odisha).

Furthermore, Roopa Mishra, a 2004 batch officer returning from Central Deputation, has assumed the position of Commissioner-cum-Secretary for the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, taking over from Girish S N. Mishra previously held the role of Director of Special Projects in the Panchayati Raj Department and managed drinking water initiatives as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Her expertise in this area is expected to benefit the Panchayati Raj Department, especially with rural elections approaching next year.