Bhubaneswar: In a recent development, senior OAS officer Alok Kumar Pradhan has been appointed as the joint secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.
The General Administration and Public Grievance Department issued a notification announcing the appointment.
Alok Kumar Pradhan, who previously served as the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) of Keonjhar, will now take on his new role in the Chief Minister's office.
It is pertinent to mention that Keonjhar is the home district of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, making this appointment particularly significant.
In addition, the notification included other key postings. Senior OAS officer Padma Charan Sahoo has been assigned as the deputy secretary to the Sports and Youth Services Department.
Meanwhile, OAS officer Kishore Kumar Panda, formerly the additional sub-collector of Anandpur in Keonjhar, has been transferred to Khurda, where he will serve as the sub-collector and sub-divisional magistrate.
