Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 19: The Odisha government has allocated new responsibilities for the 14 senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers inducted into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
The General Administration & Public Grievance Department issued the orders on September 18, following the Department of Personnel and Training’s (DoPT) promotion notification dated September 3, 2026. The promotions were made against vacancies identified for the 2025 Select List and approved by President Droupadi Murmu.
Among the officers receiving new assignments, Surya Narayan Dash, Soudamini Sethi and Subhra Mohanty have been appointed Joint Secretaries in the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department. Jyotirmayee Pradhan and Babita Mohanty have been posted as Joint Secretaries in the Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department.
Madhumita Nayak has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Labour & ESI Department while retaining additional charge as Director, ESI, Bhubaneswar.
Jyoti Ranjan Mishra and Himanshu Sekhar Behera have been posted as Joint Secretaries in the Industries and Home departments, respectively. Anuj Kumar Das Pattanaik and Sanghamitra Satapathy have received postings in Planning & Convergence and Rural Development.
Sumita Sarkar, Balamukunda Bhuyan and Surendra Kumar Panda will continue in their existing assignments. Madhumita Nayak has also been listed for continuation as Additional Commissioner, Settlement & Consolidation, Keonjhar.
In a separate notification, 14 other OAS officers were granted ad-hoc grade promotions under Level-12 of the Pay Matrix.
