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Minor reshuffle at the senior IAS officers’ level,

Bhubaneswar3/1/19:: Effecting a minor reshuffle at the senior IAS officers’ level, Odisha Government has made Dr Krishan Kumar the new Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Cooperation department.

As per the notification, the 2002 batch officer, currently the Vice Chairman of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Managing Director of Smart City Ltd, has been given additional charge as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Cooperation department.

Notably, Krishan Kumar has been instrumental in successfully organizing the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup, .FEST (Bhubaneswar City Festival) and implementing MO Bus & MO Cycle apart from several other projects. This appointment is said to be kept in view of Odisha Government’s recently launched flagship program ‘KAALIA’ scheme for the overall development of farmers.

On the other hand, 1994 batch officer Ranjana Chopra has been appointed as the new Director General of Gopabandhu Academy of Administration.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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