Puri:3/4/22: Senior IAS officer Vir Vikram Yadav has been appointed as the new Chief Administrator of Puri Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA).
Yadav, a 1996 batch IAS officer will also spearhead the administrative affairs of State Food and Supplies and Works departments.
He will also act as the Commissioner of Trade Promotion and Investment, O/o CRC, Member Secretary, Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes and Chairman OSWC in addition to his own duties, mentioned a GA and PG department notice.
Yadav will replace 2002 IAS officer Krishan Kumar who has been relieved from the State government to join as the Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry for a tenure of five years.