Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday approved the promotion of several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, with effect from January 1, 2026.
According to a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department, 2010-batch IAS officers Sudhansu Mohan Samal, Rashmita Panda, Dr. Brundha D, Md. Sadique Alam, Mansi Nimbhal, and Prem Chandra Chaudhary have been promoted to the Super Time Scale (Level-14). They have been appointed as Special Secretaries to the Government and will continue in their current positions until further orders.
Separately, 2013-batch IAS officers Madhusmita Sahoo, Shubham Saxena, Monisha Banerjee, Vijay Amruta Kulange, Kalyan Kumar Rath, Subhashree Nanda, Bijay Kumar Prusty, Kaliprasanna Mahapatra, Raghuram R. Iyer, Satyabrata Rout, and Dipak Ranjan Das have been promoted to the Selection Grade (Level-13). They will continue in their existing roles until further instructions.
Additionally, 2013-batch IAS officer Dr. Gavali Parag Harshad, who is currently on Central Deputation, has been granted a proforma promotion to the Selection Grade (Level-13) in the IAS.
Additionally, 2017-batch IAS officers Somesh Kumar Upadhyay, P. Anvesha Reddy, Ashish Ishwar Patil, and Hema Kanta Say have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (Non-Functional, Level-12).
In another notification, 2022-batch IAS officers Akavaram Sasya Reddy, Akshay Pillay, Arugula Sneha, Samir Kumar Jena, and Soumyaranjan Pradhan have been promoted to the Senior Time Scale (Level-11).
All promoted officers are allowed to continue in situ until further orders.
