Senior IAS Nikunja Bihari Dhal Appointed Odisha CEO

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal has been appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha. Dhal, a 1993-batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer was the Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC).

IAS officer and Revenue and Disaster Management Department Secretary Satyabrata Sahu has been appointed as the Special Relief Commissioner while I&PR Department Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh has been given the additional charge of the Energy Department.

Dhal will succeed Sushil Kumar Lohani who has been posted as the Principal Secretary of, the Panchayati Raj Department. Lohani will also hold the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Excise Department. Similarly, Gyana Ranjan Das has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority.