Bihar government transfers 17 IAS officials, two given additional charge

PATNA: The state government on late Monday night transferred 17 IAS official while two IAS officials were given additional charge. Bhagalpur, Koshi, Purnia, Saran and Tirhut divisions got new commissioners in the reshuffling.
Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC) secretary Vandana Kini was appointed as new divisional commissioner of Bhagalpur replacing Rajesh Kumar who went in place of Kini in BHRC.Kumar would also hold additional charge of inquiry commissioner in General Administration Department (GAD).
Koshi divisional commissioner Safina AN was made Purnia divisional commissioner. Till now, she was holding the additional charge of the post. Saran divisional commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal was made Tirhut divisional commissioner of which he was holding an additional charge.
Lokesh Kumar Singh replaced Lal in Saran. Till now, he was posted as executive director in state health society and was also handling additional charge of health department secretary.
Asangba Chuba Ao was appointed as new Koshi divisional commissioner. Till now, he was posted as secretary-cum-mines commissioner of mines and geology department. He was also holding additional charge of director in mines and geology department and also in Bihar State Mineral Development Corporation Limited.
Deputy development commissioner (DDC)-cum-chief executive officer (CEO) of district board, Rohtas, Udita Sigh was made joint secretary in GAD while Chhapra DDC-cum-CEO of district board Roshan Kushwaha was made DDC-cum-CEO of district board in Vaishali. Patna sadar SDO Suharsh Bhagat replaced Kushwaha in Chhapra.
Baisi (Purnia) SDO Sawan Kumar was appointed as DDC-cum-district board CEO of Nawada. Arara sadar SDO Praashant Kumar CH was also appointed as DDC-cum-district board CEO of Munger. Khagaria sadar SDO Manesh Kumar Meena was made DDC-cum-district board CEO of Jehanabad.
Siwan sadar SDO Aman Sameer was appointed as DDC-cum-district board CEO of Purnia while Bagaha (West Champaran) SDO Ghanshyam Meena was made DDC-cum-district board CEO of Aurangabad. Shahpur Patori (Samastipur) SDO Vijay Prakash Meena was made new SDO of Bagaha.
Barh (Patna) SDO Sajjan R was appointed as DDC-cum-district board CEO of Gopalganj while J Priyadarshani was posted as DDC-cum-district board CEO of Begusarai. She was earlier posted as SDO of western Muzaffarpur.
Department of science and technology principal secretary Harjot Kaur Bamhrah would hold additional charge of secretary-cum-mines commissioner of mines and geology department while health department secretary Manoj Kumar would hold additional charge of executive director of state health society.