Odisha government has appointed water resources department secretary P K Jena as the new chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Puri.
Jena, a 1989 batch IAS officer, replaced Suresh Chandra Mohapatra ahead of the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannth on June 25.
According to a notification issued by the department of general administration, Ashok Kumar Meena will take charge as secretary of the department of electronics and information technology.
Meena will hold the post in addition to his present assignments as special secretary to the general administration and finance.
Sujata Kartikeyan was appointed
commissioner-cum-director of Mission Shakti with additional charge of director of Watershed Mission, while T Apang Ao will be the new revenue divisional commissioner of southern division. Ao has returned to the state after completion of inter cadre deputation in Nagaland.
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