Bhubaneswar: The State government appointed Roopa Roshan Sahoo, IAS, as Commissioner-cum-secretary of ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department on Thursday.
The General Administration & Public Grievance Department has issued a notice in this regard.
“Roopa Roshan Sahoo, Special Secretary to Chief Minister, Odisha with additional charge of Commissioner-cum-secretary, ST & SC development department, M & BCW department is appointed as Commissioner-cum-secretary to Government, ST &SC Development M & BCW department,” the notification read.
Sahoo, a 2006 batch IAS officer, was working as the Special Secretary to the Chief Minister of Odisha with the additional responsibility of Commissioner-cum-Secretary for the ST & SC Development Department, as well as the M & BCW Department.