Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Sanjay Kumar Biswal Appointed Odisha Information and PR Director
Odisha has appointed Sanjay Kumar Biswal as its new Information and Public Relations Director.
This office helps the state government share information with the public and media.
The appointment was announced on Tuesday.
Biswal is an experienced IAS officer from the 2015 Non-State Civil Service batch.
He previously worked in the Commerce and Transport Department.
The government also moved six other IAS officers.
Their new assignments included work in Home, Forest, Environment and Climate Change, and Secondary Education.
The changes were part of a larger government staff reshuffle.
Sanjay Kumar Biswal has been appointed Odisha’s new Director of Information and Public Relations.
The appointment was announced in a notification issued on Tuesday.
The General Administration and Public Grievance Department issued the notification.
Biswal is a senior 2015-batch Non-State Civil Service IAS officer.
The bureaucratic reshuffle involved seven IAS officers, including changes in Home, Forest, and Secondary Education departments.
- Who
- Sanjay Kumar Biswal, a 2015-batch Non-State Civil Service IAS officer, was appointed to the post.
- What
- He was appointed Director of Information and Public Relations in Odisha.
- When
- The appointment notification was issued on Tuesday.
- Where
- Odisha, with the appointment relating to the state government.
- Why
- The appointment was part of a bureaucratic reshuffle involving seven IAS officers.
- Appointee
- Sanjay Kumar Biswal
- New position
- Director of Information and Public Relations, Odisha
- Notification issuer
- General Administration and Public Grievance Department
- Previous role
- Additional Secretary in the Commerce and Transport Department
- Officer batch
- 2015 Non-State Civil Service batch
- Reshuffle size
- Seven IAS officers