Patna: In a major administrative reshuffle, the Government of Bihar transferred 36 IAS officerson Saturday. District Magistrates of 14 districts including Katihar, Purnia, and Saharsa have also been changed.

Dinesh Kumar Rai, currently posted as Joint Secretary, Home Department, has been made the District Magistrate of West Champaran. J Priyadarshini is the new DM of Sheikhpura. Known for his development works in Sheikhpura, Savan Kumar has been transferred to Kaimur district. 

Vinod Singh Gunjiyal has been posted as the Secretary of Prohibition Excise and Registration Department. He has also been given the additional charge of Officer on Special Duty, BIPARD. B Kartikey Dhanji has been posted as State Project Director, Bihar Education Project Council. He has also been given an additional charge of State Transport Commissioner till further order. 

Anand Sharma has been made the Director, Panchayati Raj while Aditya Prakash has been posted as Additional Secretary, Rural Development Department.

Municipal Commissioner Saran, Chapra Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay has been transferred as Special Secretary, Food & Consumer Protection Department. Seema Tripathi, currently posted as State Transport Commissioner, has been shifted to the Department of Art, Culture & Youth as Special Secretary. 

Kanwal Tanuj has been transferred as Special Secretary, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. Ram Shankar has been posted as District Collector, Sheohar. Arun Kumar Thakur has been transferred as Joint Secretary, Disaster Management Department. 

Kapil Ashok has been transferred to Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Home Department while Alok Ranjan Ghosh has been posted as Director, Agriculture Department.

Kundan Kumar has been shifted to DM, Purnia. Amit Kumar Pandey has been made the new DM of Khagaria. Saurav Kumar Jorwal is the DM of East Champaran now while Surya Bhagat is the DM of Aurangabad. Neera has been transferred to the post of DM, Saran, Chhapra.

Other IAS officers including Udyan Mishra, Rajesh Meena, Navdeep Shukla, Shyam Bihari Meena, Varsha Singh, Alankrita Pandey, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Sumit Kumar, Priti, Yatendra Kumar Pal, Sparsh Gupta, Priyanka Rani, Nand Kishore, Abhishek Kumar, Anand Sharma have also been reshuffled in various capacities.