IAS officers shifted in Kerala

In a major administrative reshuffle in Kerala, many IAS officers have been transferred to different places. Sriram Venkitaraman has been designated the District Collector, Alappuzha, while Renu Raj is now Collector, Ernakulam and Geromic George will be the new Collector of Thiruvananthapuram. Similarly, M G Rajamanickam has been posted as Commissioner, Rural Development with additional charge of  Principal Director, Local Self Government Department; Jafar Malik as Director, Public Relations with the additional responsibility of the Director, Mining and Geology Department; Dr Navjot Khosa as Joint Secretary, Health Department with additional charge of Managing Director, Kerala Medical Services Corporation; S Hari Kishore, Director, Industries and Commerce, will also hold charge of Managing Director, KSIDC; Arun K Vijayan, Director, Urban Affairs, will handle the additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Limited; Mrs Madhavikutty, Sub- Collector, Thiruvananthapuram will hold the additional charge of District Development Commissioner, Thiruvananthapuram; V R K Teja Mylavarapu, Director, Scheduled Castes Development Department, will handle additional charge of MD, Kerala State Backward Classes Development Corporation; Devidas has been shifted as District Development Commissioner, Malapurram; Dr Vinay Goyal as Commissioner, Housing with additional charge of posts of Secretary, Kerala State Housing Board and Director, Backward Classes Development Department; Anupam Mishra as Director, Programme Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring Department; Arjun Pandian as Joint Commissioner, Land Revenue with additional charge of Secretary, Land Board; Prem Krishnan S, Director, Sports and Youth Affairs, will hold additional charge of Director, Kerala Youth Leadership Academy; Mrs Chelsasini V, Sub Collector, Kozhikode, was assigned additional responsibility of  District Development Commissioner, Kozhikode and Rahul Krishna Sharma, Sub Collector, Devikulam, will also hold charges of the posts of District Development Commissioner, Idukki and Special Officer, Idukki Package.