In a major reshuffle, as many as 50 IFS officers have been shifted and assigned new responsibilities in Chhattisgarh. Ashish Kumar Bhatt has been designated as APCCF (Wildlife), Naya Raipur, while Kaushlendra Kumar was made Executive Director, Chhattisgarh Forest Development Corporation and A K Vishwas takes charge as APCCF, State Forest Research & Training Institute. Similarly, S S D Badgaiyan will be posted as APCCF (Joint Forest Management), Office of PCCF; Rajesh Kumar Pandey as CCF, Eco Tourism
(Biodiversity Conservation), Office of PCCF; S S Kanwar as CCF, Working Plan Circle, Bilaspur; Suresh Prasad Paikra as CCF (Wildlife) and Regional Director, Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, Raipur; B P Singh as CCF (Admin), Office PCCF, Nava Raipur; Rajesh Kumar Chandele as CCF, Bilaspur Circle; Anurag Shrivastava as CCF, Surguja Forest Circler, Ambikapur; Naveed Shujauddin as Conservator of Forest, Office of PCCF; S Jagdishan as Regional Director, Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, Bilaspur; Dr K Machio as Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), Elephant Reserve, Sarguja; M Mercibella as Conservator of Forest, Director, Jungle Safari, Nava Raipur; Prabhat Mishra as Regional GM, State Forest Development Corporation, Bilaspur; Manoj Kumar Pandey as Regional GM, State Forest Development Corporation, Bilaspur; Amitabh Bajpai as Joint CEO, CAMPA, Nava Raipur; Ramavtar Dubey as Conservator of Forest, Working Plan, Bilaspur; B S Thakur as Incharge Conservator of Forest (Working Plan), Raipur and B Vivekanand Reddy was transferred to State Forest
Development Corporation on deputation. Besides, Vivekand Jha has been shifted as DFO, Balrampur Forest Division, Balrampur; Manivasagan S as Deputy GM, State Minor Forest Produce Federation, Nava Raipur; Mrs Satovisha Samajdar as Deputy Conservator of Forest, Forest Management Information System Forest Division, Nava Raipur; Ms Stylo Mandavi as DFO, Raigarh Forest Division; Gurunathan N as Incharge Conservator of Forest and Additional Director, State Forest Research & Training Institute, Raipur; Pranav Mishra was sent to State Forest Development Corporation on deputation; Ganvir Dhammasheel posted as Director, Kanger Valley National Park, Jagdalpur; Duleshwar Prasad Sahu as DFO, Bastar Forest Division, Jagdalpur; Ramesh Kumar Jangde as DFO, Keshkal Forest Division, Keshkal; Jaghav Shrikrishna A N S as DFO, East Bhanupratappur Forest Division; P M Arvind posted to
State Forest Development Corporation on deputation; Manish Kashyap was appointed as DFO, Surajpur Forest Division; Mayank Pandey as DFO, Dhamtari Forest Division; Jitendra Kumar Upadhyaya as DFO, Jashpur Forest Division; Jadhav Sagar Ramchandra as DFO,
Sukma Forest Division; Varun Jain as Deputy Director, Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, Gariaband; Ayush Jain DFO, Balod Forest Division, Balod; Sachidanandan K as DFO, West Bhanupratappur Forest Division; Abhishek Jogawat as DFO, Dharamjaigarh Forest Division; Alok Kumar Bajpai as DFO, Kanker Forest Division; Thejas DS as DFO, Narayanpur Forest Division; Shahsi Kumar as DFO, Durg Forest Division; Dinesh Kumar Patel as DFO, Marwahi Forest Division; Ganesh U R as DFO, Mungeli Forest Division; Mrs Shama Farooqi attached to Office of PCCF; Mrs Premlata Yadav shifted as DFO, Katghora Forest Division; Laxman Singh shifted to State Foredst Development Corporation on deputation; Mrs Pushplata Tandon posted as DFO, Research & Extension Forest Division, Raipur; Loknath Patel as DFO, Manendragarh Forest Division and Mrs Salma Farooqui has been posted as DFO, Rajnandgaon Forest Division.