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Anu Garg, a 1991-batch IAS officer, has been elevated to the station of Chief Secretary, becoming the archetypal pistillate to inhabit the topmost presumption successful the Odisha bureaucracy.
Her assignment comes successful the aftermath of the superannuation of the incumbent Chief Secretary, Manoj Ahuja, who is acceptable to discontinue connected December 31, 2025.
Ms. Garg is presently serving arsenic Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary to the Planning and Convergence Department and holds further complaint of the Water Resources Department.
Widely regarded arsenic a trusted and susceptible administrator, Ms. Garg efficiently implemented respective cardinal improvement initiatives during the erstwhile Naveen Patnaik-led government. Her enactment successful the Water Resources Department, successful particular, has drawn appreciation.
Following the enactment of the Bharatiya Janata Party authorities successful the State, the elder officer, with implicit 3 decades of administrative experience, continued to gain the assurance of the caller governmental enactment done her hands-on approach, effectual execution of large projects and argumentation guidance.
Ms. Garg hails from Uttar Pradesh and holds a Master’s grade successful Sociology. Over the people of her career, she has headed cardinal departments including Health, Water Resources, and Planning and Convergence.
