Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday posted five newly recruited IAS officers in various capacities in the State run corporations for corporate experience. For first time five newly recruited IAS officers of 2017 batch have been posted in various capacities in state run corporation s for corporate experience.

The chief electoral officer (CEO), Surendra Kumar posted as secretary water resources department while Sushil Kumar Lohani replaced his as the new CEO.

Five newly recruited IAS officers of 2017 batch have been posted in various State government run corporations. While Somesh Kumar Upadhya has been posted as chief general manager of Omfed, P. Anvesha Reddy has been posted as executive director Odisha Mining Corporatioin(OMC) after their return from the Centre. Similarly, Patil Ashish Iswar has been posted as executive director Gridco, Divakara T.S has been posted as officer on special duty (OSD) Odisha Computer Application Centre(OCAC) following their return from government of India. Hema Kanta Say has been posted as managing director of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC).