Bhubaneswar, January 2: Senior IAS officer Deoranjan Kumar Singh on Friday assumed charge as the Development Commissioner of the State.

This elevation occurs as the incumbent, Anu Garg, vacates the post to take over as the first woman Chief Secretary of Odisha on Wednesday.

Singh, a 1993-batch IAS officer has also been allowed to remain as the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department.

Besides the Development Commissioner, Singh has been given charge of the Planning and Convergence Department.

Notably, on Thursday, the State Government effected a reshuffle in the top IAS level, a day after 1991-batch IAS officer Anu Garg assumed charge as the Chief Secretary by appointing Singh as the next Development Commissioner.