<p>Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday appointed IAS officer R Santhanagopalan as the Secretary, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department.</p>.<p>Santhanagopalan, a 2001-batch officer, is presently working as the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha and Ex-officio Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Home (Elections) Department.</p>.<p>He will remain in additional charge of Secretary, SSEPD Department, an official notification said.</p>.<p>The additional appointment of Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra as Principal Secretary of SSEPD Department will stand terminated from the date Santhanagopalan takes over, it said.</p>.<p>Mishra was given the additional charge in place of Bishnupada Sethi, who has been summoned by the CBI in a bribery case.</p>
<p>Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday appointed IAS officer R Santhanagopalan as the Secretary, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department.</p>.<p>Santhanagopalan, a 2001-batch officer, is presently working as the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha and Ex-officio Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Home (Elections) Department.</p>.<p>He will remain in additional charge of Secretary, SSEPD Department, an official notification said.</p>.<p>The additional appointment of Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra as Principal Secretary of SSEPD Department will stand terminated from the date Santhanagopalan takes over, it said.</p>.<p>Mishra was given the additional charge in place of Bishnupada Sethi, who has been summoned by the CBI in a bribery case.</p>