IAS officers have been transferred in Nitish government. The order has been issued by the General Administration Department on Thursday (December 11, 2025). Along with this, secretaries for the three new departments formed recently in the Nitish cabinet meeting have also been found.

Rajiv Roshan is an IAS officer of 2020 batch. He was currently holding the post of Commissioner, Saran Division. Now he has been made the Secretary of Higher Education Department. Kaushal Kishore is a 2010 batch IAS officer and was currently holding the post of Commissioner, Darbhanga Division. While transferring him, he has been given the responsibility of Secretary Youth, Employment and Skill Development Department till further orders.

Whereas Nilesh Ramchandra Devre (2011 batch), Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Department, Bihar, Patna (Additional charge Managing Director, Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited, Patna) has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Civil Aviation Department till further orders. Devre will continue to hold the additional charge of Managing Director, Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited, Patna.

Ajay Yadav relieved from responsibilities of education department

Secretary of Prohibition, Excise and Registration Department, Ajay Yadav, who is a 2005 batch IAS officer, has been relieved of all responsibilities/charges of the Education Department. Avnish Kumar Singh, I.P.S. (2010), Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger will hold the additional charge of Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division, Bhagalpur till further orders.

Himanshu Kumar Rai, I.P.S. (2010), Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division, Bhagalpur has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga till further orders. Also, till further orders, Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur and Commissioner, Saran Division, Chapra will remain in additional charge.

Let us tell you that after the formation of NDA government again in the state, the process of transfer-posting is also going on. Just last month, on November 30, the state government had transferred several senior IAS officers.

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The Bihar government on Monday (08 December) made a major administrative reshuffle and transferred many Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. DMs have been changed in many districts. At the same time, according to the notifications issued by the General Administration Department, K. Senthil Kumar has been relieved from the Planning and Development Department and given the additional charge of the Scheduled Caste-Tribe Welfare Department. Pankaj Kumar Pal will continue in his post in the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), and he has been given additional charge of the Road Construction Department.

Abhay Kumar Singh has been appointed Secretary of the Information Technology Department. He has also been given the responsibility of the post of Managing Director of Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation (Beltron) and Patna Metro Rail Corporation. This appointment is considered important in giving impetus to digital governance, e-office system and smart city projects.

What responsibility did IAS officer Divesh Sehra get?

Divesh Sehra has been made Secretary of Mines and Geology Department. Along with this, he has also been given the charge of Bihar State Mineral Corporation and Mineral Development Corporation. He will also hold the additional responsibility of the post of Secretary in the Rural Affairs Department. Sandeep Kumar R. Pudkalkutty has been appointed Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department and has been given additional charge of Patna Metro Rail Corporation.

DM of many districts also transferred

In this sequence of reshuffle, District Magistrates (DM) of many districts have also been transferred. Aurangabad DM Shrikant Shastri has been sent to Begusarai. Madhepura DM Taranjot Singh will now be the District Magistrate of West Champaran, which being a border district, is considered extremely sensitive administratively. Sheohar DM Vivek Ranjan has been made the new District Magistrate of Siwan.

Arwal, Katihar and Shivhar DM also transferred

Arwal DM Abhilasha Sharma has been sent to Aurangabad. Ashutosh Dwivedi, Joint Secretary in the Building Construction Department, will now be the District Magistrate of Katihar. Pratibha Rani has been appointed as the new District Magistrate of Shivhar. Director of Information and Public Relations Department, Vaibhav Srivastava has been given the command of Saran district. Mines Director Vinod Duhan has been sent to Araria as District Magistrate. Fisheries Director Abhishek Ranjan will be the new DM of Madhepura.

New DM in Sheikhpura, Arwal and Buxar also

Industry Department Director Shekhar Anand has been made the District Magistrate of Sheikhpura. Amrisha Bains, Officer on Special Duty, Energy Department, will now be the new District Magistrate of Arwal. Director of Primary Education Sahila has been appointed District Magistrate of Buxar, while Director of Agriculture Department Nitin Kumar Singh will now be the District Magistrate of Kaimur. These widespread transfers of officers are being seen as an effort to increase the efficiency of governance and speed up the performance of various departments.