National
March 29, 2022

The IT Secretary of Odisha, Manoj Mishra has been impaneled as the Joint Secretary at the Centre level. Apart from Mishra, two other officers– S Anwar Hussain and Prithul Kumar– of the 2000-batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been impaneled, an official notification said. With this, he can now hold a post equivalent to the rank of Joint Secretary.
Manoj Mishra was appointed as Secretary, Electronics & IT, in 2019 and has been serving as Secretary, Science, and Technology Department, since 2021 and Special Secretary & Commissioner Rail Coordination since 2015.