Chanchal Rana takes charge as 17th BMC Commissioner

Bhubaneswar: IAS Chanchal Rana took charge as the 17th BMC Commissioner today. Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo handed him the charge today. BMC Mayor Sulochana Das welcomed her in the office.

Soon after taking the charge as the BMC Commissioner, he called for a meeting of the officials. The meeting revolved around the working method to be adopted in the coming days.

He was appointed as the Puri Collector for a short term of around a month prior to appointment as the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corportation (BMC) Commissioner.

CM Mohan Charan Majhi governemnt has executed one of its most sweeping bureaucratic overhauls since assuming power in General elections 2024.

Similary, 2021 batch IAS officer Kirandeep Kaur Sahota, who was working as the Sub-Collector, Gunupur in Rayagada district was appointed as the Commissioner of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation. She had been appointed as the Gunupur Sub-Collector in June 2025, while still undergoing district training.