8 IPS Officers Promoted

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has given promotion to as many as eight senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, informed the General Administration & Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department.

As per the notification of the GA&PG) Department, Yatindra Koyal of 2000 batch has been promoted to the grade of ADG of Police in IPS Level-15 of Pay Matrix with effect from January 1, 2025 and is posted in-situ until further orders. Apart from him, Prateek Mohanty of the same batch also has been given the promotion to the equal rank. Currently, he is on central deputation.

Likewise, three IPS officers of 2011 batch namely Pinak Mishra, Banoth Jugal Kishore Kumar and Batuula Gangadhar have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Police in IPS in Level-13 of Pay Matrix with effect from January 1, 2025 and are posted in-situ until further orders.

Likewise, three IPS officers of 2007 batch have been given promotion to the grade of IG of Police in IPS in Level-14 of Pay Matrix with effect from January 1 and are posted in-situ until further orders. The three IPS officers who have been promoted as IG are Awinash Kumar, Sarthak Sarangi and Niti Shekhar.