Odisha cadre IAS Vir Vikram Yadav appointed as Additional Secretary in MoEFCC

Bhubaneswar: IAS Vir Vikram Yadav to go on Central Deputation as the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). He belongs to IAS batch of 1996 from Odisha cadre.

IAS Vir Vikram Yadav was appointed as the Works Secretary since April 2022 and is holding the office currently. He has served as the Food and Supplies Secretary plus Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration (SJTA). He also held the position Cooperation Secretary earlier.

In January 2025, the tenure of central deputation of IAS Roopa Mishra was extended for a period of one year. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for the extension of central deputation tenure of Roopa Mishra, said reports.