IFS officer Kadam Suhas Tarachand has been posted to Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve with additional charge as in-charge Field Director as the state government undertakes a fresh round of transfers in the Forest Department.
Guwahati, Assam: The Assam government has carried out a reshuffle of forest officials, transferring and posting several Indian Forest Service (IFS) and Assam Forest Service (AFS) officers across key divisions and protected areas in the state.
According to a notification issued by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, Kadam Suhas Tarachand, a 2014-batch IFS officer, has been appointed Deputy Director of Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve. He will also hold additional charge as the reserve’s in-charge Field Director. Tarachand was previously serving as Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Nagaon Division.
The officer replaces T. Sheshidhar Reddy, a 2020-batch IFS officer, who has been transferred and posted as DFO of Goalpara Division.
In another posting, Tejas Mariswamy, a 2013-batch IFS officer who was serving as DFO of Goalpara Division, has been moved to Jorhat as Deputy Conservator of Forests in the office of the Conservator of Forests, Eastern Assam Circle. He has also been given additional responsibility as in-charge Conservator of Forests.
The notification further stated that Sonali Ghosh, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and a 2000-batch IFS officer, has been relieved of her additional charge as Field Director of Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Among the Assam Forest Service officers, Subodh Talukder has been transferred from the post of DFO, Kamrup West Division, and posted as Planning Officer-II in the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force (PCCF & HoFF), Assam.
Ashok Deb Choudhury, currently serving as DFO of Kamrup East Division in Guwahati, has been posted as DFO of Kamrup West Division at Bamunigaon while continuing to hold additional charge of Kamrup East Division.
Meanwhile, Biswajyoti Das, DFO of Sonitpur West Division, Tezpur, has been assigned additional responsibility as DFO of Nagaon Division with immediate effect.
The transfers and postings will take effect from the dates the officers assume charge of their new assignments, unless otherwise specified in the government notification.
