Guwahati: The Assam government has appointed Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Kadam Suhas Tarachand as Deputy Director of Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve, with additional charge as its in-charge Field Director, as part of a reshuffle of forest officials.

According to a notification issued by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department on October 27, Tarachand, a 2014-batch IFS officer, has been transferred from his post as Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Nagaon Division. He replaces T. Sheshidhar Reddy, a 2020-batch IFS officer, who has been posted as DFO of Goalpara Division.

Reddy replaces Tejas Mariswamy, a 2013-batch IFS officer, who has been transferred to Jorhat as Deputy Conservator of Forests in the office of the Conservator of Forests, Eastern Assam Circle, with additional charge as in-charge Conservator of Forests.

The notification also relieves Sonali Ghosh, a 2000-batch IFS officer and Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, of her additional charge as Field Director of Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve.

In other changes, Assam Forest Service (AFS) officer Subodh Talukdar, who was serving as DFO of Kamrup West Division, has been transferred 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, an AFS officer serving as DFO of Kamrup East Division in Guwahati, has been posted as DFO of Kamrup West Division, Bamunigaon, while retaining additional charge of Kamrup East Division.

Meanwhile, Biswajyoti Das, an AFS officer and DFO of Sonitpur West Division in 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 their respective charges and remain in force until further orders, except where the notification specifies immediate effect.