Taking Lord Jagannath’s blessings as I start a new chapter as Development Commissioner, Odisha.
Anu Garg
204 posts
Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha | Alumnus LSR, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joined July 2020
- Completed 32 years in the IAS this September…… from a young SubCollector in Jharsuguda…to two years in Kalahandi…. To districts as Collector: Bargarh and Sambalpur…and now Development Commissioner and ACS! A long journey… but really really meaningful and fulfilling. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
- From My tour to Bolangir, Odisha: Little Payal from Parvati Giri Orphanage made my portrait….. using her mouth. So touched! 😍God bless her!
- Meeting the IAS trainees of 2021 batch in office today…. Took me back to 31 years back when I had joined in my karmabhoomi - Odisha!!
- Taldanda canal - an aerial view. Congratulations to my team in Department Water Resources and Team CMC/ district admn
- Happy to share that the state of Odisha got second position in the state category in GoI’s National Water Awards 23!! Congratulations to the team!! 👏👏👏
- Great meeting my first boss (when I had joined as Subcollector Jharsuguda and he was my first Collector of then undivided Sambalpur district) Mr S N Tripathi, now the Director Indian Institute of Public Administration. Have learnt a lot from him! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
- Back to where it all began – 28 years ago, my days as Collector Bargarh flood back as I revisit Nrusinghanath Temple with these two bright young juniors. Sharing stories and reliving memories, a journey that never fades. @Kunal__chavan @snehaias
- Little Payal - that little girl from Bolangir who made my portrait when I met her a month back is back in her orphanage - now with artificial limbs; and adequate practice to use them. Touchwood! God bless! Kudos to her spirit & to the ARC at Bhubaneswar that helped her
- Enjoyed delicious Odia cuisine including Sambalpur’s famous dessert ‘Sarsatiya’…. In the refurbished Rani Ki Bakhri, Sambalpur now housing OTDC’s Nimantran restaurant
- Interesting discussions at the University of California, Berkeley, USA - with MoU signed. Great opportunity for our students, faculty and researchers. A beautiful campus!!




















