Bhopal, July 02: The Madhya Pradesh government has announced new postings, including those for two senior IAS officials in the state.
Ajita Bajpai-Pandey has been appointed as the commissioner for public relations in place of L K Joshi who has proceeded on leave pending receipt of orders about his deputation to the Central government, according to an official announcement here late on Monday night.

With this, Pandey has become the first woman IAS officer in the state to be given charge of the vital public relation department.
Joshi was also principal secretary for the water resources department and his place there has been taken by Sudhir Nath, who was till now principal secretary for panchayat and rural development department.

Other officials who have got new postings include Dilip Mehra, M K Roy, Abha Asthana, Ajay Nath and J K Sharma. Bureau Report