In a major bureaucratic reshuffle in UP, 23 IAS officers, including Noida DM, transferred

Indian Express

29-07-2025

The Uttar Pradesh Government Monday ordered the transfer of 23 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including district magistrates (DMs) of Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, and Prayagraj, among others.
Medha Roopam, a 2014 batch IAS officer, has been appointed the new District Magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), in place of Manish Kumar Verma. Verma has been transferred to Prayagraj in the same role.
Considered a trusted officer of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Roopam was a competitive shooter before joining the Indian Administrative Service.
Verma, a 2011‑batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer, earlier served as Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO) in Noida Authority briefly until May 2017 and held posts as Chief Development Officer in Mathura and Pratapgarh before being appointed as the DM of Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Prayagraj DM Ravindra Kumar Mandar has been moved to Ghaziabad as the new district magistrate. Mandar, a 2012‑batch IAS officer, was the DM of Jaunpur and then Prayagraj, where he was entrusted with overseeing major events, including the Prayagraj Kumbh.
Deepak Kumar Meena, who had been serving as Ghaziabad district magistrate, will now take charge as the DM of Gorakhpur, the constituency of Adityanath. A 2011‑batch IAS officer and alumnus of IIT Kharagpur (Electrical Engineering), Meena served as Ghaziabad DM for approximately six months from January 19, 2025. He was praised for handling Kanvar Yatra safely in 2025, and conducting frequent public hearings.
His recent responsibilities included leading a high‑level probe into the Prateek Grand City sewage flooding incident, appointed by the Meerut division commissioner to investigate illegal drain diversion and procedural lapses.
Meena also organised the Integrated Control Room & surveillance covering 200 CCTV cameras during the Kanwar Yatra and deployed 750 civil defence volunteers to manage pilgrims across critical stretches near Dudheshwarnath Temple.
Krishna Karunesh, who previously served as the district magistrate of Gorakhpur, has been appointed as ACEO, Noida Authority.
As Gorakhpur DM, Karunesh played a pivotal role in securing a landmark MoU for the major expansion of Gorakhpur Airport, overseeing a project that will boost passenger capacity from 270 to 2,500 per hour and enable up to 200 daily flights.
Neetika Jha is a Correspondent with The Indian Express. She covers crime, health, environment as well as stories of human interest, in Noida, Ghaziabad and western UP. When not on the field she is probably working on another story idea. On weekends, she loves to read fiction over a cup of coffee. The Thursday Murder club, Yellow Face and Before the Coffee Gets Cold were her recent favourites. She loves her garden as much as she loves her job. She is an alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. ... Read More