Two More Odisha-Cadre IAS Officers To Get Married This Month

Bhubaneswar: Giving love another chance, two more Odisha-cadre IAS officers are set to take the wedding vows again.

According to sources, Samarth Verma, who is currently serving as Puri Collector, and his fellow officer and Rayagada Collector Swadha Dev Singh will tie the nuptial knot at Varanasi on May 15.

Samarth is a mechanical engineer from IIT Kanpur and 2010-batch IAS officer. He was earlier married to Shuchi Singh, an allied officer working with the Indian Railways.

Swadha is the former wife of Chanchal Rana, a 2014-batch officer currently posted as Balangir Collector. She is a 2013-batch officer.

Notably, Chanchal Rana and Ananya Das, a fellow officer and Sambalpur Collector, got married at a hotel in Guwahati, Assam, on May 2. Ananya was earlier married to IAS officer Abdaal M. Akhtar, currently posted as Koraput Collector.