Vishal Kumar Dev
Additional Chief Secretary, Energy and Electronics & Information Technology Government of Odisha
Bio
Shri Vishal Kumar Dev is a 1996-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Odisha cadre, with three decades of public service. He serves as Additional Chief Secretary for Energy and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of Odisha, and as Chairman of GRIDCO and the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC). Prior to his joining in the administrative services, he worked in the corporate sector for over three years.
His earlier major assignments include Chief Executive Officer of OCAC and Director (Information Technology), Secretary (Industries Dept.) and Principal Secretary (Finance Dept.). His career spans industrial development, urban administration, public financial management, tourism and sports. He has been the prime mover for immaculate hosting of international sports mega-events like the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in 2017 and the 14th International Men's Hockey World Cup in 2018 in Odisha.
Under his abled vision both Energy and E&IT Departments respectively organized Global Energy Leadership Summit in December 2025 and Black Swann Summit (India) in February 2026 in Odisha.
His work as Municipal Commissioner, Cuttack in the aftermath of 1999 Super Cyclone had garnered widespread appreciation. His professional work arena spans from large-scale infrastructure creation in IT & ITES, Industrial & Energy sector(s) to Disaster management, Finance planning & management and development of Sports and Tourism etc. in the State.
Technology and Academic Engagement
At IIT Bhubaneswar, he presented the Government of Odisha's perspective on support for a proposed Integrated Power Electronics Hub in November 2025. In February 2026, he inaugurated the Institute's indigenous digital substation, developed for real-time monitoring and protection of its electrical distribution network.
As Chairman of OCAC, he participated in the July 2026 signing of its partnership with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The partnership covers artificial intelligence, high-performance and quantum computing, cybersecurity, digital public infrastructure, skills development and collaborative research.