Avinash Mohanty Appointed Commissioner of Telangana SAFE

HYDERABAD — Senior Indian Police Service officer Avinash Mohanty has been appointed as the Commissioner of Telangana SAFE (Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs).

Mohanty, an officer from the 2005 IPS batch, was earlier serving as the Director General of the Drugs Control Administration in Telangana. Following the new appointment by the state government, he will hold the charge of Commissioner of Telangana SAFE in addition to his regular duties.

The appointment comes as the Telangana government has decided to restructure regulatory oversight by bringing the Food Safety Department and the Drugs Control Department together under a single unified administration named TG SAFE.

Under this unified administrative framework, the newly formed authority aims to coordinate food safety and essential drug administration across the state under the leadership of the 2005-batch officer.