- New Delhi (08.07.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:-
- Anjani Kumar (IFS: 2003), presently Joint Secretary at Headquarters, Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ukraine.
- New Delhi (07.07.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:-
- V Vidyavathi (lAS: 1991: KN), Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment from 08.07.2026 to 25.07.2026 during the period of absence from the headquarters of Sudhansh Pant (IAS: 1991: RJ).
Dr V Narayanan, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Space Commission, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Member Finance, Space Commission up to 19.07.2026 during the period of absence on leave of Seema Jain (IAS:1991: PB).
Geetika Srivastava (IFS: 2005), presently Charge d'Affaires in the High Commission of India, Islamabad, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lithuania.
- New Delhi (06.07.2027): In a major reshuffle of Director General rank officers, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Monday cleared the appointments of new Directors General (DGs) of BPR&D and Directors of NCRB and SVPNPA. The appointment of Director, NCRB was made by upgrading the post. The names of these officers are as follows:
- Alok Kumar Mittal (IPS: 1993: HY) has been appointed as Director General, BPR&D for a period up to 30.06.2029 i.e. date of his superannuation.
- Amit Garg (IPS: 1993: AP), Director, SVPNPA, has been appointed as Director, National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) by temporary upgradation of the post of Director, NCRB to that of DG level till date of his superannuation i.e. 31.10.2027 vice Alok Ranjan (IFS: 1991: MP).
- Sujeet Pandey (IPS: 1994: UP) has been appointed as Director, SVPNPA for a period up to 31.07.2028 i.e. date of his superannuation vice Amit Garg (IPS:1993: AP).
- New Delhi (06.07.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:-
- Alok Kumar Mittal (IPS: 1993: HY) has been appointed to the post of Director General, BPR&D up to 30.06.2029 i.e. date of his superannuation.
- Amit Garg (IPS: 1993: AP), Director, SVPNPA, has been appointed as Director, National Crime Record Bureau till the date of his superannuation i.e. 31.10.2027 vice Alok Ranjan (IFS: 1991: MP).
- Sujeet Pandey (IPS: 1994: UP) has been appointed to the post of Director, SVPNPA up to 31.07.2028 i.e. date of his superannuation vice Amit Garg (IPS:1993: AP).
Sanjeev Jain (YOA: 2008), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cabo Verde, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- New Delhi (03.07.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:-
- Tenure of Shreya Bhardwaj (IOFS: 2012), Deputy Secretary in the Department of Higher Education, has been extended for a period of one year beyond 25.12.2026 and up to 25.12.2027.
- New Delhi (02.07.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Thursday are as follows:-
- Vivek Aggarwal (lAS: 1994: MP), Secretary, Ministry of Culture, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Tourism from 03.07.2026 to 19.07.2026 during the period of absence on leave of Bhuvnesh Kurnar (IAS:1995: UP).
Lokhande Prashant Sitaram (IAS: 2001: AGMUT), Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs with the additional charge of the post of Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education.
Purnendu Kishore Banerjee (ISS: 1993), Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
- New Delhi (02.07.2026): Prof Umesh V Waghmare, President & Professor, Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, has been appointed to the post of Secretary, Department of Science & Technology. Prof Waghmare will remain in the office till he attains the age of 60 years.
- New Delhi (02.07.2026): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Ravi Shankar as the new Executive Director with effect from July 1, 2026. Ravi Shankar will look after the Department of Statistics and Information Management. Prior to his promotion as Executive Director, he was serving as Advisor-in-charge in the same department.
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