3 January  2021: The Government of Gujarat on Saturday promoted four senior IAS officers to the rank of Principal Secretary (HAG Scale) in the cadre w.e.f 01.01.2021. The list of officers promoted is as follows:-

1. Ms Mona K Khandhar (IAS:1996:GJ)- Minister (Economic & Commerce), Embassy of India, Tokyo (Japan)
2. Dr T Natarajan (IAS:1996:GJ)- Senior Advisor to ED, IMF (Washington DC)
3. Rajeev Topno (IAS:1996:GJ)- Senior Advisor to ED, World Bank (Washington DC)
4. Mamta Verma (IAS:1996:GJ)- Principal Secretary, Govt of Gujarat
5. Mukesh Kumar (IAS:1996:GJ)- Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad

Further, ten IAS officers (2008 batch) were promoted to Selection Grade of IAS, and eight IAS officers (2017 batch) were promoted to Senior Time Scale of IAS.