• New Delhi (20.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
    • Archana Shukla (ISS: 2013) has been appointed as Joint Director (Deputy Secretary Level) in the National Testing Agency under Department of Higher Education a period of four years.
    • Amit Kumar (Indian Supply Service: 2014) has been appointed as Joint Director (DS Level) in NTA for a period of four years.
    • Sandip Kumar Mishra (IRS IT 2007) has been appointed as Director in NTA for a period of five years.
    • Shivani (IRPS: 2013) has been appointed as Joint Director in NTA for a period of four years.
    • Nitin Jain (IRS C&IT: 2011), Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Steel, has been re-designated as Director in the same ministry from 01.01 .2025 for a period up to 15.03.2026 i.e. combined tenure of five years of Central deputation. He counts his deputation tenure w.e.f. 16.03.2021.
    • Ashish Kumar Saxena (IRSSE: 2011), Deputy Secretary in the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) in the Department of Commerce, has been re-designated as Director in the same department from 01.01.2025 for a period up to 03.01 .2027 i.e. total admissible tenure of five years Central deputation. He counts his deputation tenure w.e.f. 04.01.2022.

    • Swapnil S Patil (IRS lT:2011), Private Secretary (at Deputy Secretary level) to Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan, has been re-designated as Private Secretary (at Director level) to the same Minister from 01.01.2025 for a period up to 09.08.2027. He counts his Central Deputation tenure w.e.f. 10.08.2022.


  • New Delhi (19.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Thursday are as follows:
    • Alok Ranjan Jha (IFS: 2002), presently Ambassador of India to Belarus, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Zambia.
    • Dr N Nandakumar (IFS: 2007), presently Consul General, Consulate General of India, Shanghai, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.

    • Additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) was assigned to V Srinivas (lAS: 1989: RJ) during the period of absence on leave of Tuhin Kanta Pandey (lAS: 1987: OR) from 20.12 2024 to 25.12.2024. Currently, Srinivas is Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances and Department of Pensions & Pensioners Welfare.


  • New Delhi (18.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:
    • Tenure of Vinay Kumar Prajapati (IRSSE: 2006), Director, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, has been curtailed.
    • The tenure of additional charge of the post of CEO, Polavaram Project Authority (Hyderabad)  to Atul Jain was extended for a period of six months w.e.f. 28.11.2024. Currently, Atul Jain is  Chairman, Krishna River Management Board. 
    • Birender Singh Yadav (IFS: 1997) has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kyrgyz Republic. 

    • Arun Kumar Sahu (IFS: 1996), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Bulgaria.

    • Pankaj Kumar (IRTS: 2007), CVO, Central Coalfields Ltd. (CCL), Ranchi, has been entrusted with the additional charge of the post of CVO, Northern Coalfields Ltd. (NCL), Singrauli for a period of six months w.e.f. 19.11.2024.

    • PESB selected Sanjiv Kumar Singh for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Hindustan Copper Limited. Currently he is working as Director (Mining) in Hindustan Copper Ltd. 

  • New Delhi (17.12.2024): On the expiry of the three year term on contract and deputation the New Delhi establishment extended the service of 17 officers appointed through Lateral Recruitment (2021-2022). Of seventeen officers three are working as Joint Secretary while twelve are Director and two are serving as Deputy Secretary in various ministries and departments in Govt of India. It may be underlined that officers appointed on contract would be required to enter into a fresh contract for the period of their extended appointment.
    The list of Lateral Entry officers given extension in terms of appointment goes as follows:-
    1. Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy (Joint Secretary in the Department of Revenue) on contract- Extension up to 16.01.2027 (w.e.f. 17.01.2025)
    2. Samuel Praveen Kumar (Joint Secretary, Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare) on deputation- Extension up to 30.12.2026 (w.e.f. 31.12.2024)
    3. Manish Chadha (Joint Secretary, Commerce) on contract - Extension up to 06.01.2027 (w.e.f. 07.01.2025) 
    4. Govind K Bansal (Director, Health & Family Welfare) on contract - Extension up to 30.12.2025 (w.e.f. 31-12-2024) 
    5. Sagar Rameshrao Kadu (Director, Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) on deputation- Extension up to 29.12.2026 (w.e.f. 29.12.2024)
    6. Harsha Bhowmik (Director, Economic Affairs) on contract- Extension up to 19.01.2027 (w.e.f. 19.01.2025) 
    7. Prabhu Narayan (Director, Economic Affairs) on deputation- Extension up to 30-12-2025 (w.e.f. 31-12-2024)
    8. Mateshwari Prasad Mishra (Director, Food & Public Distribution) on deputation- Extension up to 30.12.2026 (w.e.f. 31.12.2024)
    9. Haimanti Bhattacharya (Director, Legal Affairs) on contract- Extension up to 11.01.2026 (w.e.f. 12.01.2025) 
    10. Mandakini Balodhi (Director, Financial Service) on deputation- Extension up to 15.12.2026 (w.e.f. 15.12.2024)
    11. Kapil Ashok Bendre (Director, Agriculture, Cooperation & FW) on contract- Extension up to 30.12.2026 (w.e.f. 31.12.2024)
    12. Shekhar Chaudhary (Director, Economic Affairs) on deputation- Extension up to 27.12.2025 (w.e.f. 28.12.2024)
    13. Neeraj Gaba (Director, Commerce) on contract- Extension up to 27.02.2026 (w.e.f. 28.02.2025)
    14. Hardik Sheth (Director, Financial Services) on deputation - Extension up to 03.01.2027 (w.e.f. 04.01.2025)
    15. Bidur Kant Jha (Director, Road Transport & Highways) on contract- Extension up to 14.12.2026 (w.e.f. 15.12.2024)
    16. Gaurav Kishor Joshi (Deputy Secretary, Heavy Industry) on contract- Extension up to 09.01.2026 (w.e.f. 10.01.2025)
    17. G Sarathy Raja (Deputy Secretary, Steel) on contract- Extension up to 06.02.2027 (w.e.f. 07.02.2025)

  • New Delhi (17.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:
    • Union Ministry of Home Affairs posted Shantmanu (IAS: 1991: AGMUT) to Jammu & Kashmir segment of AGMUT Cadre. Recently he repatriated from the Central Deputation where he worked as Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser (AS&FA) in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
    • Subodh Kumar Singh (IAS: 1997: CG), Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel, has been repatriated to his parent cadre on the request of the Government of Chhattisgarh.
    • Yogita Rana (IAS: 2003: TG), Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has been prematurely repatriated to her cadre.

  • New Delhi (14.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Saturday are as follows:
    • Eranki Venkat Bhaskar (IRS IT: 2009), Private Secretary to Minister of Coal & Mines G Kishan Reddy, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
    • Tenure of Jaya Dubey, CSS, Joint Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances has been extended beyond 03.11.2024 till the date of her superannuation i.e. up to 30.06.2025.

  • New Delhi (13.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
    • Mudit Srivastava (IRS IT: 2008) has been appointed as Internal Financial Adviser (Director level) in the Heavy Water Board, Mumbai under the Department of Atomic Energy for a period of five years.
    • Subhash Prasad Gupta (IFS:2006) has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Saint Lucia, with residence in Paramaribo.
    • Leyaqat Ali Aafaqui (IRS IT: 2008), Director, Ministry of Minority Affairs, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.


  • New Delhi (11.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:
    • Pulkesh Kumar (IRPS: 2011), Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for a period of three months beyond 21.12.2024 and up to 21.03.2025. He counts his central deputation tenure w.e.f. 22.12.2020.

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