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24 Dec 2024
- New Delhi (25.12.2024): The New Delhi establishment on Wednesday effected a major reshuffle of Union Secretaries. The list of newly appointed secretaries goes as follows:
- Rachna Shah (IAS: 1991: KL) was appointed as Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). Currently, she is Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles.
- Arunish Chawla (IAS: 1992: BH) was appointed as Secretary Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. He replaces Sanjay Malhotra (IAS: 1990: RJ) who recently became RBI Governor. Currently, Chawla is serving as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals. He will continue to hold the additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Culture.
- Vineet Joshi (IAS: 1992: MN), presently Chief Secretary in Manipur, was appointed as Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education. He replaces K Sanjay Murthy (IAS: 1989: HP) on his appointment as CAG.
- Neelam Shammi Rao (IAS: 1992: MP) was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles vice Rachna Shah. Currently, Rao is serving as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities.
- Sanjay Sethi (IAS: 1992: MH), presently in the cadre, was appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India. Sethi replaces Neelam Shammi Rao upon her appointment as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles.
- Amit Agrawal (IAS: 1993: CG) replaces Arunish Chawla as Secretary Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Currently he is DG, UIDAI.
- Neerja Sekhar (IAS: 1993: HY) was appointed as DG, National Productivity Council (under DPIIT) in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India by temporarily upgrading the post. She replaces S Gopalakrishnan (IAS: 1991: TN) who is now Chairman, Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
- New Delhi (24.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:
- The additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs has been assigned to Sanjeev Chopra (IAS: 1990: OR) during the absence on leave of Nidhi Khare (IAS: 1992: JH) from 26.12.2024 to 04.01.2025. Currently, Sanjeev Chopra is Secretary, Department of Food Public Distribution.
P Renukadevi (IPS: 2008: UK) has been inducted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police in the CBI for a period of five years.
Raman Kumar Meena (IPS: 2011: HP) has been inducted as Superintendent of Police (SP) in the CBI for a period of five years.
- New Delhi (23.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:
- The Deputy Secretary level post in the Department of Water Resources River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation held by Dheeraj Joshi (IRSE : 2011) was re-designated as Director.
- Five officers of 1988 batch were empanelled to Level 17 posts of Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS). (CLICK for detailed information)
- 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.
Sonia Singh (IPS: 20023: NL) has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a tenure of five years.
- 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.
Rakesh Kumar, IRAS, has been appointed as Financial Advisor on deputation in NDMC for a period of three years.
- 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:-
- Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy (Joint Secretary in the Department of Revenue) on contract- Extension up to 16.01.2027 (w.e.f. 17.01.2025)
- Samuel Praveen Kumar (Joint Secretary, Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare) on deputation- Extension up to 30.12.2026 (w.e.f. 31.12.2024)
- Manish Chadha (Joint Secretary, Commerce) on contract - Extension up to 06.01.2027 (w.e.f. 07.01.2025)
- Govind K Bansal (Director, Health & Family Welfare) on contract - Extension up to 30.12.2025 (w.e.f. 31-12-2024)
- Sagar Rameshrao Kadu (Director, Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) on deputation- Extension up to 29.12.2026 (w.e.f. 29.12.2024)
- Harsha Bhowmik (Director, Economic Affairs) on contract- Extension up to 19.01.2027 (w.e.f. 19.01.2025)
- Prabhu Narayan (Director, Economic Affairs) on deputation- Extension up to 30-12-2025 (w.e.f. 31-12-2024)
- Mateshwari Prasad Mishra (Director, Food & Public Distribution) on deputation- Extension up to 30.12.2026 (w.e.f. 31.12.2024)
- Haimanti Bhattacharya (Director, Legal Affairs) on contract- Extension up to 11.01.2026 (w.e.f. 12.01.2025)
- Mandakini Balodhi (Director, Financial Service) on deputation- Extension up to 15.12.2026 (w.e.f. 15.12.2024)
- Kapil Ashok Bendre (Director, Agriculture, Cooperation & FW) on contract- Extension up to 30.12.2026 (w.e.f. 31.12.2024)
- Shekhar Chaudhary (Director, Economic Affairs) on deputation- Extension up to 27.12.2025 (w.e.f. 28.12.2024)
- Neeraj Gaba (Director, Commerce) on contract- Extension up to 27.02.2026 (w.e.f. 28.02.2025)
- Hardik Sheth (Director, Financial Services) on deputation - Extension up to 03.01.2027 (w.e.f. 04.01.2025)
- Bidur Kant Jha (Director, Road Transport & Highways) on contract- Extension up to 14.12.2026 (w.e.f. 15.12.2024)
- Gaurav Kishor Joshi (Deputy Secretary, Heavy Industry) on contract- Extension up to 09.01.2026 (w.e.f. 10.01.2025)
- 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.
- 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.
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