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- New Delhi (28.03.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:-
- Sujata Chaturvedi (IAS: 1989: BH), Secretary, Department of Sports, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment upon Sumita Dawra (IAS: 1991: AP) relinquishing the post.
- Tenure of DS/Director level officers in the Technical Support Unit (TSU) under the 0ffice of Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade included:
- Subhash Chandra Karol (ITS: 1999)
- Rakesh Kumar Tondar (ITS: 1998)
- Rakesh Kumar Meena (IRSS: 2010)
- Yashasvi Mund (ITS: 2011)
- Ravi Kiran (IDAS: 2013)
- Ramesh Kumar Verma (lTradeS:2013)
- New Delhi (27.03.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Thursday are as follows:-
- Ashish Gupta (IAS: 2013: RJ) has been appointed as Joint Director (Deputy Secretary level) in the National Testing Agency (NTA) under the Department of Higher Education for a period of four years.
- Pawan Kumar Sharma (IRSSE: 2006) has been appointed as Director in National Testing Agency (NTA) under the Department of Higher Education for a period of five years.
- Vijaykumar Vinayakrao Patil (IOFS: 2006) has been appointed as Director in the National Testing Agency (NTA) under the Department of Higher Education for a period of five years.
Suneet Mehta (IFS: 2007), presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Tuvalu, with residence in Suva.
- Jal Singh Meena (IPS: 2010: TR), DIG, CBI has been appointed as DIG in Border Security Force (BSF) for a period up to 18.07.2026 on lateral shift basis.
- New Delhi (26.03.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:-
- Pawan Yadav (IAS: 2014: MN), Deputy Secretary in the Union Home Ministry, has been appointed as Private Secretary to Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah in MHA for a period up to 02.04.2027.
- Kartik Agrawal (ICoAS: 2016) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power for a period of five years.
- Neha Garg (IRS C&IT: 2007), Director, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, has been prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion.
- Pranav Tayal (IPS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power for a period of five years.
- Tenure of Jaideep Kumar Mishra (ICAS: 1993, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has been extended for a period of three months.
Sushil Mansing Khopde (IPS: 1995: BH) has been appointed as Add DG (JS level), Directorate General of Shipping for a tenure up to the date of his superannuation i.e. on 30.09.2029.
- Aditya Pratap Singh (IPS: 2011: MP) has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy for a period of five years.
- New Delhi (25.03.2025): The NaMo administration has appointed fifteen Technical Members in the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) for a period of four years from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till attaining the age of 67 years, whichever is earlier.The list goes as follows:-
- Sunil Mathur (Retd. IRTS), former Technical Member, RCT
- N. Madhusudan Rao (Retd IRTS), former TechnicalMember, RCT
- Shailendra Kumar Sharma (Retd. IRTS), former Technical Member, RCT
- Roopa Srinivasan (IRMS), Member (Finance), Railway Board
- Ravinder Goyal (Retd. IRMS), Member (O&BD), Railway Board
- Shiv Kumar Prasad (IRTS), Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Eastern Central Railway
- Manoj Kumar Sinha (Retd IRTS)
- Guninder Singh Hira (Retd IRAS)
- Bakhtiar Keki Dadabhoy (Retd IRTS)
- Archana Srivastava (Retd IRTS)
- Ajoy Kumar Behera (Retd IRTS), former Technical Member, RCT
- Leena Sarma (Retd IRTS), former Technical Member, RCT
- K. Raveen Kumar Reddy (IRTS), Additional Member (TT), Railway Board
- Mohit Sinha (Retd IRAS)
- Pravinchandra N. Parmar (Retd IRTS)
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- New Delhi (25.03.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:-
- Himanshu Gunawat (IRSME: 2014) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship for a period up to 11.12.2026.
- Atul Kumar (IRS IT: 2011) was appointed as Director in the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) for a period of five years.
Amit Kumar Singh (IOFS: 2011) was appointed as Director in the Department of Land Resources for a period of five years.
- Vaibhav Chandrakant Ghalme (ICAS: 2011) was appointed as Director in the Department of Health & Family Welfare for a period of five years.
- Tenure of Varsha Joshi (IAS: 1995: AGMUT), Additional Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, has been extended up to 26.07.2027.
- Tenure of Manoj Sahay (IA&AS: 1994), Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Department of Expenditure, has been extended for a period of two years i.e. up to 29.01.2027. Temporary upgradation of JS&FA post to the level of AS&FA has been extended up to 09.O8.2026.
- Tenure of Parama Sen (IA&AS: 1994), Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, has been extended for a period of two years i.e. up to 02.08.2027. Temporary upgradation of the post of JS&FA to the level of AS&FA has been extended upto 02.08.2026.
- The additional charge of the post of Chairperson, National Council of Vocational Education and Training to Atul Kumar Tiwari (IAS: 1990: KN), Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has been extended for three months w.e.f. 13.03.2025.
- Dr Brajesh Mishra (ITS: 1993) has been granted permission to work as Senior Al & Innovation Coordinator with the International Telecommunications Union {ITU), Geneva on secondment basis for a period of two years.
- Prachish Khanna (ITS: 1996) gets foreign assignment as Study Group Counsellor with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Geneva on secondment basis for a period of two years.
- Geetu Makhija has been regularised as OSD to Dr Suman K Berry, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog w.e.f. 16.07.2024 at the level of Deputy Secretary on contract basis up to 29.08.2027.
- Neha Bansal (IAS: 2010: AGMUT) has been appointed as Deputy Director in the National Archives of India under the Ministry of Culture for a period of five years.
- Shainky Rastogi (IOFS: 2013) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Central Vigilance Commission for a period of four years.
- Anshuman Gaur (IFS: 2001), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Hungary.
- New Delhi (24.03.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:-
- Ajay Seth (IAS: 1987: KN) was designated as Finance Secretary. Currently, he is working as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs along with the additional charge of Department of Revenue.
- Shilpi Chopda (IRS IT: 2015) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Defence for a period of four years.
- K V Tirumala (ITS: 2009) was appointment as Director in the Department Defence for a period of five years.
- The post of Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Steel, presently held by S. Sharad Rao (IOFS: 2011), was re-designated as Director, as a measure personal to him for a period up to 19.06.2027 i. e. combined tenure of five years. He counts his central deputation tenure w.e.f. 20.06.2022.
- Mannan Akhtar (IAS: 2011: UP) was appointed as Commissioner, (Land Development) in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under the Ministry of Housing Affairs for a period of five years.
- Appointment of Akhil Chaudhary (IPS: 2012: PB) as Superintendent of Police in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) has been cancelled which was issued on 04.10.2024. He has also been debarred from Central deputation and foreign assignments/consultancies for a period of five years.
- New Delhi (21.03.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
- Abhinav Agrawal (IRS IT:2014) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Election Commission of India for a period of four years.
- Shalabh Tyagi (IRSEE: 1997) has been appointed as CVO, Oil India Ltd (OIL) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for a period of 3 years.
- Gaurav Govil (IRSSE: 1996) has been appointed as Combined CVO in Military Engineer Services (MES) and Border Roads Organization (BRO) under the Ministry of Defence for 3 years.
- Vinita Narera (IRSSE: 2000) has been appointed as CVO, Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. (REC) under the Ministry of Power for 3 years.
- Amit Kumar Sharma (IRS IT: 2004) has been appointed as CVO, National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) under the Department of Fertilizers up to 18.06.2027.
- Palaniswamy Subramanyan Karthigeyan (IFS: 2004) has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) (Joint Secretary level), Department of Atomic Energy for three years vice Bishwadip Dey (IFS: 2001).
- Ajit Roy (IAS: 2013: AGMUT) has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration (Deputy Secretary level), Mizoram for a period up to 31.12.2025.
- Tenure of Santosh Rastogi (IPS: 1998: MH), IG, NIA has been extended for a period of two years beyond 05.08.2025.
Bharat Prakash (IRS C&IT: 2006), Joint Development Commissioner (Director level), in the Office of Development Commissioner under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
- New Delhi (21.03.2025): The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has enacted a major reshuffle of officers belonging to various services and cadres at Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary equivalent level posts. The name of these officers are as follows:
- Muktanand Agarwal (IAS: 2008: RJ) has been appointed as CEO (JS level), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for an overall tenure of 5 years i.e. up to 06.11.2027 vice Ritesh Chauhan (IAS: 2005: HP).
- Prajakta L Verma (IAS: 2001: MH) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy for a tenure of 5 years i.e. up to 23.03.2027, vice Ajay Ramesh Sule (IDAS: 1993).
- Lakhpat Singh Choudhary (IRSS: 1997) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal up to his superannuation i.e. on 31.12.2029, vice Nagaraju Maddirala (IAS: 1993: TR).
- Saket Kumar (IAS: 2009: BH) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce up to 16.08.2025 by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Director to Joint Secretary level.
- Satinder Kumar Bhalla (ITS: 1992) has been appointed as Secretary, North Eastern Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region for a tenure up to his superannuation i.e. on 31.07.2028, vice K Moses Chalai (IAS: 1990: MN) by temporarily downgrading the post from AS level to Joint Secretary level.
- Madhup Vyas (IAS: 2000: UT) has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner (DEC), Election Commission of India for a tenure of five years vice Nitesh Kumar Vyas (IAS:1996: MP).
- Ajay Kumar (IP&TA&FS: 1993) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare for a tenure up to his superannuation i.e. on 31.07.2029, vice Hariprasad Pudi (IRAS: 1994).
- Devesh Deval (IAS: 2004: MN) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries for a tenure of five years by upgrading a post of DS/Director in the Ministry to JS level.
- Raghav Langer (IAS: 2009: UD) has been appointed as Secretary, National Medical Commission (NMC) (JS level), under the Department of Health & Family Welfare for a combined tenure of 7 years up to 03.10.2025, vice Sandhya Bhullar (IAS: 2003: GJ).
- Jyoti Yadav (IAS: 2009: UD) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, National Health Authority (NHA) under the Department of Health & Family Welfare for a combined tenure of 7 years i.e. up to 13.06.2026.
- Prem Chandra Maurya (IRS IT:1995) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries up to his superannuation i.e. on 31 .01 .2028, vice Mukta Shekhar (IRAS: 1994).
- Armstrong Pame (IAS: 2009: MN) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education for an overall tenure of 5 years i.e. up to 17.04.2027, vice Neeta Prasad (lInfoS: 1991).
- Prasana R (IAS: 2004: CG) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a tenure of five years vice Ashutosh Agnihotri (IAS: 1999: AM).
- Sushma Chauhan (IAS: 2009: UT) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for an overall tenure of 5 years up to 07.12.2027, vice B C Joshi (IOFS: 1992).
- Samir Kumar (IRTS: 1999) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) under the Ministry of Home Affairs for a tenure of five years vice Anita Sinha (IRS IT:1990).
- M Ramachandrudu (IAS: 2009: BH) has been appointed as Director (Census Operations) (JS level), Bihar in the Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, for an overall tenure up to 31.12.2025 by temporarily upgrading the post held by the officer from Director level to Joint Secretary level.
- T Mithra (IAS: 2009: KL) has been appointed as Director (Census Operations) (JS level), Kerala in the Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, under the Ministry of Home Affairs for an overall tenure up to 31.12.2025, by temporarily upgrading the post held by the officer from Director level to Joint Secretary level.
- Pradeep Kumar Jha (IAS: 2006: MN) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for a tenure of five years vice Rahul Kapoor (IRAS: 2002).
- Isha (IAS: 2009: PB) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for a tenure of 5 years i.e. upto 30.07.2028, by temporarily upgrading the post from Director level to Joint Secretary level.
- Ashish Kumar (IOFS: 1996) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Investment & Public Asset Management for a tenure up to his superannuation i.e. on 31.01.2029, vice Rahul Jain (IAS: 2005: MP).
- Satya Pratap Singh (IDAS: 2003) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Justice for a tenure of five years, vice Pravash Prashun Pandey (IRPS: 1992).
- Vatsalya Saxena (IRS IT: 1994), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (JS level), Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
- Javvadi V Naga Subramanyam (IAS: 2009: AM) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for an overall tenure of 7 years i.e. up to 25.09.2026.
- Rajesh Kulhari (IRSEE: 1996) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for a tenure up to his superannuation i.e. on 31.08.2029, vice Ajay Yadav (IAS: 2005: BH) by upgrading a vacant post of DS/Director level.
- Kamala Kant Tripathy (IES: 1999) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), NITI Aayog, for a tenure five years vice Pawan Kumar Sain (IAS: 2005: UT).
- Mukta Shekhar (IRAS: 1994) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj for a tenure up to her superannuation on 31.03.2029, vice Vikas Anand (IAS: 2002: UT).
- Sushil Mansing Khopde (IPS: 1995: BH) has been appointed as Add DG (JS level), Directorate General of Shipping under the Ministry Ports, Shipping & Waterways for a tenure up to his superannuation on 30.09.2029, vice Kumar Sanjay Bariar (IP&TA&FS: 1993).
- Venkatesapathy S (IAS: 2009: KL) has been appointed as Joint Secretary (Shipping) Ministry Ports, Shipping & Waterways for an overall tenure of 5 years i.e. up to 01.05.2028, by temporarily upgrading the post from Director level to Joint Secretary level.
- Aditi Singh (IAS: 2009: UP) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development for an overall tenure of 5 years i.e. up to 30.07.2028, vice Charanjit Singh (IFoS: 1990: MP).
- Prabhat Tyagi (IFoS: 1995: UT) has been appointed as CMD, National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC) under the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment for a tenure up to his superannuation i.e. on 31 10.2028, vice Rajnish Kumar Jenaw (IP&TA&FS: 1992).
- H Kam Suanthang, CSS, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) under the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment for a tenure of five years vice Rajeev Kumar Tiwari (IFoS: 1993: JK).
- Padmini Singla (IAS:2002: UT) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles for a tenure of five years vice Prajakta L Verma (IAS: 2001: MH).
- Anant Prakash Pandey (IFoS: 1999: HY) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs for a tenure of five years vice Naval Jit Kapoor (IRS IT:1992).
- Karan Singh (IRTS: 1999) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, for a tenure of 5 years i.e. up to 01.08.2027, by upgrading a post of OS/Director in the Ministry to JS level.
- Sanjeev Kumar Sharma (ITS: 1990) has been appointed as Member Secretary (JS level), National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) under the Ministry of Women & Child Development for a tenure up to his superannuation on 31.08.2028.
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