Thursday, July 30, 2015

Midnight Reshuffle: 36 new additional secretaries appointed; water ministry to have a new mission director’s post

IN A mid-night senior bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre announced appointment of 36 officers, all ranked additional secretaries to Government of India. Major appointments include 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS Arun Goel as vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), 1985 batch Telangana cadre IAS Pushpa Subrahmanyam as Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) and 1985 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Yogendra Tripathy as CMD of Food Corporation of India (FCI). One Indian Economic Service officer and one Indian Revenue Service (IT) officer are the two non-IAS officers who have managed to get berths as additional secretaries. Here are the 36 appointments:

1.  Nikhilesh Jha, 1984 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as Mission Director, National Water Mission, which is a newly-created post
2. 1981 batch Indian Economic Service officer Preeti Madan, currently joint secretary in minority affairs ministry, has been appointed as secretary, National Commission for Women.
3. R Subrahmanyam, 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the ministry of rural development, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of higher education.
4. Usha Sharma, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, now additional Director General in tourism ministry, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
5. Ms Surina Rajan,1985 batch Haryana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the department of defence, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of defence production.
6. J Rama Krishna Rao, 1985 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of ex-servicemen welfare.
7. Arun Kumar, 1983 batch Assam cadre IAS, now JS in ministry of mines, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of social justice and empowerment.
8. Sunil Kumar Singh, 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of agriculture research and education.
9. Yogendra Tripathy, 1985 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, now a joint secretary in department of school education and literacy, has been appointed as CMD of Food Corporation of India (FCI).
10. Bhagwat Prasad Pandey, 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of power.
11. Kumar Sanjay Krishna, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the department of disinvestment, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
12. MM Kutty, 1985 batch UT cadre IAS, has been promoted as additional secretary in the same ministry-- environment and forests.
13. Upendra Prasad Singh, 1985 batch Odisha cadre IAS, now a joint secretary in the ministry of petroleum, has been appointed as additional secretary in the same ministry-- petroleum.
14. Deepak Kumar, 1984 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as DG, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
15. Heera Lal Samariya, 1985 batch Telangana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in department of fertilizer, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of labour and employment.
16. Sailesh, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, now joint secretary in ministry of home affairs (MHA), has been appointed as additional secretary in the same ministry – MHA.
17. Sanjeev Ranjan, 1985 batch Tripura cadre IAS, now joint secretary in department of defence, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of road transport and highways.
18. JK Dadoo, 1983 batch UT cadre IAS, now additional secretary in the department of commerce, has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the same department -- commerce.
19. Sameer Sharma, 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, now joint secretary in urban development ministry, has been promoted as additional secretary in the same ministry.
20. PK Das, 1982 batch IRS-IT officer, now DG in Election Commission of India, has been appointed as additional secretary in environment ministry.
21. Arun Goel, 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the revenue department, has been appointed as Vice-Chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
22. Arvind Mehta, 1984 batch Himachal cadre IAS, now joint secretary in department  of commerce, has been promoted as additional secretary in the same department-- commerce.
23. Ms Pushpa Subrahmanyam, 1985 batch Telangana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the ministry of textiles, has been appointed as Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under ministry of textiles.
24. Ajay Kumar, 1985 batch Kerala cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the department of electronics, has been promoted as additional secretary in the same department.
25. Ms Kavita Gupta, 1985 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, now additional DGFT, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of atomic energy.
26. Ms Alka Panda, 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS, now additional DG, Bureau of Indian Standards, has been appointed as its Director General (DG).
27. Ajoy Kumar, 1984 batch Bihar cadre IAS, now joint secretary in National Commission for Minorities, has been promoted as its additional secretary.
28. Surendra Nath Tripathi, 1985 batch Odisha cadre IAS, now JS in MSME, has been promoted in the same ministry.
29. C Chandramouli, 1985 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, now Census Commissioner of India, has been promoted to the rank of additional secretary.
30. Badri Narain Sharma, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the power ministry, has been promoted in the same ministry.
31. Krishan Ballabh Agarwal, 1985 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of health, has been promoted as additional secretary in the same department.
32. Girish Chandra Murmu, 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the expenditure department, has been promoted as additional secretary in the same department.
33. Madhukar Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and joint secretary in the department of public enterprises (DPE), has been promoted as additional secretary in the same department.
34. Ms Kiran Soni Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, now Textile Commissioner, will get the rank of additional secretary.
35. Anup Wadhawan, 1985 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, now joint secretary in the department of financial services, has been promoted as additional secretary in the same department.
36. Sudhir Tripathi, 1985 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, now deputy Election Commissioner, has been given the rank of additional secretary.

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