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- New Delhi (30.11.2022): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:
- Shiv Kumar (IAS: 2008: AGMUT) was appointed as Private Secretary to Nityanand Rai the Minister of State for Home Affairs for a period up to 02.12.2026.
- PESB selected Dr Deepak Tripathi for the post of Director (Technical) in Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited (RITES). Currently, he is working as Chief Mechanical Engineer in Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL).
- Debajyoti Dutta (lAS: 2010: AM) was appointed to the post of Director of Census Operations (DCO), Assam for a period up to 31 .12.2025.
- Rajesh Kumar Sahu (ITS: 1999) was appointed as Director in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Delhi for Central Vista Project for five years.
- The additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals was assigned to Arun Baroka (IAS:1990:UT), Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals from 01.12.2022 to 31.12.2022 during the period of absence on leave of Ms. S. Aparna (lAS:1988:GJ).
- The additional charge of the post of Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat was assigned to Swagat Das (IPS:1987:CG), Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs upon the superannuation of V.S.K. Kaumudi (IPS:1986:AP) on 30.11.2022 and till the appointment of a regular incumbent.
- Ms. Tanvi Garg (IAS:2009:AGMUT) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) for Central Vista Project for a period of four years.
- Dr Niruparna Dange (lAS: 2007: MH) was appointed Director of Census Operations (DCO)/Director of Citizen Registration(DCR), Maharashtra for a period up to 31.12.2025.
- Navjot Khosa (lAS: 2002: KL) was appointed to the post of Director of Census Operations (DCO)/Director of Citizen Registration (DCR), Punjab & Chandigarh for a period up to 31.12.2025.
- Central deputation of Praveen Vashista (IPS: 1991: BH), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been extended for one year beyond 14.01.2023.
- Asif Ismail (IOFS: 2012) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Delhi for a period up to 29.02.2024.
- Preeti Jain (IPS: 2009: RJ) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Delhi for a period of four years.
- Amrit Agrahari (IRS IT: 2011) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Delhi for a period up to 29.02.2024.
- Shiv Kumar (IAS: 2008: AGMUT) was appointed as Private Secretary to Nityanand Rai the Minister of State for Home Affairs for a period up to 02.12.2026.
- New Delhi (28.11.2022): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:
- Shubhrata Prakash (IRS IT: 2002), Director, NITI Aayog, was prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion.
- Samarendra Prakash Srivastava (ISS: 2004), Director, NITI Aayog, was prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion.
- Nitika Gupta (ISS: 2001), Director, Ministry of Defence, was prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion.
- Navin Kumar Vidyarthi (ISS: 2004), Director, NITI Aayog, was prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion.
- Alok Kumar Verma (ISS: 2000), Director in the Department of Consumer Affairs, was prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion.
- Bhakti Prasad Sonowal (CWES: 2008) was re-designated as Regional Director (Deputy Secretary level), in the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Guwahati for a period up to 15.03.2027. Sonowal counts his central deputation tenure w.e.f. 16.03.2022.
- Suneel Kumar Arora, (IDSE: 1988), Director, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, was prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre on personal grounds with extended cooling off.
- Mrs Preeti Sudan (Retd IAS: 1983: AP), former Health Secretary,was appointed as a Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
- Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra (IFS:1988) gets a 16-month extension beyond superannuation i.e. 31.12.2022.
- New Delhi (26.11.2022): The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved appointments of nine officers at Joint Secretary / Joint Secretary equivalent level. The list of newly appointed Joint Secretaries goes like this:
- Solomon Arokiaraj (IAS:2000:AP) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs for a tenure of five years vice Peeyush Kumar (IAS:1997:AP).
- Manoj Kumar Sahoo (IAS:2006:UT) was appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India for an overall tenure of seven years ending 16.12.2023.
- Ms Ankita Mishra Bundela (IAS:2001:UT) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare for a tenure of five years vice Ms V Hekali Zhimomi (IAS:1996:UP).
- Sanjeet (IRAS:1998) was appointed as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser (AS&FA) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair for a tenure of five years vice Shyam Sunder Dubey (ICAS:1989).
- Ms M Janaki (IAS:2005:AP) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission under DOPT for an overall tenure of seven years ending 11.09.2023 vice Sudhir Kumar (IAS:1999:UT).
- Puneet Yadav (IAS:1999:WB) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Union Public Service Commission under DOPT for an overall tenure of five years vice Dhananjay Kumar (IDAS:1993).
- Ms Sujata Sharma (IAS:2006:AP) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for a combined tenure of seven years ending 02.12.2026 vice Amar Nath (IAS:1994:UT).
- Ms. Varsha Sinha (CSS) was appointed as Secretary, Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for a tenure of five years Vice Niranjan Kumar Singh (IFoS:1987:GJ).
- Sanjay Roy (IIS:1997) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel for a combined tenure of seven years ending 23.05.2025 vice Ms Rasika Choube (IDAS:1986).
- New Delhi (25.11.2022): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
- Sunil Kumar Sharma (ITS: 1999) was appointed as CVO, India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (ITDC), Delhi for a period of 3 years.
- Thillaivasan Prabhu (IOFS: 2001) was appointed as CVO, Cochin Port Authority (COPA), Kochi for a period of 3 years.
- Ganesh S Bhat (IFOS: UP: 2003) was appointed as CVO, Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL), Mangaluru for a period of 3 years.
- Manoj Kumar Maurya (IOFS: 2001) was appointed as CVO, Geological Survey of India (GSI), Kolkata for a period of 3 years.
- Ajay Madhukar Mhetre (ITS: 1998) was appointed as CVO, Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), Nagpur for an initial period of 3 years.
- Dr C Meenakshi, (IFOS:2009:KL) was appointed to the post of Director (Finance) in Central Silk Board, Bengaluru under the Ministry of Textiles on deputation basis for a combined period of 4 years, i.e., upto 21.11.2025.
- B Srinivasan (IAS: 2011: PB) was appointed to the post of General Manager, Food Corporation of India, (Punjab Region, Chandigarh) for a period of three years.
- Chirra Achalender Reddy (IFoS:1986:AGMUT) was appointed as Chairperson, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA). He is the former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Department of Environment and Forests, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
- Dhirendra Mani Tripathi (IRS C&IT:2007) was appointed as Joint Textile Commissioner (Economics) in the Office of Textile Commissioner, Mumbai under the Ministry of Textiles for a period of five years.
- Dr Bappaditya Dutta (IOFS:2012) was appointed to the post of Deputy Secretary in the Office of Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI), Kolkata under the Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of four years.
- New Delhi (24.11.2022): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Thursday are as follows:
- The Central Deputation tenure of Manoj Kumar Singh (IAS:2009:BH), Private Secretary to the Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy (Raj Kumar Singh), was extended for a period of one year beyond 19.12.2022 i.e. upto 19.12.2023, in relaxation of the upper limit of 5 years of working as PS/OSD in a Minister's staff or on co-terminus basis with the Minister. MK Singh counts his central deputation tenure w.e.f. 20.12.2017.
- Rajeev Kumar (IRS:2006:IT) was appointed as Director in the Ministry of Culture for a period of five years.
- Ms Niva Singh (IRAS:1988), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, was prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre on the grounds of availing benefits of promotion in the cadre.
- Dr Deepak Mittal (IFS:1998) was appointed as OSD (JS-level) in Prime Minister’s Office. He will replace Rudra Gaurav Shresth (IFS:1999) as Joint Secretary after three weeks of his joining as OSD, PMO.
- Dr Vipin Kumar (IFS:2013) was appointed as Deputy Secretary, PMO for a period of three years.
- Ms Nidhi Tewari (IFS:2014) was appointed as Under Secretary, PMO for a period of three years.
- New Delhi (23.11.2022): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:
- Ms Reena Nagar (ISS:2011) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Rural Development for a period of four years.
- Abhishek Narang (IRS IT:2008) was appointed as Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Som Prakash) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry for a period upto 31.12.2025 (i.e. maximum admissible limit of 07 years away from cadre). Currently, he is Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Culture.
- New Delhi (23.11.2022): Following the reorganization of districts in Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim the Government of India announced four new aspirational districts replacing previous ones. Further, a new set of twelve Central Prabhari Officers (CPOs), including four CPOs for newly inducted districts, were also announced replacing previous ones. The list of newly appointed and replaced CPOs goes as follows:-
- Dheeraj Sahu (lAS:1996:UP), Joint Secretary, Department of Food & PD, has been appointed as the new CPO of Shrawasti (Uttar Pradesh).
- Pankaj Kumar Bansal (lAS:1997:TN), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, has been appointed as CPO Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu).
- Asangba Chuba Ao (lAS:2003:BH), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (on Joining), has been appointed as CPO Sheikhpura (Bihar).
- Rahul Sharma (lAS:1998:JH), Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, has been appointed as CPO Gumla (Jharkhand).
- Krishna Kumar Dwivedi (IAS:1996:AM), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, has been appointed as CPO Goalpara (Assam).
- R Lakshmanan (IAS: 2004: BR), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Port, Shipping, & Waterways, has been appointed as CPO Begusarai (Bihar).
- Archana Varma (IAS:1995:AM), Mission Director, NWM, has been appointed as CPO Khagaria (Bihar).
- Ravi Kumar Arora (IAS:2006:GJ), Joint Secretary, MoHUA, has been appointed as CPO Garhwa (Jharkhand).
- Akash Tripathi (IAS:1998:MP), CEO, My Gov in the MeitY, has been appointed as CPO Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh).
- Ranjana Chopra (IAS:1994:OD), AS&FA, Ministry of Culture, has been appointed as CPO Dhenkanal (Odisha).
- A K Kaluaram Meena (IAS:1993:OD) CMD, FCI, has been appointed as CPO Koraput (Odisha).
- Pramod Kumar Meherda (IAS:1997:OD), Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture & FW has been appointed as CPO Kandhamal (Odisha).
Newly appointed CPOs for four new aspirational districts are as follows:- Dr Jujjavarapu Balaji (IAS:2001:AM), Joint Secretary, Department of Fisheries and CPO of erstwhile District Vizianagram (Andhra Pradesh) was appointed CPO of Parvathipuram Manyam (AP).
- Nagaraju Maddirala (IAS:1993:TR), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, was appointed CPO of Alluri Sitharama Raju (AP) in place of the CPO of erstwhile Vishakhapatnam District.
- Peeyush Kumar (IAS:1997:AP), Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, was appointed CPO of YSR Kadapa (AP) in place of the new YSR Kadapa (AP) district.
- Vishal Chauhan (IAS:1998:SK), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, may be appointed as CPO of Soreng in place of West District.
- New Delhi (22.11.2022): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:
- With the concurrence of the Government of Odisha and Government of Andhra Pradesh, the Central Government transferred SheIke Nachiket Viswanath (IPS:2019:OD) from Odisha cadre to Andhra Pradesh cadre on the grounds of his marriage with Ms. Nidhi Meena (IAS:2019:AP).
- Shrikant Walgad (IAS: 1991: HY), CVO, Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL), Bengaluru, has been entrusted with the additional responsibility of CVO, Directorate of Ordnance (Coordination & Services) (DOO(C&S)), Kanpur for 6 months beyond 16.11.2022.
- Samidha Singh (IRAS: 2006) was appointed as Director in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Delhi for a period of five years.
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