- New Delhi (02.07.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Thursday are as follows:-
- Vivek Aggarwal (lAS: 1994: MP), Secretary, Ministry of Culture, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Tourism from 03.07.2026 to 19.07.2026 during the period of absence on leave of Bhuvnesh Kurnar (IAS:1995: UP).
Lokhande Prashant Sitaram (IAS: 2001: AGMUT), Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs with the additional charge of the post of Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education.
Purnendu Kishore Banerjee (ISS: 1993), Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
- New Delhi (02.07.2026): Prof Umesh V Waghmare, President & Professor, Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, has been appointed to the post of Secretary, Department of Science & Technology. Prof Waghmare will remain in the office till he attains the age of 60 years.
- New Delhi (02.07.2026): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Ravi Shankar as the new Executive Director with effect from July 1, 2026. Ravi Shankar will look after the Department of Statistics and Information Management. Prior to his promotion as Executive Director, he was serving as Advisor-in-charge in the same department.
- New Delhi (01.07.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:-
- Prof Umesh V Waghmare, President & Professor, Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Science & Technology up to date of attaining the age of 60 years.
- Tenure of Vikram Misri (IFS: 1989), Foreign Secretary, has been extended for a period of one year beyond 14.07.2026 i.e. up to 14.07.2027.
- Tenure of Amit Shukla (IFoS: 1999: TR), Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, has been extended for a period of one year beyond 01.06.2026.
- Sachin Mittal (IPoS: 2000) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Lokpal under the Department of Personnel & Training for a tenure of five years.
- Tenure of Dr N Kalaiselvi as Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-cum-Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research has been for a further period beyond 07.08.2026 till the date of her superannuation i.e. 28.02.2027.
Pramod Kumar Choudhary (IRSS: 1998), CVO. Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL), Delhi, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of CVO Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Delhi for a period of six months from the date of assumption of charge of the post or till the appointment of a regular CVO in BSNL.
Somnath Ghosh (IFS: 1997), presently Consul General, Consulate General of India, Chicago, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Malaysia.
Manoj Tiwari (IPS: 2003: SK), presently working as Director, Dr Ambedkar Foundation under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has been appointed as Inspector General in Border Security Force from the date of assumption of charge of the post and up to 24.08.2030. He counts his central deputation tenure w.e.f. 25.08.2025.
Mamta Rahul (IPS: 2007: RJ), DIG, CISF, has been appointed as Inspector General in Central Industrial Security Force from the date of assumption of charge of the post and up to her remaining deputation tenure i.e. 26.01.2Q28.
- New Delhi (01.07.2026): The Central Government has constituted National Road Safety Board (NRSB) with Dr Nitin R Gokarn (Retd IAS: 1990: UP), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, as its Chairman along with over a dozen members. The board has been constituted using sub-section (1) of section 215B of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988).The Board has Transport Commissioners of Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi as Members; Additional Director General of Police of Maharashtra, Odisha, and Tripura as Members; Additional Director General (East) and Additional Director General (North /Quality Control) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways as Ex-Officio Member; Member (Admin.) and Member (Road Safety) of National Highways Authority of India as Ex– Officio Member; Director (Technical – I) of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited as Ex-Officio Member.There are eight other members that are as follows:
- Satyendra Garg, IPS (Retd.) – Enforcement Strategies, Traffic Management Expert
- Arushi Baluja Sahi, HOD – Driver Training, Public Health, CSR & International Relations, Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) – College of Traffic Management and Forensic Science (CTM).
- Harsh A Poddar, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Nagpur (Rural)
- Gaurav Upadhyay, IPS, Secretary, Transport Department, Government of Assam
- Piyush Tewari, Founder and CEO, Save LIFE Foundation
- K C Sharma, Advisor (Motor Vehicle Legislation), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
- Guatham Melur Sukumar – Professor of Epidemiology, Head – World Health Organisation Collaborating Center for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru Members; and
- Additional Secretary(T)/Joint Secretary(T), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Ex – Officio Member Secretary.
- New Delhi (01.07.2026): Ravi Joseph Lokku (IPS: 1995: UP), ADG, BPR&D, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) while Sanjay Mathur (IPS: 1994: TN), IG, NCRB, has been given additional charge of Director, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Both these appointments have been made upon superannuation of Alok Ranjan (IPS:1991: MP), Director, NCRB on 30.06.2026. Ranjan was also holding additional charge of DG, BPR&D.
- New Delhi (30.06.2026): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:-
- Sanjay Mathur (IPS: 1994: TN), IG, NCRB, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Director, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) upon superannuation of Alok Ranjan (IPS: 1991: MP) on 30.06.2026.
- Ravi Joseph Lokku (IPS: 1995: UP), ADG, BPR&D, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) upon superannuation of Alok Ranjan (IPS:1991: MP), Director, NCRB on 30.06.2026, who was also holding additional charge of DG, BPR&D.
Amit Kumar (IPS: 1994: BH), Special DG, CRPF, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in Special Protection Group by temporarily upgrading one vacant post in SPG. The officer will take over as Director, Special Protection Group vice Alok Sharma (IPS: 1991: UP) on completion of his tenure on 31 .03.2027.
Vineet Joshi (IAS: 1992: MN), Secretary, Department of Higher Education has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy upon superannuation of Sanjay Kumar (IAS: 1990: BH) on 30.06.2026.
Tenure of Pradip Kumar Tripathi (Retd IAS: 1987: AGMUT) has been appointed as Secretary to the Lokpal on contract basis for a period of one year beyond 30.06.2026 i.e. up to 30.06.2027.
- New Delhi (30.06.2026): In a key top-level bureaucratic reshuffle, the Government of India on Tuesday appointed Amit Kumar (IPS: 1994: BH) as the next Director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), the elite security force responsible for the protection of the Prime Minister.Kumar, a senior officer of the Bihar cadre, is currently serving as the Special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).Kumar has been brought in as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) within the SPG with immediate effect to facilitate a smooth transition. He is slated to formally take charge of the premier security agency on April 1, 2027, succeeding the incumbent chief Alok Sharma (IPS: 1991: UP) who will be superannuating on March 31, 2027, after heading the elite wing.The SPG is a highly specialized force tasked with providing proximate security to the Prime Minister of India and their immediate family members residing with them.
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