• New Delhi (06.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
    • Senthil Nathan S (IRS C&CE:2006), Director, Department of Commerce, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.

  • New Delhi (05.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Thursday are as follows:
    • Ashok Kumar (IFS: 1998), presently High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Lusaka, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus.
    • Suneet Mehta (IFS:2007), presently Deputy High Commissioner in the High Commission of India, Canberra, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji.
    • Amit Narang (IFS: 2001), presently Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Slovenia.
    • Bhanwar Lal Meena (IPS: 2013: AM) has been inducted as Superintendent of Police in Central Bureau of Investigation for a period of five-year central deputation i.e. up to 18.04.2028. 

    • Tenure of Shoyabahmed Kalal (IES: 2011), Deputy Secretary, NITI Aayog, has been extended for a period of one year beyond 06.12.2024 and up to 06.12.2025. He counts his central deputation w.e.f. 07.12.2020.

    • Vinay Kumar (IAS: 1999: BH) has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary/Additional Secretary Equivalent level posts at the Centre.


  • New Delhi (02.12.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:
    • P S Lingeswara Swami (IOFS: 2006), CVO, Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA), Visakhapatnam, has been entrusted with additional charge of CVO in Paradip Port Authority (PPA), Paradip for a period of six months.

  • New Delhi (29.11.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
    • Harinath Mishra (IPS: 1990: KL), Special Director, Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed to the post of Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariate.
    • Tenure of Utpal Kumar Singh (Retd IAS: 1986: UK), Secretary General Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariate in the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary, has been extended for a period of one year w.e.f December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2025.

    • Shantmanu (IAS: 1991: AGMUT), Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, has been repatriated to his parent cadre on the request of Ministry of Home Affairs.
    • Tenure of Dharmendra Sharma (Retd IAS: 1988: AGMUT), Director General, India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, has been curtailed on the request of Election Commission of India.


  • New Delhi (28.11.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Thursday are as follows:
    • The Central deputation tenure of Hanumaiah Korukonda (ICAS: 2008), was extended for a period of one year beyond 18.11.2024 i.e. upto 18.11.2025. He is DirectorDepartment of Economic Affairs (DEA) under the Ministry of Finance.
    • V S D L Surendra (YOA:2008) has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Gabonese Republic.
    • Cadre of Vaibhav Bangar (IPS: 2021: WB) has been changed from West Bengal to Uttar Pradesh in view of his marriage with Neetu (IPS: 2020: UP). 

  • New Delhi (26.11.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:
    1. Kundan Krishnan (IPS: 1994: BH), Additional Director General, CISF, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre on the request of his cadre.
    2. Piyush Purusottamdas Patel (IPS: 1998: GJ), Inspector General, Border Security Force, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
    3. Tarun Gauba (IPS: 2001: UP) has been empanelled for holding the post of Joint Secretary/equivalent level post at the Centre.

  • New Delhi (25.11.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:
    1. Tenure of D Thara (IAS: 1995: GJ), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has been extended beyond 05.12.2024 for a period up to 28.07.2026. 
    2. Vipul Goel (IRSSE: 1993), joint secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, has been entrusted with ex-post facto additional charge of Chief Executive Officer (JS Level) for the period from 13.07.2024 to 18.08.2024.
    3. Tenure of Rajesh Sharma (IDAS: 1992), Joint Secretary & Addl FA, Ministry of Defence has been extended beyond 07.11.2024 i.e. up to 31.03.2025.
    4. Tenure of Ashok Kumar (IPS: 2006: HP), Director in the Department of Justice, has been extended for a period of six months beyond 26.11.2024 and up to 26.05.2025. He counts his central deputation w.e.f. 27.11.2019.
    5. R Menaka (IAS: 2011: AGMUT), Deputy Secretary in the Department of Commerce, has been shifted on lateral basis to the post of Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat for a tenure up to 27.06.2028 i.e. balance period of her 4-year tenure.
    6. Annies Kanmani Joy (IAS: 2012: KN), Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, has been shifted to the post of Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training on a lateral basis for the balance period of 4 years.
    7. Benjamin Karunakaran (IA&AS: 2012), Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Power (CSS post) has been appointed to the post of Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility (FRFCF), CSS post), on lateral shift basis, for the period up to 01.11.2027 i.e. a total tenure of six years outside the cadre at a stretch.
    8. Dinesh Bhatia (IFS:1992), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Argentina, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federative Republic of Brazil. 

    9. G Balasubramanian (IFS:1998), presently High Commissioner of India to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Maldives.

    10. Divya Alathur Bharathan (IP&TA&FS: 2008), Director in the Department of Expenditure, has been appointed to the post of Director in the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare for a period up to 11.02.2025.

    11. Devidatta Satapathy (IRSME: 2009) has been appointed as CVO, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port Authority (SPMPA), Kolkata under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways for a period up to 26.10.2028 i.e. maximum deputation tenure of 7 years.


  • New Delhi (23.11.2024): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Saturday are as follows:
    • Raja Srivastava (IPS: 1994: UP) has been appointed as Additional Director General in Central Reserve Police Force.

MEA: Weekly media briefing by spokesperson Arindam Bagchi

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