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10 Secretary and equivalent level IAS officers retiring in April, 6 posts lying vacant: Major secretary-level reshuffle soon

By IndianMandarins- 17 Apr 2020
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Indianmandarins has reliably learned that the NaMo administration is working out a major Secretary-level reshuffle and a long list of fresh appointments and lateral shifts may be announced in a couple of days.

Eight Union secretaries are retiring this month-end whereas five Secretary-level posts are already lying vacant for weeks and months.

Secretaries retiring this month end are:

  1. Preety Sudan (IAS:1983: AP), Secretary Health and Family Welfare
  2. Gopal Krishna (IAS:1983:WB), Secretary, Shipping
  3. Sanjeevanee Kutty (IAS:1983:MH), Secretary, Ex-Serviceman Welfare
  4. Dr. Arun Kumar Panda, (IAS:1984:OR), Secretary, MSME
  5. Atanu Chakraborty (IAS:1985:GJ), Secretary, Economic Affairs
  6. Dr M M Kutty (IAS:1985:UT), Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas
  7. Rabindra Panwar (IAS:1985: BH), Secretary, Women & Child Development

In addition, three Secretary equivalent posts will also fall vacant this month end;

  1. Braj Raj Sharma (IAS:1984:JK), chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  2. N Sivasailam (IAS:1985:KN), Special Secretary (Logistics), Ministry of Commerce
  3. Preetam Singh (IAS:1984:RJ). Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes M/o Social Justice & Empowerment

 It may be underlined that as many as seven Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts are lying vacant for a few weeks and months;

  1. Secretary, PMO
  2. Secretary to President (post virtually vacant vice Sanjay Kothari)
  3. Secretary, Ministry of Culture
  4. Secretary, Department School Education & Literacy, Ministry of HRD
  5. Secretary, Department of Pensions & Pensioners' Welfare
  6. Chairperson, National Chemical Weapon Convention (NCWC)

 

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