In a major decision the Government of India has made 26 Joint Secretary rank appoints including the lateral appointments. Complete list at a glance; Pawan Kr Agarwal (IAS, 1985: WB) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. His previous assignment was Adviser, Planning Commission Jitendra Sharma (IFS: 1984: PB) appointed as Joint Secretary, AYUSH vice Bala Prasad (IFS: 1983: PB) who will repatriate on November 14. Sharma's previous assignment was CEO, National Medicinal Plants Board. K Sanjay Murthy (IAS: 1989: HP) appointed as Joint Secretary, I&B vice Ms Abha Shukla (IAS: 1993: MH) who proceeded on leave & expected for repatriation. M C Jauhari (IAS: 1987: AM) appointed as DDG, UIDAI vice Davinder Kumar (IAS: 1984: AM) who repatriated prematurely. Jauhir's previous assignment was Jt Secretary, Ministry of Shipping. Rajiv Arora (IAS: 1987: HY) laterally shifted as Joint Secretary, NATGRID vice Dr Ravi Kota (IAS: 1993: AM) who repatriated after completion of tenure under central deputation. Sameer Sharma (IAS: 1987: AP) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Poverty Alleviation vice Karan Bir Singh Sidhu (IAS: 1984: PB) who was elevated as MD, TRIFED. Sameer Sharma's previous assignment was MD, ITDC. Maninder Singh (IAS: 1989: AM) appointed as Joint Secretary Department of Health Research vice K S Rao (IIS: 1984) who completed his tenure under deputation. Maninder Singh's previous assignment was Jt Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forest & Climate Change. Ram Subhag Singh (IAS: 1987: HP) appointed as MD, NAFED vice R Rajagopal (IAS: 1984: TN) who was elevated as Additional Secretary, Dept of Agricultural Research & Education. Ram Subhag's previous assignment was Jt Secretary, Department of Defence. Barun Mitra (IAS: 1987: MT) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping vice M C Jauhari (IAS: 1987: AM) who has been laterally shifted to UIDAI as DDG. Harish Chand Agarwal (IPoS: 1988) appointed as Regional DDG, UIDAI vice Sujata Chaturvedi (IAS: 1989: BH) after her repatriation on 27 December 2014. Annie George Mathew (IA&AS: 1988) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure vice Ms Sudha Krishnan (IA&AS: 1983). B S Bhullar (IAS: 1986: UP) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation vice Alok Sinha (IAS: 1986: UP). Ms Dharitri Panda (ICAS: 1987) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare vice Vishwas Mehta (IAS: 1986: KL). Vivek Joshi (IAS: 1989: HY) appointed as OSD, Procurement Policy Division under the Department of expenditure in the rank of Jt Secretary vice Ms Meena Agrawal (IRAS: 1981). Joshi's previous assignment was Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development. Mukesh Jain (IPS: 1989: MP) laterally shifted as Jt Secy to Dept of Disability Affairs. Jyotsana Sitling (IFS: 1987: UK) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Dheeraj Kumar (IAS: 1993: TN) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment vice Anup Chandra Pandey (IAS: 1984: UP) who was elevated to Additional Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare. Dheeraj Kumar's previous assignment was Director, Ministry of Minority Affairs. Manish Kumar Gupta (IAS: 1991: UT) a