• New Delhi (10.06.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:
    • Dr Rajesh S Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Bio-Technology, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Science and Technology from 11.06.2025 to 18.06.2025 during the period of absence on leave of Prof Abhay Karandikar.
    • Himanshu Jain (IRSSE: 2008), CVO, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL), Bilaspur, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of CVO, Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), Singrauli for a period of six months w.e.f. 19.05.2025 or till the appointment of a regular CVO in NCL.
    • Priyanka Mary Francis (IAS: 2009: KN) has been empanelled for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent at the Centre.

  • New Delhi (09.06.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:
    • Additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to Neeraj Mittal (lAS: 1992: TN) was continued up to 11.06.2025 during the period of absence on leave of S. Krishnan (lAS: 1989: TN). Neeraj Mittal is Secretary, Department of Telecommunications.
    • Pavan Kumar Malapati (IAS: 2012: TN) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Defence for a period of four years.
    • Mayank Sharma (IDAS: 1989) has been appointed as Financial Advisor (Defence Services) in the Ministry of Defence w.e.f. 01.08.2025.
    • Senthil Avoodai Krishna Raj S (IPS: 2007: UK), DIG, CISF, has been appointed as Inspector General in Central Industrial Security Force from the date of joining the post and up to his remaining tenure i.e. 02.02.2030.


  • New Delhi (06.06.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
    • Saurav Pahari (IAS: 2008: WB), Deputy Chairperson, Tea Board, Kolkata under Department of Commerce, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre with the condition of extended cooling off. He would now be eligible for another central deputation only after 14.03.2030.
    • Abhishek Kumar (IRS C&lT:2015) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of four years.
    • Kamlesh Chaturvedi (IFoS: 1988: MP), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
    • Dr Kiran Kang Sidhu (IPS: 2012: RJ) has been appointed as Superintendent of Police in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) for a period of five years.

    • Neha Jain (IPS: 2022: WB) has been transferred from West Bengal cadre to AGMUT cadre on the grounds of her marriage with Shubhankar Pratyush Pathak (IAS: 2022: AGMUT).

  • New Delhi (04.06.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Wednesday are as follows:
    • Hemant Sadashiv Borale (ITS: 2000), Director in the Office of Controller General of Patents Design & Trade Marks (CGPDTM), Mumbai under Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, has been repatriated to his Parent Department to avail the benefits of promotion.
    • V Jaya Chandra Bhanu Reddy (IAS: 2011: TN) has been appointed as Director in the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Delhi for a period of five years. 
    • Saurabh Kumar (IAS: 2009: CG) has been appointed as Director in the Department of Revenue, Delhi for a period of five years.
    • Ankit Kumar (ISupplyS: 2015) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Heavy Industries for a period of four years.
    • Prachi Pandey (IA&AS: 2001), Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, has been ex-post facto entrusted with additional charge (JS Level) of Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti from the period w.e.f 12.09.2024 to 19.02.2025.
    • Tenure of P Hemalatha (IAS: 2000: KN), Development Commissioner, Cochin, SEZ, has been extended for a period of six months w.e.f. 24.04.2025 to 23.10.2025.
    • Tenure of Nabarun Dhar (IDAS: 2004), Internal Financial Advisor (Director level) in the Central Bureau of Investigation under the Department of Personnel & Training, has been extended for a period of one year i.e. up to 19.05.2026. Dhar is on central deputation w.e.f. 20.05.2019.

    • Ashish Thakare (IAS: 2011: OD) has been appointed as Director in the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for a period of five years.


  • New Delhi (03.06.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Tuesday are as follows:
    • Ashish Thakare (IAS: 2011: OD) was appointed as Director in the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for a period of five years.
    • Transfers of Devesh Kumar Mahla (IPS: 2012: AGMUT) from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh and Rishi Kumar (IPS: 2021: AGMUT) from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir have been kept in abeyance till further orders.


  • New Delhi (02.06.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Monday are as follows:
    • Neeraj Mittal (IAS: 1992: TN), Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology from 02.06.2025 to 06.06.2025 during the period of absence on leave of S Krishnan (IAS: 1989: TN).
    • Deep Shikha Sharma (IFoS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration (Director level), Himachal Pradesh for a period up to 31.12.2025.
    • Nikhil Pavan Kalyan (IAS: 2012: OD) has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration (Director level), Odisha for a period up to 31.12.2025.
    • M Sundaresh Babu (lAS: 2012: KN) has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration (Deputy Secretary level), Tamil Nadu & Puducherry for a period up to 31.12.2025.
    • J Nivas (IAS: 2010: AP) has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration (Director level), Andhra Pradesh for a period up to 31.12.2025.
    • Ashutosh Agnihotri, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Food Corporation of India (FCI) has been appointed as Chairman, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC). 
    • Inder Deep Singh Dhariwal (IA&AS: 1992), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre. 

  • New Delhi (31.05.2025):  The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) recommended Asheesh Pandey and Kalyan Kumar for the post of Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Union Bank of India (UBI) and Central Bank of India, respectively. Pandey will replace A Manimekhalai, who is completing his three-year tenure next month while Kumar will succeed M V Rao after his superannuation in July.
    Pandey, at present, is executive director (ED) in Bank of Maharashtra and Kumar is serving as ED in Punjab National Bank. The appointment of Pandey and Kumar is subject to the approval of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

  • New Delhi (30.05.2025): Notifications of appointments and recommendations issued on Friday are as follows:
    • Girish Kumar Agarwal was appointed as Assessor in the Ravi & Beas Water Disputes Tribunal (RBWT). He is a retired Chief Engineer of the Central Water Commission (CWC) 
    • Dr Anguluri Suryachandra Rao was appointed as Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
    • Jinesh Mohan (IRSS: 2014) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Biotechnology for a period of four years. 
    • Vishal Gupta (IAS: 2012: GJ) was appointed as Private Secretary to the Minister for Culture & Tourism (Gajendra Singh Shekhawat) in the Ministry of Culture for a period of five years.
    • Kumar Rao (IAS: 2011: KN) was appointed as Secretary, Coffee Board (Bengaluru), under the Ministry of Commerce, for a period of five years.
    • On the superannuation of Subrata Gupta (IAS: 1990: WB) on May 31, 2025 the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries was assigned to Sanjeev Chopra (IAS: 1990: OD) till the appointment of a regular incumbent. Currently, Chopra is Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution.
    • The additional charge of the post of Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was assigned to  Vir Vikram Yadav (IAS: 1996: OD) till the appointment of a regular incumbent. Currently, he is working as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment of Forest & Climate Change.
    • The Central Deputation of Sanjay Lohia (IAS: 1994: AM) was extended for a period of two years beyond 27.10.2025 i.e. upto 27.10.2027. Currently, he is the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines.
    • The Central Deputation of Juhi Verma (IDAS: 2010), Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, was extended for a period of two years beyond 29.09.2025 i.e. upto 27.09.2027. 
    • Yogendra Singh (IAS: 2013: BH) was appointed as Private Secretary to the Minister for Textiles (Giriraj Singh) for a period of five years.
    • Anurag Prasad (IRS IT: 1991), CVO, Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation Ltd. (MMTC), has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion.


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