Shimla (13.04.2022): The Himachal Pradesh government has transferred as many as 20 IAS officers in a major administrative reshuffle. These officers included:-

Nisha Singh (IAS: 1987: HP), who was posted as adviser (health) to the government of Himachal Pradesh at New Delhi, has been appointed as additional chief secretary (rural development, panchayati raj, administrative reforms and training & foreign assignments).

Bharat Khera (IAS: 1995: HP) has been posted as adviser (regulatory reforms), the government of Himachal Pradesh, at New Delhi and principal secretary (PWD, home & vigilance, GAD, SAD, Sainik welfare, and parliamentary affairs).

Rajneesh (IAS: 1997: HP) has been shifted as adviser (industries and urban affairs) to the government of Himachal Pradesh in New Delhi and principal secretary (forests, education and IT) to the government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.

Subhasish Panda (IAS: 1997: HP) has been appointed as adviser (infrastructure and tourism), principal secretary to CM and principal secretary (excise & taxation, information & public relations, and health & family welfare).

Amitabh Avasthi (IAS: 2004: HP) has been transferred as secretary (horticulture and technical education)

J M Pathania (IAS: 2008: HP) has been appointed as director (personnel and finance), state electricity board, Shimla.

Vinod Kumar (IAS: 2009: HP) has been posted as managing director, Kangra Central Cooperative Bank, Dharamshala.

Sudesh Kumar Mokhta (IAS: 2010: HP) has been shifted as director-cum-ex-officio-special secretary (revenue & disaster management) with additional charges of the posts of MD, HPMC, Shimla and project director, HP Horticulture Development Society.

Lalit Jain (IAS: 2011: HP) goes as director, environment, science & technology and will hold charge of the post of member secretary, HIMCOSTE.

Harikesh Meena (IAS: 2011: HP) will now hold the additional charge of MD, HP power corporation.

Rajeshwar Goel (IAS: 2012: HP) has been transferred as MD, HP State Civil Supplies Corporation.

Manmohan Sharma (IAS: 2011: HP) has been shifted as CEO-cum-MD, Shimla Smart City, and will hold the charge of MD, Shimla Jal Prabandhan Nigam Limited.

Rupali Thakur goes as director, urban development.

Rima Kashyap has been shifted as MD, HP Agro Industries Corporation, Shimla. She will also hold the charge of the post of MD, Agro-Industrial Packaging India.

Anurag Chander (IAS: 2016: HP) has been shifted as MD, Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation, Kangra.

Rahul Kumar (IAS: 2016: HP) has been shifted as CEO, HIMURJA.

Sonakshi Singh Tomar (IAS: 2016: HP) goes as MD, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, Solan, and MD, HP Mahila Vikas Nigam, Solan.

Gandharva Rathore (IAS: 2016: HP) has been posted as additional deputy commissioner (development)-cum-project director, DRDA, Kangra.

Manesh Kumar (IAS: 2018: HP), subdivisional officer (civil), Amb, Una, goes as additional deputy commissioner (development)-cum- project director (DRDA), Sirmaur.

Ajay Kumar Yadav (IAS: 2018: HP), subdivisional officer (civil), has been posted as resident commissioner, Pangi, Chamba.