Sanjay Awasthi IRS (IT:1989) has been appointed as Member Secretary, National Council for Teacher Education, under Department of School Education & Literacy; vice:R Jaya (IAS:1995:TN) Ashok (IFS:1983:UL) has been laterally shifted as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, under Ministry of Tribal Affairs till his superannuation on July 31, 2017; vice: Santosh Kumar (IDAS:1990) Rajesh Aggarwal (IAS:1989:MH) has been laterally shifted as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs; vice: Ashok (IFS:1983:UL) Anna Roy (IES:1992) has been appointed as Adviser, Knowledge and Innovation Hub, Niti Aayog Suchindra Mishra (IDAS:1992) has been appointed as Joint Secrertary, Department of Financial Services; vice: Rajesh Aggarwal (IAS:1989:MH) Madnesh Kumar Mishra (IRS(IT:1990) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services; vice: Anna Roy (IES:1992) Anju Nigam (IPoS:1988) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; vice: Puneet Kansal (lAS:SK:1996). Sudhir K. Saxena IPS:1987:MP) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home affairs'vice: Shailesh lAS:1985:AM). R.K. Mitra (CSS:1998) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home affairs; vice: V. Vualnam (lAS:1992:MN). Kalpana Awasthi (IAS:1990:UP) has been appointed as Director General, National Productivity Council, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion; vice: Harbhajan Singh (lAS:UP:1983). Jayant Sinha (IA&AS:1990) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence; vice: Sanjeev Ranjan, lAS:1985:TR) Meenakshi Sharma (IA&AS:1988) has been appointed as Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism; vice: Usha Sharma (IAS:1985:RJ) Sanjeeb Kumar Patjoshi (IPS:1991:KL) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj; vice:Iqbal Singh Chahal (IAS:1989:MH) Rajiv Arora (IAS:1987:HY) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment; vice: G Venugopal Reddy (IRSEE:1985). G Venugopal Reddy (IRSEE:1985) has been prematually repatriated to his parent cadre Chithra Arumugam (IAS:1995:OR) has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Govt of India Atma Ram Nadkarni, Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India in Supreme Court of India