Ajay Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Republic of Mali Mali. Currently he is serving as Ambassdor of India, Pyongyang. As many as 12 IAS officers of 2013 batch belonging to West Bengal cadre has been posted as  Assistant Secretary in different Ministries /Departments of Government of India, for a period up to November 30, 2015 (w.e.f. 31 August). 158 officers had been posted on 20 August. Name of the officers posted today on central deputation are: S.NO Name of officers/Cadre Organisation/ Department/ Ministry 1 Mayuri Vasu D/o Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, M/o Agriculture 2 Panicker Harishankar D/o Health Reasearch, M/o Health & Family Welfare 3 Anshul Gupta D/o Higher Education,  M/o Human Resource Development 4 Shama Praveen D/o Industrial Policy & Promotion, M/o Commerce  & Industry 5 Tshering Y Bhutia D/o Revenue, M/o Finance 6 T Balasubramanian M/o Power 7 Nidhi Malik D/o Rural Development, M/o Rural Development 8 Preeti Goel D/o Land Resources, M/o Rural Development 9 Reena Niranjan M/o Urban Development 10 Rajat Nanda D/o Electronics & Information Technology, M/o Communications & Information Technology 11 Khurshid Ali Khadri D/o Ex- Servicemen Welfare, M/o Defence 12 Nitin Singhania Disaster Management, M/o Home Affairs