New Delhi (10.08.2022): The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Wednesday effected a major bureaucratic rejig. Sixteen officers were appointed as Additional Secretary in the Govt of India in various departments and ministries whereas eleven officers were elevated (in-situ) from Joint Secretary to Additional Secretary rank in the same department/ministries. The list of officers appointed & elevated goes as follows:
- MP Tangirala (IP&TA&FS:1990), presently in the cadre, was appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services.
- Ms Trishatjit Sethi (IPoS:1990) was appointed as DG (Training), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Presently, she is CVO, NTPC.
- Ashok Kumar Kaluaram Meena (IAS:1993:OR) was appointed as CMD, Food Corporation of India (CMD) in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Presently he is working in the cadre state i.e. Odisha.
- Rajesh Kumar Sinha (IAS:1994:KL) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Presently, he is in the cadre state i.e. Kerala.
- Satendra Singh (IAS:1995:JH) was appointed (laterally) as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. Presently, he is Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers.
- Piyush Goyal (IAS:1994:NL) was appointed as CEO, NATGRID (MHA). Presently, he is working as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Praveen Mal Khanooja (IA&AS:1994) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Currently, he is DG, Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).
- Longjam Siddhartha Singh (IA&AS:1994) was appointed as AS&FA in the Ministry of Defence. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, Department of Sports.
- Partha Sarathi Das (IA&AS:1994) was appointed as AS&FA, Department of Posts. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution.
- Pankaj Kumar Singh (IDAS:1994) was appointed as Additional Secretary, GST Council Secretariat (Dept of Revenue). Currently, he is Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
- Ms Maninder Kaur Dwivedi (lAS:1995:CG), presently in the cadre, was appointed as MD, Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
- Ms Archana Varma (lAS:1995:AM) was appointed as MD, National Water Mission, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Presently, she is in the cadre.
- Chandra Bhushan Kumar (lAS:1995:UT) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Presently, he is Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India.
- Rahul Singh (IAS:1996:BH) was appointed (In-situ) as Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT). Presently, he is JS, DOPT.
- Ms. Gitanjali Gupta (IAS:1996:UT) was appointed as MD, Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Currently, she is CVO, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
- Chandraker Bharti (IAS:1996:UT) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs vice Piyush Goyal (lAS:1994:NL) on his appointment as CEO, NATGRID, by upgrading a post of Joint Secretary. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production.
Further, the ACC also approved the in-situ upgradation of eleven officers to the level of Additional Secretary (Govt of India) as a measure personal to them by temporarily upgrading the Joint Secretary level posts held by them:
- Bhuvnesh Kumar (IAS:1995:UP) was elevated as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
- M. Maheshwar Rao (IAS:1995:KN) was elevated as the AS&FA Department of Space.
- Shyamal Misra (IAS:1996:HY) was elevated as Additional Secretary, MHA.
- Puneet Kansal (IAS:1996:SK) was elevated as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
- Nitesh Kumar Vyas (IAS:1996:MP), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India was elevated (In-situ) in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
- Ms Parama Sen (IA&AS:1994) was elevated as Additional Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), Ministry of Finance.
- Rupinder Singh (IAS:1996:MH), DDG in UIDAI, was elevated as in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
- Lav Aggarwal (IAS:1996:AP) was elevated as Additional Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare.
- Ms Usha Padhee (IAS:1996:OR) was elevated as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
- Minhaj Alam (IAS:1996:KL) was elevated as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
- Manoj Sahay (IA&AS:1994) was elevated as AS&FA Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
