The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister has cleared the appointment of 22 officers to Jt Secretary or JS equivalent post as follows: Atul Kumar Tiwari (IAS:1990:KN) appointed as Joint Secretary, Dept of Rural Development. Currentlyhe serves as Resident Commissioner, Karnataka Bhawan (Govt of Karnataka) vice Santosh A. Mathew (IAS:1985:BH). Rakesh Ranjan (IAS:1992:MN) appointed as  Member Secretary (JS level), National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the Dept of Pharmaceuticals vice Ms. Sharmila Mary Joseph (IAS:1997:KL). Currently, he serves as Jt Secretary, dept of Higher Education (MHRD). Govind Mohan (IAS:1989:SK) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, vice Saurabh Garg (IAS:1991:OR). Anil Kumar Agarwal (IPS:1988:UP) appointed as Joint Secretary, Dept of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) vice Ms Ravneet Kaur (IAS:1988:PB). Ms Archana Varma (IAS:1995:AM) appointed as Additional Secretary (JS level), Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). She replaces Salim Haque (IPoS:1984). Anil Sant (IAS:1988:UP) appointed as Additional Registrar General (JS level) in the Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner India under MHA Vice C K Khetain (IAS:1987:CG). Presently he serves as JS, MoEF&CC. Ms. Anju Bhalla (CSS) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Science & Technology vice Ms. Anita Chauhan (CSS). Ms. Bharati (IFoS:1992:SK) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Ms. Jyoti Arora (IAS:1987:HY). Lok Ranjan (IAS:1989:TR) appointed as Jt Secretary, Dept of Financial Services by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Director vice Mihir Kumar (IDAS:1996). Kishore B (IAS:1993:AP) appointed as Jt Secretary, Dept of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries vice Dr E Ramesh Kumar (lAS:1989:MP). Ram Krishna Khandelwal (IAS:1989:BH) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution vice Prashant Trivedi (IAS:1989:UP) Kamal Datta (IFoS:1994:UT) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution vice T K Manoj Kumar (IAS:1987:KL). Ritesh Kumar Singh (IAS:1996:KN) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, (MoEF&CC) vice Manoj Kumar Singh (IAS:1988:UP). Roshan Jaggi (IFoS:1988:UT) appointed as Jt secretary, Ministry of AYUSH vice Anurag Srivastava (IAS:1992:UP). Ravinder Goyal (IRTS:1987) appointed as Advisor (JS level), NITI Aayog vice Anil Kumar Jain (IAS:1986:MP). Surendra Singh Meena (IAS:1993:JH) appointed as JJoint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment vice Ms. Ghazala Meenai (A&AS:1985). Sanjai Singh (ICAS:1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence vice Deepak Anurag (IA&AS:1988). Satinder Pal Singh (IPS:1996:HP) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping vice Barun Mitra (IAS:1987:MN). Amit Kumar Ghosh (IAS:1994:UP) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways vice Ms Leena Nandan (IAS:1987:UP). Vinod Kumar Jindal (ICoAS:1988) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs vice Praveen Prakash (IAS:1994:AP). Sandip Mukund Pradhan (IRS IT:1990) appointed as DDG (JS level), Sports Authority of India (SAl). Dept of Sports. Ms. Chhavi Jha (IRAS:1990)