The Appointment Committee of Cabinet, on 23rd November, cleared the appointment to 19 Secretary rank posts including several lateral shifts of serving secretaries which are as follows: Anil Swarup (IAS:1981:UP) appointed as successor to S C Khuntia (IAS:1981:KN) as Secretary, Dept of School Education & Literacy under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Swarup currently serves as Secretary, Ministry of Coal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rajiv Yadav (IAS:1981:AM) laterally shifted as Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs vice Prabhas Kumar Jha (IAS:1982:UP). Yadav currently serves as Secretary, Dept of Sports. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prabhas Kumar Jha (IAS:1982:UP) laterally shifted from Ministry of Parliementary Affairs to Department of Official Languages under Ministry of Home Affairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Union Secretary Ameising Luikham (IAS:1981:AM) laterally shifted from Department of Public Enterprise to Ministry of Minority Affairs as successor to the outgoing Secretary Rakesh Garg (IAS:1980:UP). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ms Seema Bahuguna (IAS:1983:RJ) has appointed as Secretary, Department of Public Enterprise under the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises. Ms Bahuguna currently serves as Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, Dept of Ministry of Rural Development. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ K P Krishnan (IAS:1983:KN) appointed as successor to Rohit Nandan (IAS:1982:UP), the outgoing Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Enterprises. Krishnan currently serves as Special Secretary, Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development. He will take over from Rohit Nandan on his retirement on 31st January 2017. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anoop Kumar Srivastava (IAS:1981:AM) has laterally shifted to Ministry of Tribal Affairs as successor (OSD) to the outgoing Secretary Shyam S Agarwal (IAS:1980:RJ). Srivastava will replace Agarwal on his retirement on 31st December 2016. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NHAI Chairman Raghav Chandra (IAS:1982:MP) appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tri