The NaMo administration on Wednesday affected major bureaucratic reshuffle and appointed 29 Joint Secretaries in several departments and ministries. Accordingly; (1) Kunal Kumar (lAS:1999:MH) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs vice B. Anand (lAS:1987:TN). (2) Gurveen Sidhu (IA&AS:1995) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers vice Sushil Kumar Lohani (lAS:1995:OR). (3) Minhaj Alam (lAS:1996:KL) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries vice Anuradha Prasad (IDAS:1986). (4) Rashmi Chowdhary (IRPS:1989) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowenment by temporarily upgrading the post of Director for two years vice U. Venkateshwarulu (lAS:1986:MT) (5) Vivek Kumar Dewangan (lAS:1993:MN) appointed as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser (JS&FA) in the Ministry of Power, vice Pradeep Kumar (lAS:1987:KL). (6) Jaideep Kumar Mishra (ICAS:1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology vice Sanjiv Kumar Mittal (lAS:1987:UP). (7) Sanjay Sharan (IPoS:1988) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles vice Subrata Gupta (lAS:1990:WB). (8) S.C.L. Das (lAS:1992:UT) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs vice Dilip Kumar (lAS:1995:PB) who was recently shifted to NHRC. (9) Upamanyu Basu (IRS IT:1989) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying & Fisheries vice Aditya Kumar Joshi (IFoS:1989:MT). (10) Puneet Kansal (lAS:1996:SK) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel vice Urvilla Khati (IRPS:1986). (11) Vikas Sheel (lAS:1994:CG) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welare vice K. Rajeshwar Rao (lAS:1988:TR). (12) Richa Bagla (lAS:1999:MH) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai vice R.A. Rajeev (lAS:1987:MH). (13) Richa Misra (IDAS:1996) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence vice Devika Raghuvanshi (IDAS:1988) on her completion of tenure at Centre. (14) Kimbuong Kipgen (CSS) appointed as Secretary (JS level), PESB under the Department of Personnel & Training vice Rajiv Rai (CSS) who retired on February 28 this year. (15) Atul Singh (IPS:1995:AP) appointed as Additional Secretary (JS level), Central Vigilance Commission vice Praveen Sinha (IPS:1988:GJ). (16) Daniel Paul (IDES:1989) appointed as Additional Secretary (JS level), Central Vigilance Commission vice S. P. N. Singh (IDAS:1986). (17) B.H. Anil Kumar (lAS:1987:KN), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises appointed as Executive Director (JS level), NIDM (Non-CSS) under the Ministry of Home Affairs. (18) Srinivas Bandla (lAS:1991:KL) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises vice B.H. Anil Kumar (lAS:1987:KN). (19) Subhashish Panda (lAS:1997:HP), Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public distribution appointed as Deputy Director (JS level) AIIMS (Non-CSS) under the Department of Health & Family Welfare vice R. K. Sudhanshu (IAS:1997:UD) who prematurely repatriated to the cadre state recently. (20) Edwin Kulbhushan Majhi (lAS:1989:KL) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution vice Subhashish Panda (lAS:1997:HP). (21) Anil Kumar Nayak (IOFS:1986) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines vice Subhash Chandra (IFoS:1988:AGMUT). (22) Sushil Kumar Lohani (lAS:1995:OR) appointed as Additional Commissioner, Central Provident Fund (HQ) (JS level) (Non-CSS) under the Ministry of Labour & Employment. (23) M. Ariz Ahammed (lAS:1995:AM) appointed as Managing Director (JS level) National Horticulture Board (Non-CSS) under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare. (24) G. Venugupal Reddy (IRSEE:1985), DDG UIDAI (HQ) appointed as DDG, UIDAI, Regional Office, Hyderabad vice M.V.S. Rami Reddy (lAS:1988:UP). (