The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister effected a major reshuffle in the rank of Joint Secretary. Accordingly;
Ms Alka Tiwari (lAS:1988:JH) appointed JS, Dept of Fertilizers on lateral shift basisfor a period of overall five year central deputation ending April 23, 2020 vice ArabindKumar Padhee (IAS:1996:OR)
Amit Agrawal (IAS:1993:CG) appointed JS, Dept of Financial Services (MoF) by upgrading a vacant post of Director vice Ms Priya Kumar (IIS:1991) for a period of five years.
Hitesh Kumar S Makwana (lAS:1995:TN) appointed Executive Director (Projects), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) on a newly created (Non-CSS) post under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. Makwana will serve till completion of combined seven year tenure under central ending September 15, 2018.
N K Srivastava (IAS:1998:MP) appointed Additional DGFT, Directorate General of Foreign Trade under the Department of Commerce vice Devendra Kumar Singh (IAS:1998:KL). Srivastava will serve as ADGFT till June 02, 2018.
Satyendra Kumar Mishra (IRS IT:1990) appointed JS, Ministry of Civil Aviation for a period of five years vice Anil Srivastava (IAS:1985:MP).
Anjani Nandan Sharan (IFoS:1985) appointed JS, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy for a period upto his superannuation on 30.06.2021 vice Ms Varsha Joshi (IAS:1995:UT)
G R Raghvendra (CSS) appointed JS, Department of Justice, Ministry for a period of five years vice Atul Kaushik (CSS)
Ms Geeta Narayan (CSS) appointed Member Secretary, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) for a period of 5 years vice Ms P Srivastava (CSS).
Sivanand Nyshadham (IOFS:1985) appointed JS, Dept of Heavy Industry for a period upto his superannuation on February 29, 2020 vice Anshu Prakash (IAS:1986:UT)
Ms Devika Raghuvanshi (IDAS:1988) appointed JS, Dept of Defence on lateral shift basis for a period of overall five year central deputation upto 24.03.2018 vice Ravindra Panwar (IAS:1985:BH)
Inder Dhamija (IFoS:1985:TN) appointed JS, Dept of Sports for a period upto his superannuation on September 30, 2020 vice Onkarmal Kedia (IIS:1985).