The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Joint Secretary level officers in several ministries and departments. Accordingly; Ashish Upadhyay (IAS:1989:MP) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal vice Vivek Bhardwaj (IAS:1990:WB). Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia (IAS:1990:JH) as Joint Secretary, Fifteenth Finance Commission under the Department of Economic Affairs. Nikunja K Sundaray (IAS:1987:OR) laterally shifted from MSME to Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change as Joint Secretary vice Anil Sant (IAS:1988:UP). Sumita Misra (IAS:1990:HY) appointed as Joint Secretary in the PM's Economic Advisory Council under the NITI Aayog. Gopal Krishan Gupta (IRSME:1987) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy vice J N Swain (IAS:1988:TN) Sudhir Garg (IRSEE:1986) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises vice Nikunja K Sundaray (IAS:1987:OR). Amardeep Singh Bhatia (IAS:1993:NL) appointed as Director (JS level), Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO). Currently he serves as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate affairs. Sanjay Upreti (IRAS:1990) appointed as Financial Advisor (JS level) in Border Security Force (BSF) vice V Venugopal (IDAS:1984). Amit Mehta (IOFS:1987) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs vice Venkata Rama Sastry Pidaparthi (IPS:1989:UP). Kailash K Aggarwal (IRSE:1987) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping vice Pravir Krishna (IAS:1987:MP).