The NaMo
administration on Friday effected a major bureaucratic rejig at the level of
Secretary and Special Secretary as follows:
- R Subrahmanyam (IAS:1985:AP) appointed as Secretary,
Department of Social Justice & Empowerment vice Neelam Sawhney
(IAS:1984:AP). Presently, he is Secretary, Department of Higher Education.
- Amit Khare (IAS:1985:JH) appointed as Secretary, Department
of Higher Education vice R Subrahmanyam (IAS:1985:AP). Presently, he is
Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Khare to hold the
additional charge of Department of School Education & Literacy.
- Arun Goel (IAS:1985:PB) appointed as Department of Heavy
Industry Secretary, vice Asha Ram Sihag (IAS:1983:HP) upon his superannuation
on 31.12.2019. Presently, he is Secretary, Ministry of Culture.
- Kshatrapati Shivaji (IAS:1986:MH) appointed as Secretary,
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. Presently, he is Executive
Director, Asian Development Bank. He will also hold the additional charge of Department
of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare.
- Ravi Mittal (IAS:1986:BH) appointed as Secretary, Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting vice Amit Khare. Presently, he is Special
Secretary, Department of Financial Services.
- T V Somanathan (IAS:1987:TN), presently in the Cadre, appointed
as Secretary, Department of Expenditure vice G C Murmu.
- Rajesh Bhushan (IAS:1987:BH) appointed as Secretary,
Department of Rural Development vice Amarjeet Sinha (IAS:1983:BH) upon his
superannuation on 31.12.2019. Presently he is Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet
Secretariat
- V P Joy (IAS:1987:KL) appointed as Secretary (Coordination),
Cabinet Secretariat vice Rajesh Bhushan. Presently, Joy is DG, Hydrocarbons.
- Sunil Kumar (IAS:1987:UP) appointed as Secretary, Ministry of
Panchayati Raj. Presently, he is Special Secretary, Department of Commerce.
- Barun Mitra (IAS:1987:MN) appointed as OSD, Department of
Justice under Ministry of Law and Justice. Presently, he is Special Secretary,
Department of Defence Production
- Praveen Kumar (IAS:1987:TN) appointed as Secretary, Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship vice Dr K P Krishnan (IAS:1983:KN) upon
his superannuation on 31.12.2019. Presently, he is Special Secretary, Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy.
- Sushil Kumar (IAS:1987:TR)
appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Mines vice Anil G Mukhim. Presently, he is Additional Secretary, Department of
Agricultural Research and Education and Secretary, Indian Council of
Agricultural Research.
- Radheyshyam Julaniya (IAS:1985:MP), Secretary, Department of
Sports has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary,
Department of Youth Affairs upon
superannuation of Ms. Upma Chawdhry (IAS:1983:HP)
Further, various
officers presently serving at Additional Secretary and Special Secretary rank
have been in-situ elevated to Special Secretary and Secretary rank by
temporarily upgrading the post;
- Rameshwar Prasad Gupta (IAS:1987:GJ), Additional Secretary,
NITI Aayog, as Special Secretary, NITI Aayog.
- Pradeep Kumar (IAS:1987:KL) Project Director, National
Disaster Management elevated in the rank of Special Secretary.
- Debasish Panda (IAS:1987:UP), Additional Secretary,
Department of Financial Services, elevated as Special Secretary, Department of
Financial Services.
- Tarun Kapoor (IAS:1987:HP), Vice Chairman, DDA elevated in
the rank and pay of Secretary.
- Bimbadhar Pradhan (IAS:1987:BH), Additional Secretary and
Financial Adviser (AS&FA), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, elevated
as Special Secretary & FA.
- Ram Mohan Mishra (IAS:1987:AM), Additional Secretary and
Development Commissioner, MSME as Special Secretary and DC, MSME.
- T K Manojkumar (IAS:1987:KL), Additional Secretary,
Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority elevated in the rank & pay
of Special Secretary, WDRA.
- Rajesh Verma (IAS:1987:OR), Additional Secretary, Department
of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare as Special Secretary in the
same department.
- Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi (IAS:1987:MP) AS&FA, Ministry of
Culture as Special Secretary & FA Ministry of Culture.
- Ajay Tirkey (IAS:1987:MP), Additional Secretary, Ministry of
Women and Child Development as Special Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child
Development.
- Sanjay Kumar Mishra (IRS IT:1984), Director, Enforcement
Directorate elevated in the rank and pay of Secretary.
- Prem Kumar Kataria (IA&AS:1985), Additional Secretary,
Ministry of Textiles, as Special Secretary, Ministry of Textiles.
- Prashant Kumar (IFS:1985:MP), Additional Secretary,
Department of Rural Development as Special Secretary, Department of Rural
Development.