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Major Union Secretary rank appointments effected*

By IndianMandarins- 22 Sep 2021
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New Delhi (22.09.2021): The NaMo administration on Wednesday cleared the appointment of thirteen secretaries in the Government of India whereas it elevated (in-situ) nine IAS officers as Special Secretary (GoI) in the rank and pay of union secretaries. Accordingly;

  1. Pradip Kumar Tripathi (lAS:1987:JK) was appointed as Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT). Presently, he is Secretary, Ministry of Steel.
  2. Rajiv Bansal (lAS:1988:NL) was appointed as Secretary Ministry of Civil Aviation. He replaces Pradeep Singh Kharola (lAS:1985:KN) who will be retiring this month-end. Presently, Bansal is working as CMD, Air India.
  3. Govind Mohan (lAS:1989:SK) was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Culture vice Raghvendra Singh (Retd lAS:1983:WB) upon completion of his term on September 30. Presently, Govind Mohan is Additional Secretary, Department of Home.
  4. K Rajaraman (lAS:1989:TN) appointed as Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications vice Anshu Prakash (lAS:1986:UT) retiring this month-end. Presently, Rajaraman is working as Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.
  5. Anurag Jain (IAS:1989:MP) was appointed as Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Presently, he is Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
  6. Ms Ansuli Arya (lAS:1989:BH) was appointed as Secretary, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs. Presently, she is Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund, Department of Telecommunications.
  7. Rajesh Aggarwal (lAS:1989:MH) was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Presently, he is Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
  8. Lok Ranjan (lAS:1989:TR) was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER). He is Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT)
  9. Devendra Kumar Singh (lAS:1989:KL) was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation. He is Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
  10. Sunil Barthwal (lAS:1989:BH) was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment. Presently, he is working as Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).
  11. Ms. Sujata Chaturvedi (lAS:1989:BH) appointed as Secretary, Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports vice Ravi Mittal (lAS:1986:BH) retiring this month-end. She is Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT).
  12. Ms. Anuradha Prasad (IDAS:1986) was appointed as Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat (MHA) vice Sanjeev Gupta (IAS:1985:HP) upon his superannuation this month-end. Presently, she is Special Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment.
  13. K Sanjay Murthy (lAS:1989:HP) was appointed as Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education vice Amit Khare (lAS:1985:JH). Presently, he is CEO & MD of National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

Further, as many as nine additional secretaries level officers (1989 batch) were in-situ upgraded in the rank of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India. The list of elevated in the rank & pay of union secretary goes as follows: 

  1. Katikithala Srinivas (lAS:1989:GJ), Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration as Director,
  2. Manoj Joshi (IAS:1989:KL), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
  3. S. Kishore (lAS:1989:WB), Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce,
  4. V Srinivas (lAS:1989:RJ), Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances,
  5. Vivek Joshi (lAS:1989:HY), Registrar General and Census Commissioner (MHA)
  6. Chandan Sinha (lAS:1989:WB), Director General, National Archives of India,
  7. Ms. Anita Praveen (lAS:1989:TN), Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications
  8. Rajeev Ranjan (lAS:1989:MP), Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure,
  9. Arun Kumar (lAS:1989:HY), Director General in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

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