As 'Indianmandarins' had anticipated in its report dated October 09, 2015 Vijay Vishwas Pant (IAS:2004:UP) has been appointed as PS to Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.
The post fell vacant vacant after Manoj Dwivedi (IAS:1997:JK) made it as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce.
Currently V V Pant is serving in the state as Managing Director, Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited
http://www.indianmandarins.com/v-v-pant-tipped-for-ps-to-msme-minister/