In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre made a number of key appointments at Joint Secretary and equal stage in varied departments on Friday. The rejig has come forward of the Lok Sabha elections as a consequence of be held in April-May this yr.
Madhukar Kumar Bhagat and Meera Srivastava, each Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre) officers, have been appointed as joint secretaries in the Department of Health & Family Welfare, for a tenure of 5 years, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry stated.
Senior bureaucrat Anjali Sinha has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy, Bhavna Saxena will probably be Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Binod Kumar has been named as Secretary, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) underneath the Ministry of AYUSH, and Indra Mallo will probably be Joint Secretary, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) underneath the Cabinet Secretariat.
Dhrubajyoti Sengupta has been named Joint Secretary, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Yashashri Shukla will probably be Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Kumar Sanjay Bariar has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Krishan Kumar, a 2002-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Odisha cadre, will probably be MD, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.
(NHIDCL), it stated.
Anand Kumar Jha has been named Joint Secretary (JS), Ministry of Cooperation, Krishan Kumar Singh will probably be JS in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Akhilesh Misra has been named as ED (Personnel), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Hqrs underneath the Department of Food & Public Distribution, the order added.
Shailendra Kumar, a 1999-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer has been appointed because the Joint Secretary, “Inquiry Commission into whether Dalit converts to religions other than Sikhism or Budhhism should get Scheduled Caste status, under the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment”, for a tenure of 5 years, it stated.
Rajeev Kumar Tiwari will probably be JS, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) underneath the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment.
Arvind Kumar, a Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, has been named as Secretary, National Commission for Allied & Healthcare Profession (NCAHP) underneath the Department of Health & Family Welfare.
CSS officers Sreyasi Chaudhuri and Sumita Singh have been appointed as Financial Advisor and Advisor respectively in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
Shreeshail Malge will probably be Joint Secretary, Department of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
Apparao Veerelli has been named because the CEO of Development & Welfare Board for Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNCs) underneath the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment.
Devendra Kumar Rai has been named as Joint Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications.
With inputs from PTI
