Bureaucratic rejig: Deepti Mukherjee appointed as Addl Secy, H&FW dept

In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the government on Monday announced the appointment of 21 senior officers to various central ministries and departments. Anurag Agarwal, a 1990-batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer from the Punjab cadre has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Rupinder Brar, a 1990-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, currently in the Income Tax, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal. Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, a 1993-batch IAS from the Madhya Pradesh cadre has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare.

Pallavi Jain Govil, a 1994-batch IAS from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Director General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Sudeep Jam, a 1994-batch lAS from the Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.

Amit Kumar Ghosh, a 1994-batch IAS from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, currently working as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has been transferred to the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment as Additional Secretary by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Joint Secretary in the Department. Niraj Verma, a 1994 batch IAS from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, currently working as Administrator, has been shifted to the Universal

Service Obligation Fund, Department of Telecommunications in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Here are other notable appointments that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved today:
Abhishek Singh, a 1995-batch IAS from the Nagaland cadre has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer, National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. The officer will continue to hold the additional charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Karmayogi Bharat.

Shakil P. Ahamed, la 1995-batch IAS from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Textiles.

Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana, a 1995-batch IAS from the Tamil Nadu cadre, currently working as Additional Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs has been made the Surveyor General of India, Survey of India, Department of Science & Technology in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary by keeping the Recruitment Rules for the post in abeyance.

Gitanjali Gupta, a 1996-batch IAS from the Union Territories cadre or AGMUT and currently serving as Managing Director, Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been appointed as Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog.

Caralyn Khongwar Deshmukh, a 1996-batch lAS from the Madhya Pradesh cadres has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Rural Development.

Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey, a 1998-batch IAS from the Karnataka cadre and currently serving as Joint Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty for Advance Cell of 16th Finance Commission, Department of Economic Affairs in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Deputy Secretary/Director in the Department.

Rajeev Kumar Mital, a 1998-batch IAS from the Maharashtra cadre has been appointed as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Department of Atomic Energy.

Srikant Nagulapalli, a 1998-batch IAS from the Andra Pradesh cadre, currently serving as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power.

Rahul Sharma, a 1998-batch IAS from the Jharkhand cadre, currently serving as Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.

Manmeet Kaur Nanda, a 2000-batch lAS from the West Bengal cadre, currently serving as Joint Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.

The ACC also approved the in-situ upgradation of the following officers to the level of Additional Secretary to the Government of India as a measure personal to them by temporarily upgrading the posts held by them:
Aneeta C. Meshram, a 1996-batch lAS from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, currently serving as Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers as Additional Secretary, Department of Fertilizers.

Pankaj Kumar Bansal, a 1997-batch lAS from the Tamil Nadu cadre, currently working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation.

Vishal Chauhan, a 1998 batch lAS from the Sikkim cadre and currently serving as Member (Admin) in the National Highways Authority of India has been made Member (Admin), National Highways Authority of India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Akash Tripathi, a 1998-batch IAS and currently working as CEO, MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology as CEO, MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. CNBCTV18