1976 batch IAS officers elevated to special secretaries and secretaries

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments, on in-situ elevation, with effect from 24th November, 2009. (i) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, a 1976 batch UP cadre IAS as DG, civil aviation, ministry of civil aviation in the rank and pay of secretary; (ii) Raminder Singh Gujral, a 1976 batch Haryana cadre IAS as DGFT, department of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry in the rank and pay of secretary; (iii) Ajoy Acharya, a 1976 batch MP cadre IAS, as special secretary, department of defence production, ministry of defence, (iv) Pradeep Kumar Misra, a 1976 batch UP cadre IAS, as Establishment Officer and special secretary, department of personnel & training (DoPT), ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions; (v) S Sundareshan, a 1976 batch Kerala cadre, as special secretary, ministry of petroleum and natural gas; (vi) Uday Kumar Varma, a 1976 batch MP cadre IAS, as special secretary, ministry of information and broadcasting; (vii) Ms Anita Chudhary, a 1976 batch Haryana cadre IAS, as special secretary, ministry of home affairs; (viii) Sumit Bose, a 1976 batch MP cadre IAS, as secretary, 13th Finance Commission in the rank and pay of secretary (ix) R Gopalan, a 1976 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, as special secretary in the department of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry; (x) Mathew C Kunnumkal, a 1976 batch Kerala cadre IAS, as special secretary & financial adviser, department of chemical & petrochemicals, ministry of chemicals & fertilizers; (xi) Pramod Deepak Sudhakar, a 1976 batch UP cadre IAS, as special secretary, ministry of corporate affairs; (xii) M Raman, a 1976 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, as DGS&D, department of commerce, ministry of commerce & industry in the rank and pay of secretary; (xiii) A Didar Singh, a 1976 batch Punjab cadre IAS, as Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), ministry of road transport and highways in the rank and pay of secretary; (xiv) Subramanyam Vijay Kumar, a 1976 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, as special secretary, ministry of mines; (xv) Rajen Habib Khwaja, a 1976 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, as special secretary, ministry of environment and forests; (xvi) Samirendra Chatterjee, a 1976 batch Assam cadre IAS, as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women in the rank and pay of secretary; (xvii) Sutanu Behuria, a 1976 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, as special secretary & financial adviser, department of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry; (xviii) Anil Kumar, a 1976 batch Nagaland cadre IAS, as special secretary, ministry of power; (xix) K S Money, a 1976 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, as Member (Administration), National Highways Authority of India, ministry of road transport and highways in the rank and pay of secretary; (xx) Shashi Kant Sharma, a 1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS, as DG (Acquisition), department of defence, ministry of defence, in the rank and pay of secretary; (xxi) Dhruv Vijai Singh, a 1976 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, as special secretary, department of administrative reforms and public grievances, ministry of personnel, public grievances & pensions; (xxii) Anil Bhushan Prasad, a 1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS, as secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, ministry of home affairs in the rank and pay of secretary; (xxiii) V Venkateshwara Bhat, a 1976 batch UT cadre IAS, as Member (Finance), Atomic Energy Commission/ Space Commission/ Earth Commission in the rank and pay of secretary; (xxiv) P Uma Shanker, a 1976 batch UP cadre IAS, as Chairman and Managing Director, Rural Electrification Corporation, in the rank and pay of secretary; (xxv) Anwar Ehsan Ahmad, a 1976 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, as special secretary, ministry of home affairs; (xxvi) Prabeer Kumar Basu, a 1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS, as special secretary, department of agriculture and cooperation, ministry of agriculture; (xxvii) Sayan Chatterjee, a 1976 batch Kerala cadre IAS, as Director General, Sports Authority of India, department of sports, ministry of youth affairs and sports, in the rank and pay of secretary; (xxviii) Naba Kumar Das, a 1976 batch Assam cadre IAS, as special secretary, department of agriculture and cooperation, ministry of agriculture; (xxix) Ms Minnie Mathew, a 1976 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, as Chairman, Coconut Development Board, department of agriculture and cooperation, ministry of agriculture, in the rank and pay of secretary; (xxx) K S Ramasubban, a 1976 batch West bengal cadre IAS, as secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, in the rank and pay of secretary; (xxxi) Bishnu Charan Khatua, a 1976 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, as chairman, Forward Markets Commission, department of consumer affairs, ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, in the pay of secretary; (xxxii) Shashi Prakash, a 1976 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, as Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat, ministry of home affairs in the pay of secretary.