Action and Appointments: KP Krishnan to move to EAC to PM; MR Anand back to DEA

a) Dr KP Krishnan, a 1983 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and joint secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the ministry of finance has been appointed as secretary, Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister in the rank and of joint secretary with effect from July 1, 2010 and upto September 15, 2012 or until further orders. (babusofindia.com wrote about it two days ago)

b) S Vijay Kumar, a 1976 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS and special secretary in the ministry of mines held the additional charge of the post of secretary in the ministry of mines during the period of absence on leave of Ms Santha Sheela Nair, a 1973 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS from May 17, 2010 to May 21, 2010.

c) Anil Kumar Khachi, a 1986 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS has been appointed as Deputy Director General (Headquarters) (joint secretary level) in the Unique Identification Authority of India under the Planning Commission for a period of five years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders.

d) The Competent Authority has approved premature repatriation of MR Anand, a 1981 batch IES, Deputy Director General, CAPART under the department of rural development to his parent cadre, the Department of Economic Affairs.

e) 28 IAS officers were transferred in Mumbai in a major reshuffle of top administrators in Maharashtra. Joint secretary in the chief minister’s office CV Oak is the new collector of Mumbai. OP Gupta is the new chief of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking.

(In Picture: Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai, a 1972 batch IAS, releasing the book “Whispering Mind” written by the Director General, The Comptroller & Auditor General of India, KP Shashidharan, in New Delhi on May 21, 2010.)