February 15, 2018
a) Two IPS officers of 1995 batch — Amit Prasad of Punjab cadre and A. Sai Manohar of Madhya Pradesh — have beeb empanelled as union joint secretaries.
January 11, 2018
a) Dr Sivan K, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, has been appointed as secretary in the department of space and chairman of the Space Commission.
b) Dashrath Prasad, 1998 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of shipping.
c) Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, 2001 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to the minister of human resources and development Prakash Javadekar in the department of higher education at the level of a director.
d) Nidhi Sharma, an IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as private secretary to the vice chairman of NITI Aayog Dr Rajiv Kumar on a deputation basis.
e) Krishna Kishore Govindarajula, 1991 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries.
He will be located in Delhi.
f) Meanwhile, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of the following four officers as Members of Income Tax Settlement Commission till they attain the age of 62 years or until further. The officers are: 1. Feroz Khan, New Delhi 2. Vidhu Shekhar Singh, New Delhi, 3. Amaresh Chandra Shukla, Mumbai and 4. Kishan Lal Maheshwari, Mumbai.
December 3, 2017
a) Dr Ankur Lather, 2016 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been transferred from Tamil Nadu cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre on the grounds of marriage to Atul Vats, 2016 batch UP cadre IAS.
November 6, 2017
a) Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the the appointment of Sanjeev Kaushik, Chairman and Managing Director, IIFCL as Whole Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), for a period of three years or till the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest, on the pay as admissible to additional secretary.
October 24, 2017
a) More about newly-appointed Kashmir interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma.
October 23, 2017
a) The government promotes 8 IPS officers of 1984 batch in CBI, BSF, CRPF, IB. Full List HERE
October 11, 2017
a) Arun Kumar, 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer and director NATGRID under ministry of home affairs, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre on "personal grounds". The order of his repatriation further said that the officer would be eligible for another Central deputation only after June 23, 2023, i.e. three years after the completion of normal deputation.
b) 2005 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer Ms Anjana Vashistha has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA) till August 3, 2021.
September 19, 2017
a) Govt has appointed 17 new joint secretaries; Full List of Postings
July 24, 2017
a) Govt approves appointment of 35 additional secretaries. Full List
July 19, 2017
a) Swapnil M Naik, an AGMUT cadre IAS (promoted), has been appointed as private secretary to MoS (Independent charge) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik.
b) Member (Finance) and 1983 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, R Sridharan will continue to hold additional charge of the post of Member (Finance) of Atomic Energy/Earth Commission till September 30, 2017.
c) Ms Sonali Ponkshe Vayangankar, 2000 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, has prematurely been repatriated from Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh before the completion of her inter-cadre deputation on personal grounds.
d) The government has approved the inter-cadre deputation of Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS of 2003 batch Jayant Narlikar from Assam-Meghalaya to Uttar Pradesh till June 4, 2019 “in relaxation of extant policy”. His central deputation tenure is thereby curtailed.
June 26, 2017
a) 5 new non-IAS officers get berth as deputy secretary and director. Click HERE for the full list.
June 16, 2017
a) 21 new joint secretaries appointed. Click HERE for full list.
May 31, 2017
a) Ratnesh Kumar Jha, 2001 batch IRTS officer, has been appointed additional development commissioner (handicrafts) under the ministry of textiles at the director level.
May 15, 2017
a) Rajesh Bhushan, 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of rural developmental, has been given extension of central deputation tenure for a period of three months.
June 26, 2017
a) 5 new non-IAS officers get berth as deputy secretary and director. Click HERE for the full list.
June 16, 2017
a) 21 new joint secretaries appointed. Click HERE for full list.
May 31, 2017
a) Ratnesh Kumar Jha, 2001 batch IRTS officer, has been appointed additional development commissioner (handicrafts) under the ministry of textiles at the director level.
May 15, 2017
a) Rajesh Bhushan, 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of rural developmental, has been given extension of central deputation tenure for a period of three months.
b) Radha Krishna, 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS, has been given extension of tenure as CVO, CPWD under the ministry of urban development for a period up to February 28, 2019.
c) Maruthi Prasad Tangirala, 1990 batch Indian P and T Finance and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as ED (joint secretary level) at Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) under the department of financial services.
May 12, 2017
a) Bhartendu Kumar Singh, 2003 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of expenditure.
May 11, 2017
a) List of new GoI secretaries. Click HERE
May 9, 2017
a) Civil aviation secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey has been given additional charge of post of environment secretary from May 10 to 21, when secretary Ajay Narayan Jha is on leave.
October 26, 2016
October 25, 2016
a) Chairman of CBSE and 1987 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS RK Chaturvedi has been given additional charge of joint secretary in Implementation Cell of 7th Central Pay Commission for 3 months.
October 22, 2016
a) Sita Ram Meena, 2001 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of consumer affairs.
b) DPE secretary and 1981 batch Manipur cadre IAS Ameising Luikham has been given additional charge of heavy industries department for a period between October 31 and November 11, 2016 as the secretary of the department will be on leave.
c) Dharmesh Makwana, 1999 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of consumer affairs.
October 19, 2016
a) Vijay Nanalal Kothari, 2002 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
b) Subhashis Banerjee, 2006 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as Additional Development Commissioner (Handicrafts).
c) Muralidhar Pandey, 1991 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of justice.
d) Jyoti Kumar Bubana, 2007 batch IRS-Customs and Central Excise officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of shipping.
e) Raghvendra Pratap Singh, 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the rural development ministry.
f) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Ms Punam, 2005 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, from Rajasthan to Bihar cadre for 3 years on "personal grounds”.
October 18, 2016
a) 1987 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS SM Sahai has been appointed as joint secretary in National Security Council Secretariat for 5 years.
b) CG Rajini Kaanthan, 2004 batch Haryana cadre IAS, has been appointed as director of Census Operations in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for 3 years.
October 17, 2016
a) Navdeep Singh Suri, present high commissioner of India to Australia and 1983 IFS, has been appointed as next ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE).
b) Amandeep Singh Gill, 1992 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva.
c) Inder Jit Singh, 1985 batch Kerala cadre IAS and additional secretary in the new and renewable energy ministry, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of commerce.
October 13, 2016
a) Ajay Kumar Bhalla, 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS and additional secretary in commerce ministry, has been appointed as DGFT (Director General of Foreign Trade).
b) 1985 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Anup Wadhawan has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of commerce.
c) IRS-IT officer Manoj Pandey has been appointed as adviser (law) in Competition Commission of India, Delhi, on a deputation basis.
d) IRS-IT officer KD Bhatt was granted voluntary retirement with effect from October 10, 2016.
e) The government has rejected the voluntary retirement application of Bikaner-based IRS-IT Ram Swaroop Meena.
October 6, 2016
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Shailesh Kumar Chourasia, 2007 batch IAS, from Manipur to Jharkhand for 3 years "on personal grounds”.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Prashant Kumar Goyal, 2007 batch IAS, from Tripura to Punjab cadre for 3 years "on personal grounds”.
October 5, 2016
a) Arun Goel, 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS who was recently posted as additional secretary in labour ministry, is now placed on "compulsory wait”.
b) Yogesh Kumar, 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of sports.
October 4, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Rajesh Kumar Kedia has been appointed as director in CBDT.
b) M Sevala Naik, 1995 batch IFS and high commissioner in Jamaica, has been accredited as high commissioner of India to The Bahamas.
c) Dr AJV Prasad, 1986 batch Himachal cadre IAS and joint secretary in the animal husbandry department, has got extension of deputation by 4 months beyond December 4, 2016.
October 1, 2016
a) 8 officers appointed as joint secretaries in GoI. Full List
September 29, 2016
a) K Rajendra Kumar, 1984 batch IPS and DGP of Jammu and Kashmir has got an extension of his tenure for 3 months beyond his retirement on Sep 30, 2016.
b) BK Prasad, 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as Member Secretary of National Commission for De-notified Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes.
September 27, 2016
a) The government has extended inter-cadre deputation of Ms Gauri Parasher Joshi, 2009 batch Odisha cadre IAS from Odisha to Haryana cadre for 2 years beyond April 29, 2017.
b) Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, 1981 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
September 26, 2016
a) 13 new additional secretaries have been appointed. Full list
b) Usha Suresh, 1986 batch IES and financial adviser in KVIC, has been entrusted additional charge of CEO, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai.
c) Prem Singh, 2000 batch Manipur cadre IAS, now Director in DEA, has been appointed as private secretary to vice chairman, Niti Aayog — Arvind Panagariya.
d) The government has accepted the voluntary retirement of DR Chhatre, an IRS officer located in Rajkot, with effect from September 30, 2016.
September 23, 2016
a) Swapnil Anand Walinjkar, 2000 batch IRTS, has been appointed as Assistant Director General in UIDAI, Mumbai.
b) Ashish Kumar, 1998 batch IDSE, has been appointed as director in the ministry of water resources, river development and river rejuvenation.
c) Ramandeep Chowdhary, 2008 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for drinking water and sanitation Ramesh C Jigajinagi.
d) Jayant J Naiknaware, 2005 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS, has been appointed as Superintendent of Police in CBI on deputation basis for four years.
e) The government has extended deputation tenure of Keshav Ram Chaurasia, 2003 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS, as Superintendent of Police in CBI till June 6, 2019.
f) Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra, 2006 batch IRS, has been appointed as Superintendent of Police in CBI on deputation basis.
g) The government has extended the deputation tenure of Sonal Agnihotri, 2004 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS as Superintendent of Police in CBI for 2 years till May 30, 2018.
h) Ritesh Chauhan, 2005 batch Himachal cadre IAS, has been appointed as PS to minister of health JP Nanda in the health department.
September 16, 2016
a) Angshumali Rastogi, 1995 batch IRSME officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of civil aviation.
b) Ruchika Gupta, 2001 batch Indian Statistical Service (ISS) officer, has been appointed as joint secretary (director level) in UPSC for 5 years.
c) Pankaj Tyagi, 1998 batch Central Water Engineering Service(ISS) officer, has been appointed as director in the department of agriculture.
d) Pramod Kumar Thakur, 2001 Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of minority affairs.
e) Mukesh Lal, 1996 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary (director level) in UPSC.
f) Deputation tenure of Rama Shankar Sinha,1995 batch AGMUT cadre IFS as director of Ayush ministry, has been curtailed. Sinha has now been appointed as additional commissioner (forestry).
g) Ajay Yadav, 2006 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of commerce.
September 15, 2016
a) Santosh Varma AR, 2001 batch Kerala cadre IPS, has been appointed as counsellor in the High Commission of India, Colombo.
b) Shiva Nand, deputy secretary in Lok Sabha secretariat, has been appointed as OSD to union minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar.
September 14, 2016
a) Bharat Singh Laspal, 1994 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director in the Central Vigilance Commission for a period of 5 years.
b) Ashok Kumar Mahtha, 1993 batch IRSEE officer, has been appointed as director in the Central Vigilance Commission for a period of 5 years.
c) Vijay N Suryawanshi, 2006 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for defence Dr Subhash Bhamre.
d) Rajiv Gauba, a 1982 batch Jharkhand IAS and secretary in urban development ministry, has been given extension of additional charge of secretary in Information and Broadcasting ministry.
September 12, 2016
a) 2005 batch Andhra Pradesh IAS Ms M Janaki, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of urban development.
September 9, 2016
a) Mandeep Kaur, 2004 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of revenue.
b) KK Tripathy, 1999 batch IES, presently in compulsory wait in the department of animal husbandry, has been appointed as director in the department of higher education.
c) PC Meena, 2004 batch Haryana cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for consumer affairs, food and public distribution CR Chaudhary.
September 8, 2016
a) 2002 batch UP cadre IAS Sameer Verma has been re-designated as director in rural development ministry. He was deputy secretary earlier.
b) Secretary (coordination) in the cabinet secretariat Sanjay Kumar Srivastava has been given additional charge of chairman, National Authority of Chemical Weapons Convention.
September 7, 2016
a) Satbir Singh, 1985 batch IFS, presently serving as additional secretary in the MEA, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Algeria.
September 2, 2016
a) Rajat Bhargava, 1990 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre lAS, has been repatriated from the ministry of water resources to his parent cadre with immediate effect.
b) Amandeep Garg, a 1999 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
c) Alka Upadhyaya, 1990 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in rural development ministry.
August 29, 2016
a) Thane-based IRS-IT officer SM Mishra has taken voluntary retirement. The government has accepted his voluntary retirement with effect from August 29, 2016.
b) IRS-IT officer Rajesh Kumar Bhoot has been appointed as joint secretary (TPL-II) in the CBDT.
c) The government has entrusted additional charge of post of CVO, HMT, Bangalore to SK Singh, 1991 batch IRS-IT and CVO of Cement Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL).
August 26, 2016
a) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Bhuvnesh Kulshrestha has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, agriculture and farmers welfare Parshottam Rupala.
August 24, 2016
a) Shobhit Jain, 2001 batch IRS(C and CE) officer and Jt DGFT has been laterally shifted from Directorate General of Foreign Trade to the department of commerce.
August 23, 2016
a) Madhu Ranjan Kumar, 1984 batch IRSS, has been appointed as secretary (JS level) in national commission for minority educational institution (NCMEI).
b) Arunish Chawla, 1992 batch Bihar cadre lAS and JS in department of expenditure, has been appointed as Minister (Economic) in Embassy of India, USA.
c) 22 new joint secretaries have been appointed; V Sheshadri, B Navnit of PMO elevated to JS. Full List
August 16, 2016
a) Revenue secretary and 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Hasmukh Adhia has been given additional charge of the post of secretary in the the department of financial services between September 3 and September 9 when incumbent secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal will be on leave.
b) Anita Nayar, 1983 batch lFS, now Ambassador of India to Lebanon, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Chile.
c) Under secretary and CSS officer Ravi Ranjan has been relieved from the department of economic affairs (DEA) and is directed to report to the cabinet secretariat immediately.
August 11, 2016
a) Birender Singh Yadav, 1997 batch IFS, presently joint secretary in MEA, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Ghana.
August 10, 2016
a) 2005 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Vijay Kumar Bidhuri has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in the ministry of heavy industries Babul Supriyo on a lateral shift basis.
August 9, 2016
a) Ramawatar Meena, 1988 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for 5 years.
b) IRS-IT officer Sushil Kumar Sahai has been appointed as Member (Legislation and Computerization) in CBDT.
August 8, 2016
a) Rajeev Kandpal, 1995 batch IP and TA and FS officer, has been appointed as director in department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP).
August 5, 2016
a) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of Ahmedabad-based IRS-IT officer Smt. Chandra Kiran.
b) Venkata Hari Krishna Pellakuri, 2000 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
c) Pramod Kumar, 1992 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
August 3, 2016
a) Jitendra Kumar Joshi, 1999 batch Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer, has been appointed as director in cabinet secretariat for a period of 5 years.
b) Sushil Pal, 1999 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in the ministry of home affairs— Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on lateral shift basis.
c) Meenu Choudhary, 2000 batch UT cadre IPS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister Sadananda Gowda at the level of director on lateral shift basis.
d) Alok Tiwari, 2007 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the cabinet secretariat for a period of four years.
e) Anshul Mishra, 2004 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to Jayant Sinha, the minister of state for civil aviation on lateral shift basis.
August 2, 2016
a) The government has assigned additional charge of post of DG, Consultancy Development Centre (CDC) to Dr H Purushotham, CMD, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) for 6 months.
b) Joint secretary Pankaj Rag, 1990 batch MP cadre IAS, will continue to hold additional charge of the post of DG, National Archives of India (DG, NAI) for 6 months with effect from June 14, 2016, or till the post is filled up on regular basis, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
c) The government has extended additional charge of post of chairman, recruitment and assessment centre (RAC) entrusted to Dr S Christopher, secretary, department of defence research and development for a further period of three months with effect from June 20, 2016, or till a regular incumbent is appointed to the post, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
August 1, 2016
a) Bhaskar Khulbe, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and additional secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), has been appointed as secretary to Prime Minister.
July 26, 2016
a) Government has approved extension of inter-cadre deputation of Ms A Mona Sreenivas, 2006 batch Haryana cadre IAS from Haryana cadre to AGMUT cadre (Delhi segment) for one year beyond July 11, 2016 on personal grounds.
July 25, 2016
a) Vikram Misri, 1989 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to Spain, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Myanmar.
July 20, 2016
a) Manu Tentiwal, 2003 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS (Finance) Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
b) 2001 batch MP cadre IAS Navneet Mohan Kothari has been appointed as private secretary to rural development minister Narendra Tomar.
July 16, 2016
a) List of 19 additional secretary officers.
July 15, 2016
a) List of new joint secretary level officers.
July 13, 2016
a) Intelligence Bureau's additional director AK Patnaik has been appointed as new CEO of National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID).
b) Ms Sonal Goel, 2008 batch Tripura cadre IAS, has been given inter cadre deputation from Tripura to Haryana for a period of 3 years.
July 12, 2016
a) Vinay Srivastava,1992 batch IRSME office, has been appointed as PS to HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in the department of higher education at the rank of a director.
July 8, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Anuradha Jadhav, located in Bhopal, takes voluntary retirement.
July 4, 2016
a) Vijay Singh Chauhan, presently Counsellor in Embassy of India, Paris, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Libya
b) The government has approved extension of deputation of Maneesh Chauhan, 2000 batch UP cadre IAS from UP to Rajasthan for 2 more years beyond June 9, 2016.
c) Ashish Madhaorao More, 2005 batch AGMUT cade IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to railway minister Suresh Prabhu at the level of deputy secretary.
June 30, 2016
a) Chirravuri Viswanath, 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary, DARPG, has been given additional charge of DoPT secretary for 3 months in place of Sanjay Kothari who has retired.
b) Sanjay Gupta, ex-IRSME and director in Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL), has been appointed as its CMD.
c) Vumlunmang Vualnam, 1992 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in National Textile Corporation Ltd (NTC).
June 28, 2016
a) Sujoy Bose, who is currently Director and Global Co-Head, Infrastructure and Natural Resources in International Finance Corporation(IFC), Washington DC, has been appointed as CEO of NIIF Ltd (National Investment and Infrastructure Fund).
b) ACC has approved extension of central deputation tenure of Kumar Alok, 1990 batch IAS as joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for three months beyond June 26, 2016.
June 27, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Siddharth S Panda is deemed to have resigned from Indian Revenue Service.
June 24, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Ms Vasundhara Sinha has been appointed as additional Director General of Foreign Trade (Addl. DGFT), New Delhi.
b) IRS-IT officer Ashwani Kumar Sinha has been appointed as secretary, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mumbai.
June 23, 2016
a) Anurag Srivastava, 1999 batch IFS, now an MEA director, has been appointed as next ambassador of India to Ethiopia.
b) Babu Marriage: 2015 batch IAS Anjali Yadav has been transferred from Nagaland to Jharkhand on grounds of marriage to Jharkhand cadre IAS Bhor Singh Yadav.
c) Bhanu Pratap Sharma, 1981 batch IAS and health secretary, has been given additional charge of post of secretary, AYUSH ministry from July 1 to July 10, 2016.
June 20, 2016
a) Sameer Verma, ex-OSD to water resources minister Uma Bharati and 2002 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in rural development ministry.
June 14, 2016
a) Suresh Kumar Menon, presently MEA director, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to African nation—Malawi.
June 9, 2016
a) Rajesh Kumar, 1994 batch IRSS, has been appointed common CVO in Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation Ltd and Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCIC).
b) 2004 batch IAS BVRC Purushottam who is now in "compulsory wait" in ministry of tourism, has been appointed as deputy secretary in DoPT.
c) 1986 batch Kerala cadre Indian Forest Service officer Devendra Kumar Verma has been appointed as CVO of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).
June 8, 2016
a) Chetan B Sanghi, 1988 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of women and child development.
b) Upendra Tripathy, secretary of new and renewable energy ministry, has been assigned additional charge of the post of power secretary from June 7 to 24, 2016 when power secretary Pradeep Kumar Tripathi is on leave.
June 3, 2016
a) BN Reddy, 1993 batch IFS, presently deputy permanent representative of India in Geneva, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Nigeria.
b) Mumbai-based IRS-IT officer Hukum Chand Jain applies for voluntary retirement.
June 2, 2016
a) The government has extended inter cadre deputation tenure of 2008 batch Nagaland cadre IAS Anoop Khinchi to Rajasthan cadre for 2 years on personal grounds.
June 1, 2016
a) Ms Angel Bhati, 2014 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been transferred from Kerala cadre to AGMUT cadre on grounds of marriage to 2013 batch AGMUT cadre IPS Ankit Chauhan.
b) Navin Agarwal, 1986 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS, has been appointed as CEO/Director General (joint secretary level) of National Anti Doping Agency (NADA).
c) New secretary of department of expenditure Ashok Lavasa has been designated as finance secretary.
d) The government has approved the inter-cadre transfer of SR Natesha, 2003 batch Jharkhand cadre Indian Forest Service officer, from Jharkhand to Karnataka cadre for three years on personal grounds.
May 24, 2016
a) 1990 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Venkata Sastry Yedla has been appointed as director in higher education under the HRD ministry.
b) 1984 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Ashok Maheshwari has been appointed as director in the department of higher education under HRD ministry.
c) 2004 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Rajender Kumar has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of personnel and training (DoPT).
d) 1988 batch Assam cadre IAS Manish Thakur has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence in place of Odisha cadre IAS Ashok KK Meena.
e) 1988 batch Kerala cadre IAS Gyanesh Kumar has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
f) 1986 batch UP cadre IAS Alok Tandon who is now joint secretary in the department of financial services under the ministry of finance, has been laterally shifted as joint secretary to cabinet secretariat.
g) SK Sharma, distinguished scientist and director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has been appointed as the CMD of the company —NPCIL.
h) 2002 batch Indian Postal Service officer Aman Sharma has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of commerce.
May 18, 2016
a) Shobhana Joshi, 1979 batch IDAS and Controller General of Defence Accounts, has been appointed as secretary, defence finance with effect from June 1, 2016.
May 17, 2016
a) 2000 batch IFS officer Ms Namgya C Khampa has been appointed as director in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for 3 years.
b) Jitendra Shankar Mathur, 1982 batch MP cadre IAS and secretary in Panchayati Raj ministry, gets extension of additional charge as rural development secretary for three months.
c) DPE secretary Ameising Luikham, 1981 batch IAS, has been given additional charge as secretary in the heavy industry ministry during secretary Girish Shankar's absence between May 25 and 31, 2016.
May 16, 2016
a) 1988 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer BK Panda has been appointed as Commissioner (JS level) of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation.
May 10, 2016
a) List of 16 new joint secretaries as approved by ACC.
May 5, 2016
a) ACC has decided not to extend deputation tenure of MRP Rao, 1986 batch UP cadre IFoS officer, as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in NTPC, Delhi.
b) Ravinder, 1999 batch UP cadre IAS, now a director in DIPP, has been appointed as PS to MoS (independent charge) for tourism and culture Mahesh Sharma.
c) Heavy Industries secretary Girish Shankar has been given additional charge of post of DPE secretary till May 15 during the leave of DPE secretary Ameising Luikham.
d) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2011 batch Sikkim cadre IAS Ravindra Kumar to UP on grounds of marriage to 2013 batch UP IFoS Diksha Bhandari.
May 2, 2016
a) Shekhar Kumar Sinha, 1979 batch IPoS, has been given addition charge of post of secretary, department of posts and director general, postal services.
b) ACC has approved appointment of M Devaraj, 1996 batch UP cadre IAS as Senior Advisor (JS level) to the Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila for 3 years.
April 28, 2016
a) 1982 batch Uttarakhand cadre IPS SK Bhagat has been appointed as new Director General of Railway Protection Force.
April 27, 2016
a) The List of Secretary Appointments
April 26, 2016
a) The Central deputation tenure of 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS and additional secretary Ms Preeti Sudan has been extended for 3 months with effect from May 1, 2016, or until further orders.
April 25, 2016
a) Bishwadip Dey, 2001 batch IFS, now deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Thimphu, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago.
April 23, 2016
a) New Panchayati Raj secretary and 1982 batch MP cadre IAS Jitendra Shankar Mathur has been given additional charge of post of secretary in rural development department.
April 20, 2016
a) Suresh Babu, presently Ambassador of India to Armenia, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mongolia.
b) A Ajith Kumar, 1994 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as chairman of Rubber Board, Kottayam.
April 19, 2016
a) G Narayana Raju, secretary in legislative department, has been given additional charge of post of secretary in department of legal affairs.
b) The government has approved premature repatriation of 1995 batch IPS Madhup Kumar Tiwari as DIG in CBI to his parent cadre AGMU.
c) The government has decided IMF's Executive Director (India) Dr Subir Gokaran's tenure will be 2 years and 11 months i.e. Oct 31, 2018.
d) Rudra Gaurav Shresth, 1999 batch IFS presently director in MEA, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Mozambique.
April 18, 2016
a) Ms CK Deshmukh, 1996 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Delhi.
April 16, 2016
a) PC Thakur, 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IPS, has been appointed as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards till his superannuation i.e. 31.12.2016.
April 13, 2016
a) Rahul Bhagat, 2005 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IPS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for steel and mines Bishnu Dev Sai at a deputy secretary level.
b) Navneet Mohan Kothari, 2001 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister for steel and mines Narendra Singh Tomar at the level of director.
April 12, 2016
a) Manoj Kumar, 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under ministry of urban development.
b) Soma Roy Burman, 1986 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS), now financial adviser in NATGRID, gets curtailment of central deputation tenure.
c) Rajeev Gupta, an IRSME officer, has been appointed as Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR). NAIR will soon be a university.
d) 2 IPS officers of 1993 batch have been empaneled as GoI joint secretaries. They are Hari Ram Sharma (UP cadre) and Sunil Kumar Jha (Bihar cadre).
e) Jitandra Gupta, 1989 batch IPoS officer, has been empaneled for holding the post of GoI joint secretary.
f) Deepak Kumar, 1993 batch Jammu and kashmir cadre IPS, has been appointed as CVO in HEC, Ranchi under department of heavy industries.
g) Deepak Kashyap, 1985 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, has been appointed as CVO in BSNL under telecom ministry.
h) Anoop Kumar Agrawal, an IRSE officer, has been appointed as Managing Director, Indian Port Rail Corporation Limited (IPRCL) for 5 years.
i) Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has been removed at the direction of Election Commission. ADG of CID Somen Mitra has been appointed as new city police chief.
j) 1990 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Sushma Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi.
k) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch UP cadre IAS Lokesh M from UP to Karnataka cadre for 3 years on "personal grounds".
April 11, 2016
a) Rajalakshmi Devaraj, 1998 batch IDAS, now working as director, expenditure commission, has been appointed as director in ministry of home affairs.
b) Dr S Swarna, 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been empanelled for holding the post of GoI joint secretary.
c) Bipul Pathak, 1992 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer, has been empanelled for holding the post of GoI joint secretary.
April 9, 2016
a) Finance secretary Ratan P Watal has been given additional charge of post of home secretary till April 24, 2016 as home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi is on leave.
b) 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Dr S Swarna has been empaneled as GoI joint secretary.
April 8, 2016
a) Meeran C Borwankar, 1981 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS, has been appointed as Director General of BPR and D (Bureau of Police Research and Development).
b) Yellapantula Mallikarjun, a private person has been appointed on contract as OSD to minister of parliamentary affairs M Venkaiah Naidu at the rank of a deputy secretary.
April 7, 2016
a) Anil Kumar, 1995 batch IRSME officer, has been appointed as CVO in Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), Goa under ministry of shipping.
b) Debraj Pradhan, 1981 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to Chile, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Norway.
c) IRS-IT officer Praveen Karanth has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of space, Bengaluru.
d) RP Agrawal, 1986 batch Assam cadre IPS, gets extension of tenure of from January 28, 2016 to January 27, 2017 as Joint Director, CBI.
e) Rakesh Asthana, 1984 batch Gujarat cadre IPS, has been appointed as additional director, CBI for a period of 4 years.
f) 3 IPS officers have been appointed as Superintendent of Police in CBI: Asra Garg (2004 batch Tamil Nadu cadre), S Kiran (2008 batch UP cadre) and Daljeet Singh (2007 batch Bihar cadre).
April 6, 2016
a) Santosh Rastogi, 1998 batch IPS, presently DIG in CBI, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
b) Rakesh Rathi, 2002 batch Bihar cadre IPS, now Superintendent of Police in CBI, gets extension in the deputation tenure till October 6, 2018.
c) Jose Mohan, 2002 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, now Superintendent of Police in CBI, gets extension till December 21, 2018.
d) Rajiv Ranjan, 2005 batch Sikkim cadre IPS, now Superintendent of Police in CBI gets extension till Oct 18, 2018.
e) Principal Commissioner of Income-Tax Shefali Shah has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of culture.
f) Surabhi Rai, 2005 batch UT cadre Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of rural development.
April 5, 2016
a) ACC has approved the appointment of HS Sohal, 1987 batch AGMUT cadre IFoS, as CVO in Engineers India Limited (EIL), Delhi.
b) Bimal Kumar Sikdar,1992 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE), has been appointed as director, ministry silk development and entrepreneurship.
c) Atul Saxena, 1991 batch Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of food processing industries.
April 3, 2016
a) Satender Kumar, India's Ambassador to Suriname concurrently has been accredited as India's High Commissioner to Barbados with residence in Paramaribo.
April 1, 2016
a) R Masakui, 2001 batch IFS, presently MEA director, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Zimbabwe.
b) Shubhdarshini Tripathi, 1994 batch lFS, now Deputy Chief of Mission in Berlin, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Jordan.
c) K Nandini Singla, 1997 batch IFS, now MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Portugal.
March 31, 2016
a) Bipin Ramesh Khot, 2004 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as Assistant Director General in UIDAI.
March 30, 2016
a) DN Sharan, 1984 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, is deemed to have resigned from IAS with effect from March 24, 2005.
b) A Sreenivas, Haryana cadre IAS now in Telangana, has been "prematurely repatriated" to his parent cadre Haryana on ground of "shortage of officers”.
c) Pragya Richa Srivastava, 1991 batch MP cadre IPS officer, has been empaneled as GoI joint secretary.
March 29, 2016
a) Ajit Kumar, 2006 batch IAS, now deputy secretary in cabinet secretariat, has been appointed as deputy secretary in Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
March 23, 2016
a) 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Rajiv Gauba, now posted in his cadre, has been appointed as new urban development secretary in place of Madhusudan Prasad on his retirement on March 31, 2016.
b) 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS G Gurucharan, currently special secretary in the department of consumer affairs, has been appointed as secretary, Performance Management under the cabinet secretariat.
c) 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Hem Kumar Pande, currently special secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, has been appointed as secretary in the department of official language under the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
d) 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Jitendra Shankar Mathur, currently special secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj.
e) Mines secretary and 1981 batch IAS Balvender Kumar will take additional charge of the post of secretary, coal ministry, till March 30, 2016 when coal secretary Anil Swarup is on leave.
March 22, 2016
a) Retired chief justice of Sikkim High Court, Justice Permod Kohli has been appointed as chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
b) The government has transferred 2012 batch IPS Vikrant Patil from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh on the ground of marriage with 2014 batch IPS of Andhra cadre—Deepika M.
c) ACC has approved premature repatriation of SM Vijayanand, 1981 batch Kerala IAS and secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj to parent cadre with effect from April 25, 2016.
March 21, 2016
a) 2006 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Pradeep Kumar Jha gets inter-cadre deputation to Bihar cadre “on personal grounds” for 3 years.
b) 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS Chhabilendra Roul has been re-designated as additional secretary, department of agriculture research and education, and also secretary, ICAR.
c) Sushil Purohit, 1984 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director, National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB).
March 17, 2016
a) Vani S Rao, 1994 batch IFS, has been repatriated to his parent cadre — Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) due to merger of ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with MEA.
b) Edwinson Swer, 1994 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in North Eastern Council (NEC) secretariat.
c) Kuldeep Parwal, 2006 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of defence.
d) ACC has approved entrusting additional charge of CEO, Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority, to Amardeep Singh Bhatia, joint secretary and 1993 batch IAS.
March 15, 2016
a) MHA additional secretary and 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Braj Kishore Prasad has been asked to investigate missing files in Ishrat Jahan case.
b) Vishvas Vidu Sapkal, 1998 batch IFS, presently Deputy Chief of Mission in Cairo, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Fiji.
March 9, 2016
a) Ankur Garg, 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of civil aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju.
b) Pradeep Kumar, 1999 batch IPoS officer, has bee appointed as director in the ministry of culture.
March 1, 2016
a) V Amarender Reddy, IRS-IT officer currently posted in International Taxation department in Mumbai, has taken voluntary retirement.
b) IRS-IT officer Niraj Nabh Kumar, currently posted in Pune, has taken voluntary retirement.
c) Rajan Agrawal, 1984 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as director in the department of agriculture research and education.
d) Anil Ranga, 1998 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) officer, has been appointed as director in the department of economic affairs (DEA).
e) Chandradeep, 2000 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP).
f) Praveen Karanth, 2003 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of space, Bengaluru.
February 25, 2016
a) Meenu Chaudhary, 2000 batch AGMUT cadre IPS who was PS to minister Sushma Swaraj, has been appointed as PS to law minister DV Sadananda Gowda.
b) Santosh Kumar Kamila, 1986 batch IPoS officer, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Ordinance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata.
February 24, 2016
a) 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as DG of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in the rank of an union additional secretary.
b) Sanjay Singh, 1987 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under the ministry of telecom.
c) VP Joy, 1987 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as CPFC in EPFO under ministry of labour.
d) Anuradha Joshi Durgapal, 1988 batch IP&TA&FS officer, has been appointed as Controller (Admin) and joint secretary, NTRO.
e) Bipin Behari, 1985 batch UT cadre Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of official language under ministry of home affairs.
f) Sameer Kumar Khare, 1989 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA) under the ministry of finance.
g) Padma Lochan Sahu, 1991 batch ICAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of culture.
h) 1985 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Shefali Shah has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of culture.
February 22, 2016
a) KN Vyas, distinguished scientist in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), has been appointed as Director, BARC for 3 years.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Ramanjit Kaur Sethi has been appointed as deputy director in the Directorate of Enforcement, Delhi.
c) Sanjiv Mittal, 1984 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as secretary (JS level) in Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB), Noida.
d) ACC has approved the extension of tenure of Prof K Vijay Raghavan as secretary in the department of biotechnology till Feb 2, 2018 i.e. till he attains 64 years of age.
e) ACC has approved extension of Abhishek Singh, 1995 batch Nagaland cadre IAS in Food Corporation of India (FCI) till March 31, 2017 as “a special case”. The order says, the extension should not be quoted as a “precedent”.
February 19, 2016
a) Dr Trilochan Mohapatra has been appointed as secretary, department of agriculture research and education (DARE)-cum DG, ICAR.
b) Vinod Agrawal, 1980 batch IAS and secretary in department of empowerment of person with disability has been entrusted additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of minority affairs till February 28.
February 18, 2016
a) Dr Ketan Shukla, 1986 batch IFS, presently joint secretary in MEA, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Botswana.
b) 1984 batch UT cadre IPS Karnal Singh will continue to be acting Enforcement Director (ED) for six more months beginning Feb 19, 2016.
c) NITI Aayoog CEO and 1980 batch IAS Amitabh Kant will have a 2-year tenure. ACC has approved it. All other terms and conditions will be the same as that of the previous CEO.
d) Nitin Madan Kulkarni, 1995 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, has been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
e) PM-headed ACC has approved cadre change of Himanshu Kumar Rai, 2010 batch IAS, from Kerala cadre to Bihar cadre.
f) 1979 batch IPS Alok Verma has been appointed as next Delhi Police Commissioner.
February 16, 2016
a) Delhi ACB chief MK Meena has been transferred to Andaman Islands.
b) 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS Niraj Verma, now JS in road ministry, has been appointed as Member (PPP) in National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
c) Ashok Kumar Jha, 1990 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as assistant director general (director level) in UIDAI, Mumbai.
d) Gopal Krushna Sutar, 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as assistant director general (director level) in UIDAI.
e) Bala Prasad, 1983 batch Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as MD, TRIFED under ministry of tribal affairs.
f) Subhash Chandra Pandey, 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS) officer, has been appointed as additional secretary and FA in DIPP.
g) 1982 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Anjali Anand Srivastava has been appointed as secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC).
h) Badri Narain Sharma, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, currently in power ministry, has been appointed as additional secretary, department of revenue.
February 15, 2016
a) 2001 batch Punjab cadre IAS Priyank Bharti has been appointed as director in the ministry of road transport and highways.
b) UK Sinha, chief of market regulator SEBI (also a former IAS of 1976 batch) gets one-year extension.
February 12, 2016
a) 2002 batch AGMUT cadre Indian Forest Service officer M Rajkumar, who is now director in the ministry of coal, has been prematurely repatriated on personal grounds.
b) Anurag Sharma, 2005 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of commerce.
c) 2002 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Saurabh Gaur will continue to remain as private secretary to minister M Venkaiah Naidu. But he will no longer be attached to Parliamentary Affairs ministry, but will be the minister's PS in the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA). Minister Naidu holds both those departments.
d) Minister M Venkaiah Naidu's private secretary and 2000 batch Karnataka cadre Indian Forest Service officer MK Tripathi's tenure has been curtailed. He is now placed on compulsory wait.
e) Poonam Singh, 2003 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
f) Rakesh Kumar, 1997 batch Indian Railway Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
g) Union law minister Sadananda Gowda's private secretary and 2000 batch Karnataka IAS V Ponnuraj has been prematurely repatriated so that he can avail of promotion in his parent cadre.
h) Former finance secretary and 1973 batch IAS Ashok Chawla has been appointed as new chairman of governing council of energy research institute, TERI.
February 11, 2016
a) Girish Shankar, 1982 batch IAS, now secretary in department of official language, has been appointed secretary in department of heavy industry in place of Rajan S Katoch who is retiring.
b) The government has extended finance secretary Ratan P Watal's tenure for two months i.e. till April 30, 2016, possibly in the wake of the forthcoming general Budget.
c) Ramesh Abhishek, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, is new DIPP secretary in place of Amitabh Kant from Feb 29. Abhishek joins as OSD in DIPP immediately. Kant will be CEO of NITI Aayog on a contract basis post-retirement.
February 10, 2016
a) Subramanya MS Rao, 2000 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of personnel and training, DoPT.
b) Anshuman Sharma, 2005 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of financial services under ministry of finance.
c) Rashi Sharma, 2003 batch IPoS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of school education under HRD ministry.
d) Hanif Qureshi, 1996 batch Haryana cadre IPS officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation.
e) Girish Chandrashekhar Hosur, 1996 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer, has been appointed as director in department of school education.
February 8, 2016
a) Girish Chandrashekhar Hosur, 1996 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of school education for 5 years.
February 5, 2016
a) Yogeshwar Sangwan, 1994 batch lFS, now deputy Chief of Mission in Tehran, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Armenia.
b) 2002 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Nikhil Kumar has been appointed as deputy secretary in Election Commission of India, Delhi.
February 4, 2016
a) In a rare instance, the Central government has appointed a retired person as secretary. Ex-IAS Parameswaran Iyer (who took voluntary retirement in 2009) has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation on a contract basis for two years.
b) 1981 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS Dr Anand Kumar has been appointed as Special Director in Intelligence Bureau in HAG plus grade.
c) IRS-IT officer of 1979 batch Sushil Kumar Sahai has been appointed as Member (Income-Tax) in CBDT.
d) 1987 batch Indian Postal Service officer AK Poddar's tenure as Chief Vigilance Officer in rail PSU CONCOR, has been extended till May 23, 2018.
e) Anil Kumar Agarwal,1981 batch West Bengal IAS, currently secretary in the ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, has been appointed as secretary in National Commission for Schedule Tribes.
f) Kamal Chowdhery, 1991 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as MD of National Cooperative Consumer's Federation of India Ltd (NCCF).
g) Suprio Ghosh, IRS-IT officer and additional CIT, Mumbai, takes voluntary retirement.
h) Satender Kumar, presently ambassador of India to Suriname, has been concurrently accredited as High Commissioner of India to Saint Lucia.
February 2, 2016
a) KK Sharma, 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS and additional DG in BSF, has been appointed as DG BSF.
b) K Durga Prasad, 1981 batch Telangana cadre IPS and special DG in CRPF, has been appointed as DG, CRPF.
c) Ms Archana Ramasundaram, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS and DG, NCRB, has been appointed as Director General in SSB.
d) MK Singla, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IPS and additional DG in BSF, has been appointed as special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs.
e) ARK Kinni, 1981 batch Bihar cadre IPS, has been appointed as DG in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
February 1, 2016
a) List of 10 secretary-level reshuffle
January 27, 2016
a) 2 former civil servants -- GS Patnaik (1980 batch IAS) and YS Dadwal (1974 batch IPS), have been appointed as advisers to Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
January 23, 2016
a) 11 officers appointed as joint secretaries. Full List
January 22, 2016
a) Ashok Kumar Mehta, 1987 batch Indian Revenue Service (C and CE) officer, has been appointed as private secretary to President of India Pranab Mukherjee.
b) Mahesh Kumar Gupta, 1987 batch UP cadre IAS officer, has been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
January 21, 2016
a) Atulesh Jindal, 1978 batch IRS, now member CBDT, has been appointed as chairman CDBT in place of AK Jain, on his superannuation.
b) IRS-IT officer Gangadhar Panda, presently posted as First Secretary, ITOU at Indian Embassy in Washington DC, has been prematurely repatriated.
c) PESB has recommended Rajeev Sharma, CMD, REC for the post of CMD in Power Finance Corporation (PFC).
d) Dr Shashi Kumar, 1980 batch UT cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy.
January 15, 2016
a) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of Smt Ambika Khatua, CCIT, Panchkula with effect from January 31, 2016.
b) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of IRS-IT officer Dapindra Singh Chawla, now CIT, New Delhi with effect from January 31, 2016.
c) IRS-IT officer Nikhil Pandit, based out of New Delhi now, has taken voluntary retirement.
January 14, 2016
a) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Shishir Srivastava has been entrusted additional charge of the post of CVO, Kandla Port Trust (KPT), Kandla.
January 13, 2016
a) Praveen Kumar Tiwari, 1985 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer and director (FIU IND), gets extension of deputation tenure for 3 months.
b) Sunjay Sudhir, 1993 batch IFS, has been empanelled to hold post of joint secretary in oil ministry for balance period of 3 years in central deputation.
January 11, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Amarender Reddy, based in Mumbai, has taken voluntary retirement.
b) Sanjiv Ranjan, 1993 batch IFS, presently MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Argentina.
c) 2014 batch IAS Roman Saini quits IAS to become a free e-tutor.
January 8, 2016
a) DG of CISF and 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IPS Surender Singh has been granted apex scale (secretary's salary) with immediate effect.
b) NSG Director General and 1980 batch Assam cadre IPS RC Tayal has been granted apex scale ( secretary's salary) with immediate effect.
c) 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IPS and DG of SSB Banshidhar Sharma has been granted apex scale (secretary's salary) with immediate effect.
d) 1981 batch Bihar cadre IPS and special director in Intelligence Bureau (IB) Satish Chandra Jha has been granted apex scale (secretary's salary).
e) Shambhu S Kumaran, 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been empanelled to hold the post of joint secretary.
January 7, 2016
a) DIPP secretary and 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS Amitabh Kant has been appointed as CEO, NITI Aayog after his retirement in February end. The exact terms and conditions will be given later. He is currently holding additional charge of CEO, NITI Aayog.
b) 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, currently additional secretary in MHA Mr Sailesh has been appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
c) Pavan Kapoor, 1990 batch IFS officer, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to lsrael.
d) Siraj Hussain, 1979 batch UP cadre IAS and agriculture secretary has been assigned additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of food processing industries.
January 6, 2016
a) Diwakar Nath Misra, 2000 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been shifted as director to the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
b) ACC has approved the appointment of 2004 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Shurbir Singh as OSD to MOS, Home Haribhai P Chaudhary.
c) 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS Sudhir Pratap Singh, now IG in CRPF, has been appointed as additional DG in CRPF.
January 4, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Smt V Brahadambal, based out of Cochin, takes voluntary retirement.
b) IRS-IT officer Salil Mishra has been appointed as Director (OT and WT) in the CBDT on deputation basis.
January 2, 2016
a) IPS officers of 1990 batch Tejendra Singh Luthra of AGMU cadre and Ashok Awasthi of MP cadre have been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
December 31, 2015
a) Former IAS and ex-chief economist in UNDP Gyanendra D Bandgaiyan has been appointed as Director General in National Centre for Good Governance.
December 30, 2015
a) Syed Md Andaleeb Razi, 1999 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service, has been appointed as director in department of commerce.
b) Subu R, 2001 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as commissioner (director level) in Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
c) Amrendra Kumar Dubey, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been elevated as special secretary in the ministry of coal.
d) Snehlata Shrivastava, 1982 batch MP cadre IAS, has been elevated as special secretary in department of financial services under finance ministry.
e) Susheel Kumar, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS officer, has been elevated as special secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
f) Vinay Mohan Kwatra, 1988 batch IFS, will be joint secretary in PMO for balance period of his 3 year-deputation tenure i.e. up to October 13, 2018.
December 28, 2015
a) Sanjay Mitra, 1982 batch IAS and West Bengal chief secretary has been appointed as new secretary, ministry of road transport and highways.
b) 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Rashmi Verma has been appointed secretary in the ministry of textiles in place of Sanjay Kumar Panda who is retiring on December 31.
c) Ms Aradhana Johri, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, now disinvestment secretary, has been appointed chairperson, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention.
d) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed secretary, department of disinvestment in place of Ms Aradhana Johri.
e) The government has given additional charge of post of CEO of NITI Aayog to DIPP secretary and 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS Amitabh Kant as the tenure of Sindhushree Khullar ends on December 31, 2015.
f) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and secretary (coordination), cabinet secretariat will continue to hold additional charge of the post of secretary (security), cabinet secretariat.
g) Mahendra Pal Khadolia, 1984 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation.
h) Brij Mohan Agrawal, 1984 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation.
December 24, 2015
a) Jaideep Sarkar, 1987 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to lsrael, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Bhutan.
b) IRS-IT officer Shailesh Thakur has been appointed as Deputy Secretary (IT-Budget) in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
December 23, 2015
a) 1985 batch UP cadre IAS Bhupendra Singh has been appointed as chairman, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
b) 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS Sumeet Jerath, currently additional DGFT, has been appointed as additional secretary and FA in ministry of external affairs (MEA).
c) 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Udai Pratap Singh has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of tourism.
d) 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ms Smita Nagaraj has been appointed as DG (Acquisition) in the ministry of defence.
e) 1985 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority under the ministry of health.
f) 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS Kalpana Mittal Baruah has been appointed as additional secretary in cabinet secretariat.
g) 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS R Rajagopal has been appointed as adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat.
h) 1983 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Asha Ram Sihag, currently DG (Acquisition) under the ministry of defence, has been appointed as secretary, UPSC.
i) 1998 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer Shanker Manoharan has been appointed as director, department of space, Bengaluru.
j) 1988 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE) Prabhas Kumar has been appointed as director, department of fertilizers.
k) 1996 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Mukesh Choudhary has been appointed as director, ministry of coal.
l) 1983 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Ashim Khurana has been appointed as Chairman, Staff Selection Commission at the rank of an additional secretary.
m) Saraswati Prasad, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS officer, now joint secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation, by upgrading the post of joint secretary as additional secretary.
n) Chhabilendra Roul, 1995 batch Punjab cadre IAS, presently in his own cadre has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of agriculture research.
o) Binoy Kumar, a 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, presently additional secretary and finance adviser in the ministry of external officer (MEA), has been appointed as Director General in the directorate general of supplies and disposals under the ministry of commerce ministry of commerce and industries in place of Siddarth, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS consequent on his premature repatriation to his cadre.
December 21, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Govt transfers 2015 Himachal cadre IAS Rahul Hooda to Haryana on ground of marriage to 2011 batch Haryana cadre IPS Manisha Choudhary.
December 18, 2015
a) 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre ex-IAS & former defence secretary RK Mathur has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India.
b) Kula Saikia, 1985 batch IPS and additional DGP of Assam gets Sahitya Akademi award. Saikia is a noted writer in Assamese language.
December 17, 2015
a) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of IRS-IT officer Dinesh Verma, posted in Bengaluru w.e.f. December 16, 2015.
b) Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, 1983 batch IFS, now Dy Permanent Representative of India in New York, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Thailand.
c) Sanjiv Kohli, 1988 batch IFS, presently MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to New Zealand.
d) Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, 1980 batch IFS, presently Dean of FSI, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Indonesia.
e) DG of Indian Council of Agriculture Research Dr S Ayyappan's tenure has been extended for 3 months beyond Dec 31, 2015 or until further order.
f) 1993 batch Haryana cadre IAS Deepti Umashankar will continue as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretary, but her post will now be treated akin to non-CSS.
g) 1987 batch MP cadre IAS RK Chaturvedi has been appointed a joint secretary in Implementation Cell of the 7th Pay Commission under department of expenditure.
h) 1988 batch IA&AS officer Ms Meera Swarup has been appointed as joint secretary and FA in department of expenditure.
i) 1988 batch IFoS officer of UT cadre Subhash Chandra has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of mines in place of IAS Naresh Kumar.
j) 1991 batch Bihar IPS Praveen Vashista has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA). Earlier, he was selected as secretary, ministry of mines.
k) Mohd Jamshed, GM in NF Railways, has been appointed as Member Traffic in Railway Board, a post lying vacant for 11 months (since January 15, 2015)
December 16, 2015
a) Kavitha Vaibhav Padmanabhan, 2006 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT).
b) 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Gopi Chandra Chhawaniya has been appointed as director in ministry of home affairs (MHA).
c) 2005 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Babu Lal Meena has been appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of home affairs (MHA).
d) 2000 batch IRTS officer Anwar Hussain Shaik has been appointed as director in the department of consumers affairs.
e) 1990 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS TV Ravichandran has been appointed as Minister (personnel) in Embassy of India, Berlin, Germany.
f) 1989 batch Tamil Nadu IAS Anita Praveen, now commerce ministry JS, will hold additional charge as CEO, Price Stabilisation Fund Trust till February 10, 2016.
g) 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Leena Nair will continue to hold additional charge of post of chairman, Coffee Board till February 11, 2016.
h) 1989 batch IFS officer Akhilesh Mishra, now Consul General of India, Toronto, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Maldives.
i) 1978 batch IRS-IT officer AK Jain has been appointed as chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
December 15, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Krittika Jyotsna, 2014 batch Telangana cadre IAS, has been transferred to UP cadre on grounds of marriage to her UP cadre batch-mate Rahul Pandey.
December 14, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Ms Simar Singh Negi has taken voluntary retirement w.e.f. December 1, 2015.
December 13, 2015
a) Mumbai Police Commissioner and 1980 batch IPS officer Ahmad Javed has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia.
December 11, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Ms Surbhai Sharma has been appointed as deputy secretary in DIPP under ministry of commerce and industry.
b) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of IRS-IT officer Ms Simar Singh Negi w.e.f. December 1, 2015.
c) 2003 batch Odisha cadre IPS Himanshu Kumar Lal has been appointed as deputy secretary in UIDAI, Delhi.
December 10, 2015
a) DD Maheswari, under secretary has been posted to health ministry on his repatriation from deputation as additional private secretary,to railway minister.
December 9, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as additional FA and joint secretary in the ministry of defence.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Priyanka Singh has been appointed as OSD to the secretary, department of revenue.
c) YS Dwivedi, 1984 batch IDSE officer and director in department of rural development, gets extension of central deputation tenure for 3 months.
d) Ashim Khurana, 1983 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and chairman of SSC, gets additional charge of post of secretary, UPSC for 3 months.
e) NK Sharma, 1988 batch IDSE officer and director in ministry of road transport and highways, gets extension of his deputation tenure for 3 months.
December 8, 2015
a) The government has given nod to inter-cadre deputation of Gurrala Srinivasulu from UP cadre to AP cadre for a period of 3 years.
b) Shubhra Singh, 1989 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as ED (JS level) in ITPO.
December 4, 2015
a) 14 new joint secretaries include 2 IPS, 1 forest and 1 postal service officers; Full List of JS
b) A new cadre, Indian Skill Development Service, will soon be notified in consultation with UPSC, personnel minister Jintendra Singh said in a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
December 3, 2015
a) Saurabh Shukla, 2005 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department economic affairs (DEA) for four years.
b) K Vijay Raghavan, secretary in the department of biotechnology, gets an extension of additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of earth sciences for a period of 3 months.
December 2, 2015
a) The government has cancelled the appointment of Anuradha Shankar, 1990 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS, as HPCL's CVO, as she failed to take charge on time.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Mamta Bansal has been appointed as director (investigations) in Central Bureau of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
c) The government has given extension to tenure of Rajalakshmi Ramanathan, 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer as Central Vigilance Officer in Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for 2 years.
December 1, 2015
a) IRS officer and former CBDT chairperson Anita Kapur has been appointed as Adviser on Tax Reforms for 6 months with effect from December 1, 2015. She is expected to help RV Easwar (Rtd) panel in re-drafting certain sections of IT Act, among other assignments.
b) Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) AK Jain has been made in-charge as CBDT chairman until further order.
c) 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and joint secretary in MHA, Gopal Reddy has been given one-month-extension of his central deputation tenure.
November 30, 2015
a) 1981 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ravinder Kumar Jain will continue as Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for one more year beyond November 30, 2015, the day he retires. ACC has given its nod.
November 27, 2015
a) Pankaj Saran, 1982 batch IFS, currently High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Russian Federation.
b) Sushil Kumar Singhal, presently Ambassador of India to Angola, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to Equatorial Guinea.
November 26, 2015
a) Anil Wadhwa, 1979 batch IFS, now Secretary (East) in MEA, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Italy.
b) Rajesh Singh, 2007 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been transferred from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Jharkhand cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) Policy.
November 24, 2015
a) Vivek Johri, 1985 batch IRS (C and CE) officer, gets an extension as minister (customs) in the Permanent Mission of India to WTO, Geneva till February 29, 2016.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Smt Alaknanda Dayal, 2000 batch IAS from Punjab to UP cadre for 3 years on personal grounds.
\c) DC Srivastava, 1995 batch AGMUT cadre IPS, has been appointed as ED (security) in ONGC under ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
November 23, 2015
a) Vijay Vishwas Pant, 2004 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MSME minister Kalraj Mishra at the level of deputy secretary.
b) 1982 batch IFS officer Ms Preeti Saran, currently ambassador of India at Hanoi, has been appointed as Secretary (East).
c) 1982 batch IFS Amar Sinha, currently ambassador of India to Afghanistan, has been appointed as MEA secretary (ER).
d) 1980 batch IFS Ms Sujata Mehta, currently secretary (ER), has been transferred as Secretary (West).
e) 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Rajalakshmi Ramanathan has been given two years extension as CVO in rail PSU RVNL beyond February 5, 2016.
November 21, 2015
a) Rural development secretary and 1979 batch IAS Jugal Kishore Mohapatra has been given additional charge of ministry of drinking water and sanitation after voluntary retirement of Vijay Laxmi Joshi, a 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS.
November 20, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Ashish Modi, 2014 batch Nagaland cadre IAS has been transferred from Nagaland to Rajasthan cadre on grounds of marriage to 2014 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Bharti Dixit.
b) IRS officer Ms Riddhi Mishra has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of culture for a period of four years.
November 17, 2015
a) 1985 batch IFS Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India's Permanent Representative to UN. He will take up his new role in January 2016.
November 13, 2015
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 1994 batch Sikkim cadre IPS N Sridhar Rao to Andhra cadre for one year on the ground of "personal hardship".
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2002 batch Punjab cadre IAS Baldeo Purushartha from Punjab to AGMUT cadre for 3 years.
November 12, 2015
a) Economist and ex-deputy Governor of RBI Dr Subir Gokaran has been appointed as Executive Director, India, in International Monetary Fund (IMF) in place of Rakesh Mohan. The order was signed on the Diwali Day, i.e. November 11.
November 10, 2015
a) Sindhu Pillai, 2001 batch IPS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of financial service under ministry of finance.
b) Manoj Kumar Gangeya, 2000 batch IRTS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
November 9, 2015
a) Karnal Singh, 1984 batch UT cadre IPS, will continue as acting Enforcement Director (ED) for 3 more months beyond November 19. The government has given him extension for three months or till it finds a suitable candidate. His actual designation is special director, ED.
b) IRS-IT officer Abhay Damle has been appointed as joint secretary in the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway.
c) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as special secretary in the department of public enterprise (DPE).
November 5, 2015
a) IRS officer Ms G Komal Kishore has been appointed as Special Secretary/Commissioner to the Andhra Pradesh government on deputation basis.
b) Pankaj Kumar, 1991 batch ITS, now on compulsory wait in ministry of food processing industries, has been appointed as director in agriculture ministry.
c) Anoop Kumar Srivastava, 1981 batch IAS and secretary in border management, has been assigned additional charge of secretary in the department of official language, from November 7 to 22, 2015.
November 2, 2015
a) 122 new joint secretaries appointed; 13 IAS, 3 IRS-IT, 1 IPS among others; Full List
October 31, 2015
a) 1980 batch IFS Navtej Singh Sarna, currently secretary (west), has been appointed as the next Indian High Commissioner to UK.
October 28, 2015
a) Ms Aruna Sundararajan, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS, currently Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under department of telecommunications, ministry of communications and information technology, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of steel in place of Rakesh Singh, 1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS who retired on September 30.
b) Navin Verma, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, currently special secretary in cabinet secretariat has been appointed as secretary, ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in place of R Vijaykumar, 1978 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS who had retired on September 30, 2015.
c) Ms Naini Jayaseelan, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, presently posted in her cadre has been appointed as secretary, inter-state council secretariat under the ministry of home affairs in place of Pravir Kumar, 1982 batch UP cadre who was repatriated to his cadre.
d) Ramesh Abhishek, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, performance management, cabinet secretariat.
e) Vijay Shankar Pandey, 1979 batch UP cadre IAS, presently posted in his cadre, has been appointed as secretary in the department of chemicals and petrochemicals, ministry of chemicals and fertilizers. But he will take charge only on December 31, 2015, when incumbent Surjit Kumar Chaudhary, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, would retire.
f) The ACC has approved assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary, ministry of minority affairs to Amarendra Sinha, 1981 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and secretary, National Commission for Minorities in place of Arvind Mayaram, 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS who is retiring on October 31, 2015.
g) The ACC has approved continuation of additional charge of CMD, SAIL with secretary, ministry of micro, small and medium enterprise, for the purpose of continuity, till a regular incumbent joins.
h) Najib Shah, a 1979 batch IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer, and Member of Central Board of Excise and customs, has been appointed as Chairman of CBEC in place of Kaushal Srivastava, a 1978 batch officer who has retired.
October 26, 2015
a)1982 batch IPS and Punjab's current Vigilance Bureau (VB) director Suresh Arora has been appointed as new Punjab DGP.
October 23, 2015
a) The government has approved cadre change of 2007 batch Chhattisgarh IAS Ravi Prakash Gupta to Haryana on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) Policy.
October 20, 2015
a) DEA secretary and 1980 batch IAS Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as a board member in market regulator, Sebi.
October 19, 2015
a) Gurjit Singh, 1980 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to Indonesia, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Germany.
b) Ramachandra Mishra, 1991 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer has been appointed as director in Cabinet Secretariat.
October 17, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: 2011 batch IAS Deepti Uppal has been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir cadre to Punjab cadre on ground of marriage to Punjab cadre Indian Forest Service officer Vikram Singh Kundra.
October 16, 2015
a) Ms Suchitra Durai, 1988 batch IFS, currently High Commissioner of India to Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to Eritrea.
b) Law Commission's Member Secretary G Narayana Raju has been appointed as secretary, Legislative Department.
October 14, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Tarun Seem has been appointed as Mission Director in the Delhi State Health Mission on deputation basis.
October 13, 2015
a) None of short-listed candidates turned up for PESB interview for post of Director (Finance), Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL),a rail PSU.
b) 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Tapan Ray has been given additional charge of secretary, Information and Broadcasting ministry during October 14 to 27 when secretary Sunil Arora will be on leave.
October 12, 2015
a) Alkesh Sharma, 1990 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as CEO and MD of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corp (DMICDC) for 3 years.
b) Government has approved premature repatriation of Ashok K Pavadia, 1980 batch IRTS and adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat to his parent cadre, Indian Railways.
October 9, 2015
a) 1985 batch MP cadre IAS M Gopal Reddy's tenure as joint secretary in ministry of home affairs (MHA) has been extended for 2 months beyond October 7, 2015
b) Babu Marriage: 2011 batch IAS Killu Sivakumar Naidu has been transferred from Manipur to Telangana cadre on ground of marriage to Telangana cadre IPS Ms Chetana Mylabathula.
October 8, 2015
a) Suchitra Durai, 1988 batch IFS, now High commissioner of India to Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Somalia.
October 7, 2015
a) 1988 batch IFS officer Thanglura Darlong has been appointed as OSD of South Asian University, New Delhi for 3 years.
b) Yatendra Kumar, 1996 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in Airport Authority of India under the ministry of civil aviation.
October 6, 2015
a) PM gets a new Officer on Special Duty. 1988 batch IFS Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as OSD in PMO. He will be designated as JS after his empanelment. He will replace Jawed Ashraf,a 1991 IFS. Kwatra has been asked to join immediately for familiarisation of work before Ashraf relinquishes charge.
b) The government has extended deputation tenure of 2005 batch Assam cadre IPS Debajit Hazarika, now an SP in National Investigation Agency (NIA), for one year.
c) IFS officer Man Mohan Bhanot, presently a deputy secretary in finance division of MEA, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Syria.
d) 1983 batch Andhra cadre IAS and CEO of Pollavaram Project Authority Dinesh Kumar has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
October 5, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Shivaji Baban Ghode, now posted as JCIT, Mumbai, has taken voluntary retirement. The government has accepted his application.
October 1, 2015
a) MSME secretary and 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anup K Pujari has been given additional charge of the post of secretary, steel, in place of Rakesh Singh, 1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS who has retired.
b) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, now secretary, coordination in cabinet secretariat, has been given additional charge of the post of Chairman, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention.
c) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, now secretary, coordination in cabinet secretariat, has also been given additional charge of post of secretary (security) in cabinet secretariat.
d) PK Malhotra, secretary in department of legal affairs has been given assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary, legislative department.
e) Anoop Kumar Srivastava, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS and secretary in department of border management under ministry of home affairs (MHA) has been given additional charge of the post of secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat.
f) Ameising Luikham, 1981 batch IAS Manipur cadre IAS and secretary, department of public enterprises, has been given assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary in the ministry of development of North Eastern Region.
September 30, 2015
a) Government has accorded approval for inter-cadre extension of inter-cadre deputation of Dr (Ms) Ashima Jain, 2008 batch Bihar cadre IAS, from Bihar to AGMUT (Delhi segment) by two years i.e. up to August 8, 2017.
September 24, 2015
a) Former PMO official (of Manmohan Singh govt) and current additional secretary in DIPP Shatrughna Singh (a 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS) has been prematurely repatriated to Uttarakhand.
b) Leena Nair, 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and chairperson of Marine Products Export Development Authority will continue to head Coffee Board till Nov 11, 2015, according to a new order.
c) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2002 batch Odisha IAS Mrinalini Darswal from Odisha to AGMUT cadre for two years beyond September 16, 2015.
September 22, 2015
a) 1987 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer AS Rajan has been appointed as Minister (Coordination) in High Commission of India in London for a period of three years at the joint secretary level.
b) The government has approved the appointment of 1996 batch Karnataka cadre IFS Vijay Ranjan Singh, now a director, as the private secretary to fertiliser minister Ananth Kumar.
c) Yudhir Singh Malik, 1983 batch Haryana cadre IAS and CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the department of health, has been appointed as additional secretary in NITI Aayog in a newly-created post.
d) The government has also cancelled the appointment of Ms Keshni Anand Arora, a 1983 batch Haryana cadre IAS, as additional secretary in NITI Aayog.
e) Ms Kavita Gupta, 1985 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and additional DGFT in Mumbai, has been appointed as Textile Commissioner (additional secretary level) for two years or until further order in place of Kiran Soni Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS.
f) Ms Kiran Soni Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and Textile Commissioner, has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the ministry of youth affairs and sports for two years or until further order in place of Ms Sujata Prasad, 1983 batch ICAS officer.
g) 1985 batch IDSE officer Harihar Prasad Mehra has been appointed as director in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
September 19, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2013 batch UP IAS Ms Umamaheshwari R to Madhya Pradesh on the ground of marriage to 2013 batch MP cadre IAS Frank Noble A.
September 17, 2015
a) 2004 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Riddhi Mishra has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of culture.
September 16, 2015
a) The government has approved promotion of 153 IRS officers of 1992, 1993 and 1994 batches to the rank of Commissioners of Income Tax. The promotion of the officers is expected to help addressing backlog of taxpayers' appeals and offer better services on the ground.
September 14, 2015
a) Anand Kumar, 1988 batch UP cadre IPS and CVO of Oil India Ltd (OIL) has been given additional charge of the post of CVO, Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Delhi.
b) IRS-IT officer of 2003 batch Mahesh KM has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of petroleum.
c) Anita Praveen, 1989 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in the department of commerce, has been entrusted additional charge of the post of CEO, Price Stabilization Fund Trust.
September 11, 2015
a) 1996 batch IPS Binita Thakur who is now on a compulsory wait in the higher education department, has been appointed as director in NATGRID under the ministry of home affairs.
b) Yogesh K Singhal,1985 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as joint secretary (director level) in Central Information Commission.
c) H Athieli, 2002 batch ICAS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of expenditure.
September 10, 2015
a) Chandan Mishra Dwivedi, 2001 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of revenue under ministry of finance.
b) Lokesh Kumar Sharma, 1988 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in revenue department under ministry of finance.
September 9, 2015
The following officers get promotion w.e.f. August 31, 2015 by temporarily upgrading the posts held by them:
a) Ms Aruna Sundararajan, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS as administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under department of telecommunications in the rank and pay of secretary.
b) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as secretary, Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises under department of public enterprises in the rank and pay of secretary.
c) Avinash K Srivastava, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as special secretary, department of agriculture and cooperation and farmers welfare, ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare.
d) Amarjeet Singh, 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS as special secretary, ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.
e) Ms Rashmi Verma, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS as special secretary, department of revenue, ministry of finance.
f) Jitendra Shankar Mathur, 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS as special secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting.
g) Navin Verma, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS as special secretary, cabinet secretariat.
h) Dinesh Singh, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as special secretary in ministry of statistics and programme implementation.
i) Ramesh Abhishek, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS as chairman, Forward Markets Commission, in the rank and pay of secretary.
j) Krishan Kumar Jalan, 1982 batch Haryana cadre IAS as Central Provident Fund Commissioner in Employees' Provident Fund Organisation under ministry of labour and employment in the rank and pay of secretary.
k) G Gurucharan, 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS as special secretary in department of consumer affairs, ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
l) Ajay Narayan Jha, 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS as special secretary in department of expenditure, ministry of finance.
m) Prabhas Kumar Jha, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as special secretary and financial adviser, department of food and public distribution, ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
n) Ms Leena Nair, 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS as chairperson, Marine Products Exports Development Authority under department of commerce, in the rank and pay of secretary.
o) Hem Kumar Pande, 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IAS as special secretary, ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
p) Jai Priye Prakash, 1982 batch Assam cadre IAS as special secretary, cabinet secretariat.
q) Ms M Sathiyavathy, 1982 batch UT cadre IAS as Director General of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of secretary.
r) CB Venkataramana, 1982 batch Telangana cadre IAS as special secretary in department of atomic energy.
September 8, 2015
a) Dr V Thiruppugazh, 1991 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as Advisor (joint secretary level) in National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
b) Rakesh Kumar, 1991 batch ITS officer, presently on a compulsory wait, has been appointed as director in the department of personnel and training (DoPT).
September 4, 2015
a) Development Commissioner (Handlooms) Alok Kumar entrusted additional charge of the post of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts).
b) 1986 batch IPoS officer Alok Sharma's tenure as CVO in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), extended for 2 years beyond January 18, 2015.
September 3, 2015
a) The government has approved cadre change of 2014 batch Assam cadre IAS Ms Monika Gupta to Haryana cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) policy.
September 1, 2015
a) Pranveen Sinha, 1988 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary (JS level) in Central Vigilance Commission for a period of five years in place of Radhika Budaraju, a 1989 batch Odisha cadre IPS.
b) Biswajit Kumar Singh, 1989 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as commissioner (JS level) in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti under the department of school education and literacy for a period of five years in place of GS Bothyal, a 1983 batch CSS.
c) Sanjiv Kumar Mittal, 1987 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of electronics and information technology for a period of five years in place of Rajendra Kumar, a 1992 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS.
d) Prasant Kumar, 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IFS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of rural development for five years in place of R Subramanyam, a 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS.
e) Darshana Momaya Dabral, 1990 batch IP&TA&FS has been appointed as joint secretary in the department school education and literacy for a period of five years in place of Y Tripathi, a 1985 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer.
f) Sanjiv Kumar, 1986 Karnataka cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change for a period of 5 years in place of MM Kutty, a 1985 batch AGMUT cadre IAS.
g) Dharam Pal, a 1988 batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of fertilizer for a period of five years.
h) Chandra Bhan Singh, 1986 batch IES officer, has been appointed as ADG (JS level) in BIS under the department of consumer affairs for a period of five years in place of Alka Panda, a 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS.
i) Aniruddha Kumar, a 1987 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of power for a period of five years in place of Badri Narain Sharma, a 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS.
j) Chandra Prakash Goyal, 1986 batch UP cadre IFS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of biotechnology for a period of five years in place of S Raghavan, a 1983 batch Odisha cadre IFS.
k) Sunita H Khurana, 1996 batch CSS officer, has been appointed as director (JS level) in ISTM under DoPT up to her superannuation.
l) Vandana Gupta, 1990 batch IP&TA& FS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of woman and child development for a period of five years in place of Iqbal Singh Chahal, a 1989 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer.
m) Iqbal Singh Chahal, 1989 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer and joint secretary in the ministry of woman and child development, has been placed on compulsory wait in the same ministry until further orders.
n) Sanjay Prasad, 1995 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce.
o) Nikunja Bihari Dhal, 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of mines in place of Arun Kumar, 1983 batch Assam cadre IAS.
p) Manoj Diwedi, 1997 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce.
q) RK Gathwal, 1998 batch CSS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary (JS level) in UPSC.
r) The tennure of Samir K Sinha, 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS, as joint secretary in 7th Central Pay Commission, has been extended till December 31, 2015.
s) Rajat Bhargava, 1990 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of water resources.
t) Prashant Goyal, 1993 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA).
August 31, 2015
a) 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Rajiv Mehrishi, who is retiring on August 31 as finance secretary, has been appointed as new home secretary for two years. Incumbent and 1979 batch IAS LC Goyal who would have retired only in February, 2017, takes voluntary retirement.
b) 1979 batch IAS LC Goyal was later appointed as CMD of India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).
c) Senior most secretary of finance ministry RP Watal of 1978 batch IAS (now expenditure secretary) has been designated as finance secretary.
d) PM Narendra Modi's private secretary Sanjeev Kumar Singla, a 1997 batch IFS, was empanelled as joint secretary and elevated as joint secretary.
e) Atul Kumar Chaudhary, 1990 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in the department of pharma.
f) Rakesh Kumar Meena, 2004 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the mines ministry.
g) IRS-IT officer J Krishna Kishore has been appointed as special secretary in the state government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad on a deputation basis.
h) IRS-IT officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as Director General in the Competition Commission of India, New Delhi.
i) Department of biotechnology secretary K Vijay Raghavan has been given additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of earth sciences.
j) Govt notifies that Shishir Priyadarshi, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, is deemed to have resigned from IAS with effect from January 1, 2006.
August 29, 2015
a) Sundari Subramaniam Pujari, 1980 batch IDES officer and CVO of Air India, has been repatriated to her cadre for "availing of promotion in the cadre"
b) 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Jitendra Trivedi has been appointed as director in department of pharmaceutical.
August 28, 2015
a) Revenue secretary and 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as secretary, department of economic affairs (DEA) in place of Rajiv Mehrishi who retires on August 31.
b) 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and present secretary in the department of financial services Hashmukh Adhia has been appointed as secretary in the department of revenue.
c) 1981 Punjab cadre IAS and secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal has been appointed as secretary in the department of financial services.
d) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and secretary in ministry of skill development Sunil Arora has been appointed as secretary, Information and Broadcasting ministry.
e) JS Deepak, 1982 batch IAS and additional secretary in commerce ministry has been appointed as secretary in the department of electronics and IT (DeitY).
f) Raghav Chandra, 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as chairman, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
g) 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Tapan Ray has been appointed as secretary, ministry of corporate affairs.
h) 1981 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and director general and mission director of UIDAI Vijay Shankar Madan has been appointed as secretary in the department of land resources.
i) Deputy Election Commissioner and 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Vinod Zutshi has been appointed as new tourism secretary.
j) Air India CMD and 1982 batch UP cadre IAS Rohit Nandan has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship.
k) 1979 batch Haryana cadre IAS and present sports secretary Ajit M Sharan has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of AYUSH.
l) Sanjay K Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and secretary in the department of official languages, has been appointed as secretary (coordination) in the cabinet secretariat.
m) Rajiv Yadav, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS, now special secretary in the ministry of chemicals, has been appointed as secretary in the department of sports.
n) Pravir Kumar, DGFT and 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, Inter State Council secretariat.
o) Girish Sankar, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, now additional secretary in the ministry of tourism, has been appointed as secretary in the department of official languages.
p) Amarenra Sinha, 1981 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in the National Commission of Minorities.
August 26, 2015
a) Braj Kishore Ravi, 1989 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS, has been appointed as adviser (security) in Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) for three years.
b) VK Singh, 1986 batch Indian Forest Service officer, has been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
c) 1993 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS Ashutosh Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Executive Director (North East) in Food Corporation of India.
d) 1994 batch Odisha IAS and joint secretary in the commerce ministry Santosh K Sarangi has been given additional charge of Chairman, Tea Board from June 30, 2015.
e) Talleen Kumar, 1987 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer, has been given extension of deputation tenure as joint secretary for two months beyond June 18, 2015.
August 25, 2015
a) Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, 1992 batch IP&TA&FS officer has been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
b) Ajay Kumar Sharma, presently ambassador of India in Pyongyang, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.
August 24, 2015
a) Dr Sitharam Gurumurthi, 1972 batch retired Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as Planning Board Member of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli.
August 21, 2015
a) Current Air India CMD and 1982 batch IAS Rohit Nandan has been given extension for a month from August 21, 2015 or till the new incumbent (Ashwani Lohani) joins, or till further order.
b) Deputy Election Commissioner and 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Vinod Zutshi gets an extension for a month beyond August 23, 2015.
c) Avinash Kumar Srivastava, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in the department of agriculture gets an extension of one month beyond August 22, 2015.
d) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Vatsalya Saxena has been appointed as deputy director general in DG Shipping.
e) 1995 batch Railway officer (IRSME) Vishal Kapoor has been appointed as director in the ministry of power.
August 20, 2015
a) 1980 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME) Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as CMD of Air India for 3 years.
b) JS Deepak, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in commerce ministry, has been asked to continue his additional charge as CMD of ITPO for 3 more months.
c) 1982 batch Telangana IAS CBS Venkataramana's tenure as additional secretary in the department of atomic energy has been extended till September 30, 2015, the date he retires.
d) The Central deputation tenure of 1990 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Manoj Kumar, now CVO in Coal India Ltd, Kolkata, has been extended till July 2, 2017.
August 19, 2015
a) 1984 batch UT cadre IPS officer Karnal Singh has been appointed as acting ED in place of 1979 batch IAS officer Rajan Katoch who is union heavy industries secretary. Singh is currently Special Director, Central Region, Enforcement Directorate.
b) JyotiTrivedi, 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in Central Vigilance Commission.
c) Gujarat's suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been dismissed from service.
August 17, 2015
a) JM Hiremath is deemed to have resigned from Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
b) Tapish Chandra Nautiyal, 2003 batch UT cadre IFS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of rural development.
August 13, 2015
a) Ms Anita Karn, 1997 batch Gujarat cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
August 12, 2015
a) Rajeev Shahare, 1986 batch IFS, presently High Commissioner of India to Maldives, has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Denmark.
b) 1988 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Maharashtra cadre Ms Shomita Biswas has been empanelled as a GoI joint secretary.
c) IRS officer Ms Shalini B Kaushal has been appointed as Director, Monitoring and Finance in Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission on a deputation basis.
August 11, 2015
a) Amrit Lugun, 1989 batch IFS officer, presently Ambassador of India in Sa'naa, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sudan.
August 7, 2015
a) Telecom secretary and 1980 batch IAS Rakesh Garg has been given additional charge of post of secretary in the department of electronics and IT in place of RS Sharma, now TRAI chief.
b) 1987 batch Indian Forest Service officer and joint secretary in school education department YSK Seshu Kumar, has been given additional charge of Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Association.
August 6, 2015
a) Dr Soumya Swaminathan from National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai has been appointed as Director General in Indian Council of Medical Research.
August 5, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Manoranjan Panigrahi has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government Tourism and Culture department on a deputation basis.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Dr Preti Jain Das has been appointed as Sociologist in department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change at TERI University, on a deputation basis.
August 4, 2015
a) Satender Kumar, presently Consul General of India, Zanzibar, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Suriname.
b) On return from deputation, Som Dutt Sharma, a director-ranked CSS officer is now posted to Cabinet Secretariat.
August 3, 2015
a) No Change in ED: The ACC has approved the continuation of additional charge of the post of Enforcement Director by Rajan S Katoch, 1979 batch MP cadre IAS for three more months beyond July 31, 2015.
b) 1986 batch Himachal cadre IAS Dr AJV Prasad has been placed on "compulsory wait" in the department of chemicals and petrochemical.
c) Dvijendra K Sharma, 1988 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj.
d) Ms Sumita Mukherjee, an Indian Railway Accounts Service officer of 1987 batch, has been appointed as joint secretary and financial adviser in the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
e) 1986 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer Manoj Pant has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health research under the ministry of health.
f) 1998 batch Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer Ms Rosy Sharma has been appointed as DDG in CAPART.
g) 1993 batch Odisha cadre IAS AK Meena has been appointed as joint secretary in defence ministry.
h) 1990 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Samir K Biswas who till recently was Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) has been appointed as joint secretary in the department if chemicals and petrochemicals.
j) 1987 batch IRS-IT officer Amitabh Kumar has been appointed as joint DG (joint secretary level) in the ministry of shipping, Mumbai.
k) Diplomat Rajiv Kumar Nagpal, now director in MEA, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Iceland.
l) Santosh Kumar Sarangi, 1994 batch Odisha cadre IAS, now joint secretary in commerce ministry, has been entrusted additional charge of post of chairman, APEDA.
July 30, 2015
a) In a mid-night senior bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre announced appointment of 36 officers, all ranked additional secretaries to Government of India. FULL LIST
July 29, 2015
a) IRS officer Amitav has been appointed as Commissioner Income-Tax (OSD) (Investigation) in CBDT, North Block.
b) Sanjay Rana, 1996 batch IFS, presently deputy High Commissioner of India in Male, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Azerbaijan.
c) The government has approved appointment of Anshul Mishra, 2004 batch Tamil Nadu IAS, as private secretary to MoS (finance) Jayant Sinha in the department of revenue.
d) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2014 batch IAS Manisha Khatri from Karnataka to Maharashtra cadre on ground of marriage to Jalaj Sharma, 2014 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS.
July 28, 2015
a) KP Venkateshwar Rao, 1995 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer, gets extension as CVO in Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), Singrauli upto May 30, 2017.
b) IRS officer Ramesha G has been appointed in the grade of joint commissioner of Income Tax purely on "ad-hoc basis".
July 27, 2015
a) Ram Sewak Sharma, 1978 batch IAS and IT Secretary, has been appointed as TRAI chief for 3 years. He was Nandan Nilekani's key bureaucrat in setting up UIDAI.
b) Ashish Bahuguna, 1978 batch Rajasthan IAS and ex-agriculture secretary, has been appointed as chairman of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
c) The Centre has transferred 2013 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS Anand Sharma to Bihar cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) policy.
July 25, 2015
a) The government has approved premature cessation of assignment of 1996 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS Binita Thakur as private secretary to HRD minister Smriti Irani.
b) 2002 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Ms M Imkongla Jamir, now in commerce ministry, has been appointed as private secretary to HRD minister Smriti Irani.
c) 1980 batch IFS officer R Swaminathan, currently secretary, consular and passport in MEA, has been promoted as union secretary by upgrading his post.
d) 1987 batch Odisha cadre IAS Tuhin Kanta Pandey's tenure as joint secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat has been extended by one year from August 27, 2015.
July 24, 2015
a) IRS officer Venigalla Nagaprasad, currently Principal CIT (Central), Vishakapatnam, is taking voluntary retirement with effect from August 1, 2015.
b) Biraja Prasad, 1988 batch IFS, presently Counsellor, Embassy of India, Moscow, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Tajikistan.
c) Manoj Kumar Bharti, 1988 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ukraine.
July 17, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Keshave Saxena has been appointed as Commissioner Income Tax (Vigilance) in CBDT on a deputation basis.
July 16, 2015
a) Tenure of 1994 batch Indian Statistical Service officer KB Surwade as CVO of Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd, Pune, has been extended till March 13, 2017.
b) Pankaj Saxena, presently director in MEA, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus.
c) IRS-IT officer Manoj Kumar Gupta, now CIT(OSD), Lucknow, has been appointed as ADG(RTI), Lucknow.
July 15, 2015
a) Sushil Kumar Singhal, now deputy high commissioner of India in Nairobi, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to Angola.
July 14, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer R Laxman has been appointed as special secretary, Finance and Planning, in Government of Telangana.
b) In partial modification of DoPT circular, Central deputation tenure of 1991 batch Haryana cadre IAS G Anupama will now be till November 26, 2016.
July 13, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Om Prakash Kant has been appointed as Member in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), New Delhi.
b) RP Aggarwal, the CBI officer who will head the team probing Vyapam Scam of Madhya Pradesh is a 1986 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer.
c) 1984 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in urban development ministry Durga Shanker Mishra has been given additional charge of the post of DDA Vice Chairman.
July 10, 2015
a) Saravasan Pathakkam Mannai, 2000 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as Assistant DG in UIDAI, Bengaluru.
July 9, 2015
a) Ashit Bhushan, joint director (translation) in the Lok Sabha secretariat, has been appointed as OSD to MoS for drinking water and sanitation Ram Kripal Yadav.
b) Rakesh Tyagi, 2000 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of corporate affairs.
July 8, 2015
a) ACC has approved appointment of Arun Narendhranath N, a private person as OSD to minister Nitin Gadkari in the department of shipping on a "contract basis".
July 7, 2015
a) A Jayathilak, 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS, now chairman of Spice Board, has been entrusted additional charge of post of chairman in Rubber Board for three months.
July 6, 2015
a) 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ramesh Abhishek's tenure as chairman of Forward Market Commission has been extended for 3 months or till merger of Forward Commission with SEBI.
b) Additional secretary in ministry of women and child development and 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Ms Preeti Sudan's tenure has been extended till April 30, 2016.
June 30, 2015
a) 1981 batch Karnataka cadre IPS officer Rupak Kumar Dutta, currently additional director in CBI, has been elevated as Special Director in CBI.
b) 1984 batch Assam cadre IPS YC Modi has been appointed as additional director in CBI.
c) 1987 batch IRS-IT officer Mohanish Verma has been appointed as Protector General of Emigrants (JS level) in Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
d) 1988 batch UP cadre IAS Rajan Shukla has been appointed as joint secretary in department of consumer affairs.
e) 1986 batch IRS-IT officer Shri Krishna has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI (JS level).
f) 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Ms V Vidyawathi has been appointed as joint secretary in DoPT.
g) Indian Postal Service officer Ms Smita Kumar has been appointed as joint secretary in department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
h) 1988 batch Odisha cadre IAS Parag Gupta has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of food processing industries.
i) 1989 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service officer Amitabh Gautam has been appointed as joint secretary in department of agriculture.
j) 1996 batch Odisha cadre IAS Usha Padhee has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of civil aviation.
h) 1996 batch IAS of Odisha cadre Arvinda K Padhee has been appointed as joint secretary in department of fertiliser.
June 29, 2015
a) 1992 batch IRS officer Ram Chandra Meena, now additional commissioner of Income-Tax, has been appointed as OSD to minister Ram Vilas Paswan in food and public distribution department.
b) Rajasthan Administrative Service officer Lala Ram Gurarwal has been appointed as OSD to MoS of Union water resources minister Prof Sanwar Lal Jat.
c) Ms Aswathy S, 2003 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as deputy director (deputy secretary level) at LBSNAA, Musoorie.
d) Nagma Mohamed Mallick, 1991 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, presently Indian envoy in Tunisia, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Brunei Darussalam.
June 25, 2015
a) DoPT Corrigendum: 1999 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Sunil Kumar Sharma's tenure as director in the department of chemicals will be for 5 years, not 7 years.
June 24, 2015
a) Qualifications, current posts and date of retirement of 51 IAS of 1985 batch, empanelled as GoI additional secretaries. Full List
June 23, 2015
a) 28 IAS officers of 1982 batch including Air India CMD Rohit Nandan have been empanelled as GOI secretaries; eight others empanelled as Secretary Equivalent. Full List
b) After the Yoga Day, AYUSH secretary N Sanyal takes leave for a week. Health secretary and 1981 batch IAS BP Sharma is given additional charge of AYUSH.
c) 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Sushil Kamlakar Satpute has been appointed as director in DIPP.
d) Kumar Tuhin, a 1991 batch IFS, now a joint secretary, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Namibia
June 19, 2015
a) Vinod Pal, 1994 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, has been appointed as director in the defence ministry.
June 18, 2015
a) Nagendra Kumar Saxena, 1982 batch lFS, now MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Papua New Guinea.
b) Harmeet Singh, 1992 batch Assam cadre IPS officer, has been empanelled as Government of India joint secretary.
June 17, 2015
a) CBI's additional director and Tamil Nadu cadre IPS Ms Archana Ramasundaram has been appointed as director, National Crime Records Bureau. The government has prematurely curtailed her tenure as additional director in CBI.
b) 1997 batch Indian Forest Service officer of UP cadre Shiv Pal Singh has been appointed as director in urban development ministry.
c) 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ms Leela Nair has been given additional charge of the post of chairman, Coffee Board, Bengaluru.
d) G Gurucharan, 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, now additional Secretary, department of food, has been assigned additional charge as DG, Bureau of Indian Standard.
June 13, 2015
a) Devendra Choudhary, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as special secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). He will take over as DARPG secretary once incumbent Alok Rawat retires.
June 12, 2015
a) 69 officers belonging to 1983 to 1989 batches have been empanelled as GoI joint secretaries. Full List
June 11, 2015
a) The government has approved the appointment of 2005 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Pawan Kumar Sain as private secretary to minister of state (information and broadcasting) Col Rajyavardhan Rathore.
b) The government has transferred Mr Girisha P.S., 2012 batch Assam cadre IAS to Andhra Pradesh cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) policy.
June 10, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Swetika Sachan,2014 batch IAS, has been transferred from Manipur to AGMUT cadre on the grounds of marriage to Indian Forest Service officer of AGMUT cadre Abhinav Kumar.
b) Alok Rawat, 1977 batch IAS officer, has been given additional charge of post of secretary, DONER during leave of secretary R Vijaykumar.
c) 2000 batch AGMUT cadre IPS Meenu Choudhary has been appointed as private secretary to minister Sushma Swaraj in the ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
June 9, 2015
a) MSME secretary and 1980 batch IAS Anup K Pujari has been given additional charge of post of secretary, steel, during the period of secretary Rakesh Singh's leave.
b) The government has approved the premature repatriation of 2005 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Pallakonda Ramesh from Telangana to his parent cadre, Rajasthan.
c) Sajeev Babu Kurup, presently Counsellor, Bogota, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to Guatemala.
d) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Adusumilli V Rajamouli, 2003 batch UP IAS from UP to Andhra cadre for 3 years on personal grounds.
June 8, 2015
a) New Black Cat Chief: 1980 batch Assam cadre IPS RC Tayal has been appointed as DG of National Security Guard (NSG), popularly called Black Cats.
b) Ms Jaspreet Talwar, 1995 batch Punjab cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary (JS level) in LBSNAA, Mussorie.
c) Former secretary of social justice ministry and 1979 batch retired IAS Sudhir Bhargava has been appointed as an information commissioner in CIC.
d) Newly-appointed Chief Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma is IAS batch-mate (1974 batch) of outgoing cabinet secretary Ajit Seth and ex-principal secretary to PM Pulok Chatterji.
e) The government has allowed inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch Assam cadre IAS Akash Deep to UP cadre on "personal grounds" for 5 years.
f) Babu Marriage: 2014 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Afsana Perween has been transferred to Kelara on the grounds of marriage to 2013 batch Kerala cadre IAS Jafar Malik.
g) CMD of Indian Bank TM Bhasin has been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in CVC. He is given a tenure of 4 years or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
h) Ex-CBDT chairman and former IRS KV Chowdary has been appointed as new Central Vigilance Commissioner. The government has decided to ignore concerns raised by lawyers, Prashant Bhushan and Ram Jethmalanin
June 6, 2015
a) Ex-IB chief Asif Ibrahim, a retired IPS of 1977 batch, has been appointed as Special Envoy for Counter Terrorism and Extremism in National Security Council Secretariat.
June 2, 2015
a) 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Rita A Teaotia has been appointed as new commerce secretary.
b) Pradeep Kumar Pujari, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as power secretary in place of Pradeep Kumar Sinha who has joined the cabinet secretariat as OSD before taking charge as cabinet secretary on June 13.
c) Ameising Luikham, 1981 batch IAS and secretary in North Eastern Council, has been appointed as secretary, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE).
d) Rajiv Nayan Choubey, 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as new civil aviation secretary.
e) Current civil aviation secretary and 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of women and child development.
f) Secretary, mines and 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Dr Anup K Pujari has been shifted as secretary, MSME ministry.
g) Balvender Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS and vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority, has been appointed as secretary, mines.
h) Vinay Sheel Oberoi, 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of higher education under human resource development ministry.
i) Shashi Shekhar, 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of water resources.
j) Anuj Kumar Bishnoi, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of fertilizer.
k) Dr Subhas Chandra Khuntia, 1981 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of school education and literacy under HRD ministry.
l) Ms Vrinda Sarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of food and public distribution.
m) Devendra Chaudhary, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
n) Sunil Soni, 1981 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and secretary in the ministry of overseas Indian affairs, has been appointed as secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat.
o) Anil Kumar Agarwal, 1981 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of overseas Indian affairs.
p) Satyanarayan Mohanty, 1980 batch Telangana cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary general, National Human Rights Commission.
q) CR Viswanath, 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, currently CMD of Food Corporation of India, has been appointed as secretary in the department of consumer affairs.
June 1, 2015
a) The ministry of new and renewable energy secretary and 1980 batch cadre IAS Upendra Tripathy has been given additional charge of post of power secretary after PK Sinha had moved to the cabinet secretariat, first as ODS before taking over as the cabinet secretary.
b) Babu Marriage: Swati Srivastava, 2012 batch Chhattisgarh IAS, has been transferred to Uttarakhand on ground of marriage to 2011 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Nitin S Bhadauria.
May 29, 2015
a) DRDO is no longer headless. S Christopher, a distinguished scientist, has been appointed as DRDO's new Director General for two years.
b) Dr GS Reddy, distinguished scientist in DRDO, has been appointed as Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri for a period of two years.
May 28, 2015
a) A Gitesh Sarma, 1986 batch IFS, presently Indian High Commissioner Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as High Commissioner of India to Tuvalu.
b) Babu Marriage: Kadambari Bhagat, 2010 batch Nagaland IAS, has been transferred to Maharashtra on ground of marriage to Maharashtra IPS BS Unmesh.
c) Babu Marriage: Himanshu Aggarwal, 2014 batch UP IAS, has been transferred to Punjab cadre on the ground of marriage to Komal Mittal of Punjab cadre.
May 22, 2015
a) 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS and defence production secretary G Mohan Kumar has been appointed as new defence secretary for a fixed tenure of 2 years.
b) 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ashok Kumar Gupta, now special secretary in defence production, has been elevated as secretary in defence production department.
c) The government's
May 21, 2015
a) Ravi Shankar Aisola, 1986 batch IFS officer, has been appointed as the next Ambassador to Lao People's Democratic Republic.
May 20, 2015
a) Shlok Bhardwaj, 1995 batch Indian Inspection Service officer, has been appointed as director in the agriculture department.
b) IFS officer Srikumar Menon has been appointed as Ambassador of India to South Sudan, the world's youngest nation.
May 19, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Ms Medha Roopam, 2014 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred to UP cadre on the ground of marriage to UP cadre IAS of 2014 batch, Manish Bansal.
May 15, 2015
a) MJ Joseph, 1979 batch ICAS officer, has been appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the ministry of finance. Prior to this appointment, he was the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
b) ACC has approved appointment of 1994 batch UP cadre IPS Binod Kumar Singh as OSD to union home minister Rajnath Singh. He will be at the rank of director.
c) Pankaj Rag, 1990 batch MP cadre IAS and JS in culture ministry, has been entrusted additional charge of post of member secretary, National Monument Authority.
d) Manoj Pant, 1986 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer, gets extension of his deputation tenure as CVO in BPCL for 2 years.
e) Ritu Pande, 1997 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in the department of heavy industries.
f) Rahul Gosain, 1994 IRSME officer, has been appointed as director in the department of electronics and information technology.
g) 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS Ms Anita Agnihotri, secretary of department of social justice and empowerment, has been entrusted the additional charge of post of secretary, department of empowerment of person with disabilities during the leave of Lov Verma, 1978 batch UP cadre IAS from May 23, 2015 to June 14, 2015.
May 12, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Jaspreet Singh, 2014 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred to Punjab on the grounds of marriage to Kanwardeep Kaur, a Punjab cadre IPS officer.
May 11, 2015
a) Expenditure secretary Ratan P Watal will hold additional charge as secretary, department of financial services from May 23 to June 7 when secretary Husmukh Adhia is on leave.
b) KK Tripathy, 1999 batch IES officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, Agriculture, Mohanbhai Kundariya in the department of animal husbandry.
c) Neerav Kumar Mallick, 1995 batch IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer, has been appointed as the director in textile ministry.
May 8, 2015
a) Smita Purushottam, 1980 batch IFS officer, presently Ambassador of India to Venezuela, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Switzerland.
b) 5 Indian Economic Service(IES) officers of 1992 batch have been empanelled as GoI joint secretary. They are Anna Roy, Bidisha Chaudury, Praveen Mahto, Devajeet Khound and Alok Chandra
c) Nigar Fatima Husain, 1996 Indian Defence Estate Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of school education.
d) Alok Chaturvedi, 1985 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI.
e) Aviation Research Centre's director and ex-officio special secretary Arvind Saxena has been appointed as UPSC Member.
f) Central deputation tenure of Sanjeev Chopra, 1985 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and joint secretary to GoI, has been extended till September 29, 2015.
May 7, 2015
a) Former Gujarat chief secretary AK Jyoti,62, has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India. He is an ex-IAS officer.
b) A Gitesh Sarma, 1986 batch IFS, now High Commissioner of India to Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as next High Commissioner to Tonga.
c) 1980 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS Navneet Rajan Wasan has been appointed as DG, Bureau of Police Research and Development.
d) Environment ministry's additional secretary and 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Hem Kumar Pande's tenure has been extended for six months beyond May 7
e) Department of food's additional secretary and 1982 batch UP cadre IAS Prabhas Kumar Jha's tenure has been extended by 6 months beyond May 25.
f) Director General of NIA and 1979 batch Haryana cadre IPS Sharad Kumar has been given apex scale (pay of a GoI secretary). The ACC has approved it.
g) Director General of BSF and 1979 batch IPS officer Devendra Kumar Pathak has been given apex scale (pay of a GoI secretary). The ACC has approved it.
May 6, 2015
a) 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Ms Nandini Paliwal will be deputy secretary, DoPT.
b) A Jayathilak,1991 batch Kerala IAS and chairman of Spice Board has been assigned additional charge of the post of chairman, Rubber Board till May 27, 2015.
c) CAPART's deputy DG Madan Lal Meena, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been elevated as DG, CAPART in rank of additional secretary, GoI.
d) Commerce ministry's Jitendra Kumar Dadoo, 1983 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been promoted as additional secretary on in-situ basis
e) Heavy industry secretary Rajan Katoch will continue holding additional charge of Enforcement Director till end of July.
May 2, 2015
a) Newly appointed petroleum secretary and 1980 batch IAS Kapil Dev Tripathi will continue as DPE secretary for 3 months or until further order.
b) 2002 Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Birendra Pratap has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of telecommunications (DoT).
c) 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IPS Surender Singh has been appointed as DG in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
d) Deputation tenure of 1998 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS Santosh Rastogi, now DIG in CBI, has been extended for a year till May 2, 2016.
May 1, 2015
a) DPE secretary and 1980 batch Assam cadre IAS Kapil Dev Tripathi has been appointed as new petroleum secretary.
b) Shyam S Agarwal, 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in National Commission for Schedule Tribes.
c) Anoop Kumar Srivastava, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, border management under the ministry of home affairs.
d) 1980 batch Bihar cadre IAS Narendra Kumar Sinha has been appointed as secretary, culture in place of Ravindra Singh who has retired.
e) 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS Arun Jha has been appointed as secretary, tribal affairs in place of Hrusikesh Panda who has retired.
April 30, 2015
a) 19 new joint secretaries appointed in ministries of defence, home, commerce etc. Full List
April 28, 2015
a) The government has rejected twice the inter-cadre transfer/deputation request of 2011 batch IAS Lalit Jain from Himachal Pradesh cadre to Haryana cadre on grounds of "medical hardship"
b) The government has asked for fresh IB report to determine whether Mohan Lal Meena, 2001 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre who was transferred to Madhya Pradesh cadre on "threat perception", can be sent back to North-East again.
c) The government has rejected the proposal of inter-cadre transfer of 2008 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Sridhar Babu Addanki to Andhra Pradesh cadre as Andhra Pradesh is his home state.
d) The government has rejected the proposal of inter-cadre transfer of Vijay Amruta Kulange from Odisha cadre to Maharashtra cadre as Maharashtra is his home state.
April 22, 2015
a) B Pradhan, 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as Adviser, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in relaxation of "cooling off" period.
April 20, 2015
a) Selvakumar, 1997 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and director in PMO, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA).
b) IRS officer Ravi Kant Gupta has been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax on ad-hoc basis.
c) K Venkata Ramana Murty, 1991 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in cooperate affairs ministry.
April 18, 2015
a) Delhi government has prematurely repatriated Indian Post and Telcom Accounts service officer Ashish Joshi.
b) Sanjay Bhattacharyya, 1987 batch IFS, now joint secretary in MEA,
April 18, 2015
a) Delhi government has prematurely repatriated Indian Post and Telcom Accounts service officer Ashish Joshi.
b) Sanjay Bhattacharyya, 1987 batch IFS, now joint secretary in MEA, has been appointed as India's ambassador to Egypt.
c) Rahul Shrivastava, 1999 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Venezuela.
d) 2002 batch Telangana cadre IAS C Sudharsan Reddy has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in labour ministry, Bandaru Dattatraya.
April 17, 2015
a) Venkata Dharma Reddy Alla, a 1991 batch Indian Defence Estate Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
b) Vinish Chaudhary, 2001 batch IRS(Customs and Central Excise) officer has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of expenditure under finance ministry.
c) Harish Kumar Vashisth, 2001 batch IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of disinvestment under finance ministry.
d) Preet Pal Singh, 2000 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director in defence ministry.
e) Sudeep Shrivastava, 2001 batch Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of health and family welfare.
April 15, 2015
a) Dr Mohan Kumar, 1981 batch IFS, presently Ambassador to Bahrain, appointed as Indian Ambassador to France.
b) The tenure of 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ramesh Abhishek as Chairman of Forward Markets Commission has been extended for a period of three months beyond April 8, 2015 or till merger of FMC with SEBI or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
c) Tenure of 1988 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Sanjay Bandopadhaya as road transport and highway ministry's joint secretary has been extended for 3 months beyond June 1, 2015.
d) IRS officer Ram Mohan Singh has been appointed as Assessor and Collector in South Delhi Municipal Corporation on deputation basis.
April 11, 2015
a) Former banking professional Siddharth Jhawar has been appointed as OSD to MoS, Finance, Jayant Sinha at the rank of a Director, Government of India. The ACC has approved his appointment.
b) SK Satapathy, 1986 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
c) Sanjiv Swarup, 1982 batch Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineer (IRSEE) officer, has been appointed as CVO in NBCC.
d) 1991 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Shailesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of SAIL.
e) Ms Lata Shukla, 1986 batch Indian Trade Service officer, now development commissioner in Adani port SEZ, has been entrusted additional charge as development commissioner in Navi Mumbai SEZ till June 18, 2015.
f) Three IRSSE officers of 1984 batch -- Shrikant Singh, SK Biswas and R Bhaskaran -- have been empanelled as GOI joint secretary.
g) 1985 batch Indian Economic Service (IES) officer Arun Kumar Jha has been appointed as CEO of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai.
h) Two officers of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers of 1983 batch -- Sunil Gupta and Mohan Chalamalasetty -- have been empanelled as GOI joint secretary.
i) Rajalakshmi Devaraj, 1988 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service, now director NATGRID, has been shifted as director, EMC under expenditure department, finance ministry.
j) Sibabrata Tripathi, 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, will now be Secretary (Special Assignment) until May 31, 2015.
April 10, 2015
a) Health secretary and 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS Bhanu Pratap Sharma has been given additional charge of the post of Chairman, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India for three months beyond April 3, 2015.
b) 1982 batch IAS from UP cadre and additional secretary in the department of commerce JS Deepak's deputation tenure has been extended from April 9, 2015 to October 8, 2015.
c) The ACC has approved the appointment of Sushma Suri, additional secretary in the department of legal affairs for one year on a contract basis beyond her retirement.
April 9, 2015
a) Dr N Rajamarthandan, 2006 batch Assam cadre IPS, now SP in CBI has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
b) Braja Kishore Singh, 2004 batch AGMU cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
April 8, 2015
a) The deputation tenure of Ghanshyam Upadhyay, 1999 batch Odisha cadre IPS and DIG in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to August 24, 2015.
b) The deputation tenure of AS Dhillon, 1997 batch Haryana cadre IPS and DIG in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to November 18, 2016.
c) The deputation tenure of S Sengathir, 1997 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS and DIG in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2014 to August 5, 2016.
d) The deputation tenure of Dr Atul Fulzele, 2001 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016.
e) The deputation tenure of Pradip Kumar, 2003 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to February 13, 2016.
f) The deputation tenure of Ms PC Thenmozhi, 2002 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been extended from January 6, 2015 to January 5, 2017.
g) Umesh Chander Datta, 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till December12, 2018.
h) Ashwani Kumar Chand, 2000 batch Sikkim cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till October 30, 2016.
i) Ms Manoj Kumar Lata, 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till December 12, 2018.
j) Navajyoti Gogoi, 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till October 30, 2017.
k) Yatindra Koyal, 2000 batch Odisha cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till March 1, 2016.
l) V Chandrasekhar, 2000 batch Gujarat cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till September 9, 2017.
m) Ms Meenu Choudhary, 2000 batch AGMU cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till June 3, 2017.
April 7, 2015
a) 1998 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Saurabh Vijay has been appointed as Adviser to Executive Director in the World Bank.
b) SK Bhagat, 1982 batch Uttarakhand cadre IPS, has been appointed as Additional Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) till June 30, 2017.
c) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, 1983 batch UP cadre IPS, has been appointed as Additional Director General in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
d) Nilam Sawhney, 1984 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary Central Vigilance Commission in the rank of additional secretary.
e) Alok Kumar, 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS, now secretary in CVC, has been appointed as additional secretary in NITI Aayog till December 13, 2016.
f) Amarjeet Sinha, 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been shifted laterally from HRD to rural development ministry as additional secretary.
g) Anuradha Mitra, 1982 batch Indian P and T Finance and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as Financial Adviser (Acquisition) and additional secretary in defence ministry.
h) R Buhril, 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, now serving in the ministry of Overseas Indian affairs, has been appointed as adviser, inter state council secretariat.
i) Ashok MR Dalawai, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IAS, now DDG, UIDAI, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of agriculture in place of DK Jain.
April 2, 2015
a) Umang Narula, 1989 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as CMD of Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).
b) Rajesh Sinha, 1994 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of coal.
c) RP Gupta, 1987 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of coal.
d) Sharmila Mary Joseph, 1997 batch Kerala cadre IAS, now director in PMO, has been appointed as Member Secretary in National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
e) 1985 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer Sunil Sharma has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health.
f) Raj Kumar, 1987 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA) in place of Tarun Bajaj.
g) Selva Kumar, 1997 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, now director on PMO, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA).
h) Manish Singh, 1997 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, now director in DEA, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of disinvestment.
i) Humum Singh Meena, 1992 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of land resources.
j) PK Sarangi, 1986 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of rural development.
k) Ms Achla Sinha, 1982 batch IRTS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary (at joint secretary level) in Central Information Commission.
l) Krishan Kumar, 1997 batch Punjab cadre IAS, now director in PMO, has been appointed as chairman (at joint secretary level) in APEDA under the department of commerce.
m) Suresh Kumar, 1986 batch J and K cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence.
n) Praveen Kumar, 1987 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of higher education under HRD ministry.
o) Peeyush Kumar, 1997 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS
p) GC Murmu, 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of expenditure under finance ministry
q) Venkata Ramana Murthy, 1991 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of corporate affairs.
r) Subhashish Panda, 1997 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of food and public distribution
s) Raja Sekhar Vundru, 1990 batch Haryana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in animal husbandry department, has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI.
t) DoPT director and 1989 batch Indian Forest Service officer Aditya Joshi has been appointed as joint secretary in animal husbandry department.
u) Sasidhar K Srinivas, 1997 batch Kerala IAS, now director in agriculture ministry, has been elevated as joint secretary in the same ministry.
v) Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, 1997 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, now PS to MSME minister, has been appointed as joint secretary in food processing ministry.
w) Rashmi Saxena Sahni, 1984 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of women and child development.
x) Ms Alka Tiwari, 1988 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as adviser to NITI Aayog.
y) PMO joint secretary and 1991 batch Odisha cadre IAS Ms Anu Garg has been shifted as joint secretary to the ministry of textiles.
z) Debashri Mukherjee, 1991 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, now DoPT joint secretary, has been shifted as joint secretary, PMO.
zi) Tarun Bajaj, 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in DEA, has been shifted as joint secretary, PMO..
April 1, 2015
a) 2001 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi has been appointed as deputy secretary in PMO.
b) 2003 batch UP cadre IAS Mayur Maheshwari has been appointed as deputy secretary in PMO.
c) 1999 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Gulzar Natrajan, now director in DoPT, has been laterally shifted as director in PMO.
d) 2004 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Brijesh Pandey has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of economic affairs under finance ministry.
e) UP DGP and 1979 batch IPS Arvind Kumar Jain's tenure has been extended by three months. The ACC has approved the extension for "public interest".
f) 2002 batch Kerala cadre Indian Forest Service officer Sanjayan Kumar gets approval to take up posting in GOI-GEF-UNDP project in Kerala.
March 28, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: 2013 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Kritika Batra has been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh on ground of marriage to 2013 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Himangshu Shukla.
March 27, 2015
a) Anil Bhatia, 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director, UIDAI, Chandigarh under NITI Aayog.
b) Deepu Salim Nediyara, 1990 batch Indian Telecom Service officer has been appointed as director in UIDAI, Hyderabad under NITI Aayog for 5 years.
March 25, 2015
a) Retired UP cadre IAS of 1973 batch and former industry secretary Ajay Shankar has been appointed as head of an Indian Railway panel to make Railway Board's PPP cell "effective".
March 20, 2015
a) 1978 batch RAS officer Rajinder Khanna, presently Secretary (R) in cabinet secretariat, will hold charge concurrently as Director General (Security).
b) C Sridhar, 2001 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.
c) 1994 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Ms Roli Singh has been empanelled as joint secretary to Govt of India at the first review.
March 19, 2015
a) CAPART Director General and 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer T Vijay Kumar has been "prematurely" repatriated to home cadre.
March 18, 2015
a) Rishikesh Singh, 2000 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of economic affairs (DEA) under finance ministry.
b) 2000 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Dinesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as director, food and public distribution department.
c) The ACC has approved that 1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Ms Sneh Lata Kumar will continue to hold additional charge of secretary, department of official languages for two more months.
March 16, 2015
a) The government gets BVR Subrahmanyam's replacement in PMO. Dr TV Somanathan, 1987 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in PMO in place of BVR.
b) 2000 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Rahul Singh has been appointed as director, UPSC.
c) Ashwini Kumar Mishra, 2000 batch IOFS officer, has been appointed as director in UPSC under Central Staffing Scheme.
d) Paramjeet Singh, 1992 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVO) in Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), Mumbai.
March 13, 2015
a) Sasanka Sarmah, 2001 batch IRPS officer, now on deputation to Delhi Metro (DMRC), has been transferred back to the Indian Railways. Will now be posted in NF Railways.
March 12, 2015
a) 1988 batch Odisha cadre IPS M Akhaya has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in department of telecommunications, Delhi.
March 11, 2015
a) Shiv Ratan Agarwal, 1988 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of defence.
b) Pramod Kumar Gupta, Senior Manager (C and P), Engineers India Ltd has been appointed as OSD to MoS (Independent Charge) for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar at the rank of a director.
c) 1986 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS U Venkateswarlu, now a joint secretary, has been appointed as Financial Commissioner in Employees State Insurance Corp (ESIC).
d) 1991 batch ITS officer Pabitra Sarkar has been appointed as director of Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi, till December 18, 2016.
March 10, 2015
a) Rajiv Kumar, 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, now additional secretary in expenditure department, has been appointed as Establishment Officer under DoPT in the vacancy of 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS BP Sharma.
b) Jaideep Govind, 1984 batch MP cadre IAS, now in cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in MHA in vacancy of Rajiv Gauba, 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS.
c) Ms Sanjeevanee Kutty, 1983 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and CVO of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser of the ministry of home affairs in vacancy of SC Panda, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS.
d) Ms Bharti S Sihag, 1983 batch Himachal cadre IAS and additional secretary in information and broadcasting ministry has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in ministry of steel.
e) Vinod Kumar Thakral, 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS and additional secretary in steel ministry has been shifted as additional secretary and financial adviser in information and broadcasting ministry in place of Ms Bharti S Sihag.
f) AP Sawhney, 1984 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, now in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of petroleum and natural gas in vacancy of Rajive Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS.
g) BK Tripathi, 1983 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as member secretary in NCR Planning Board under the ministry of urban development in the vacancy of Ms Naini Jayaseelan, 1980 batch UT cadre IAS.
h) Pritam Singh, 1984 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, now in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs in place of MJ Joseph, 1979 batch ICAS officer.
i) Injeti Srinivas, 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS and chairman of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has been appointed as Director General of Sports Authority of India (SAI) in place of Jiji Thomson. Srinivas will continue to hold additional charge of NPPA till the appointment of the new chairman is made.
j) T Vijay Kumar, 1983 batch IAS of Andhra Pradesh cadre, now DG in CAPART, has been appointed as additional secretary in women and child development ministry in the vacancy of 1984 batch Karnataka cadre IAS DV Prasad.
k) The government has approved lateral shift of 1999 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Ms Anshu Sinha from director, DoPT to director, Information and Broadcasting ministry.
l) 1999 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Sudhir Kumar has been appointed as director in DoPT.
March 5, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: The Centre has given nod to 2012 batch Assam cadre IAS for inter-cadre transfer from Assam-Meghalaya to Haryana cadre on the grounds of marriage to 2013 batch IAS Sangeeta Tetarwal.
b) Rajbir Singh Panwar, 1991 batch Gujrat cadre IFS officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, tribal affairs Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava.
c) 1989 batch UP cadre Indian Forest Service officer SP Yadav has been appointed as assistant Secretary General in Global Tiger Forum, Noida.
d) 1982 batch MP cadre Indian Forest Service officer BMS Rathore has been appointed as Chief Policy Adviser in Kathmandu's mountain development center.
e) Saurabh Gaur, 2002 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to Parliamentary Affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu.
March 4, 2015
a) Dr Unnat Pandit, formerly with Cadila Pharmaceuticals, has been appointed as OSD to commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman on a contract basis at the rank of a director, GoI.
b) Seema Gupta, 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of pension and pensioners welfare.
February 27, 2015
a) Siraj Hussain, 1979 batch UP cadre IAS officer, presently secretary in the ministry of food processing industries, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of agriculture in place of Ashish Bahuguna, 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre officer who is retiring on February 28, 2015.
b) Rangalal Jamuda, 1981 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, now special secretary in ministry of agriculture, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of food processing industries in place Siraj Hussain.
c) Ashok Kumar Angurana, 1980 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer, now secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been appointed as secretary in department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries in place of Arup Kumar Thakur, 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS officer who is retiring on February 28, 2015.
d) SM Vijayanand, 1981 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, now special secretary in department of rural development, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj in place of Ashok Kumar Angurana.
e) Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, 1979 batch Odisha cadre cadre IAS, now secretary in ministry of chemicals and fertilizer, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of rural development in the vacancy of R Goyal, 1979 batch Kerala cadre who was appointed as home secretary.
f) Jiwesh Nandan, 1987 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence in place of Ram Suhag Singh, 1987 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS.
February 25, 2015
a) The government has approved the appointment of 2004 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Gargi Sharma Goel as private secretary to MoS, Rural Development Ministry, Sudarshan Bhagat.
b) Vijay Kumar Singh, 1995 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in expenditure management commission (EMC) under department of expenditure.
February 24, 2015
a) Rajiv Aggarwal, 1993 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) in place of DV Prasad, 1984 batch IAS who has been elevated as additional secretary in the ministry of woman and child development.
b) Ms K Damayanti, 1993 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of ex-servicemen welfare in place of Ms AS Laksmi, 1987 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer who has been prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre.
c) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, 1987 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer, now joint secretary in the ministry of water resources, river development, Ganga rejuvenation, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of housing and poverty alleviation (HUPA) in place of 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Dr Sameer Sharma.
d) B Rajendar, 1995 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation in place of TVSN Prasad, 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS, who has been laterally shifted as joint secretary and Mission Director of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
e) S Ramaswamy, 1986 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) in place of K Damayanti, a 1993 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS.
f) Ms Manisha Prasad Panwar, 1990 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health and family welfare in place of SK Nayak, 1988 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer.
g) Dr Rajesh Kumar, 1988 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of woman and child development in place of Manisha Prasad Panwar, 1990 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, now appointed as joint secretary in department of health and family welfare.
h) RP Meena, 1993 batch Assam cadre IPS, now director in the department of health and family welfare, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health research in place of Maninder Singh,1989 batch Assam cadre IAS officer on his inter-cadre deputation.
i) Ms Gargi Kaul, 1984 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary and financial advisor in the ministry of civil aviation M Sathiyavathy, a 1982 batch UT cadre IAS who was earlier appointed as Director general, DGCA.
j) Madhukar Gupta,1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of public enterprise (DPE) in place of Ashok Pawadia, 1981 batch IRTS, who has been appointed as advisor in the inter state council secretariat.
k) Ms Ishita Roy, 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, presently member secretary in Central Silk Board, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of higher education in place of Praveen Prakash, 1994 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS who was laterally shifted to ministry of urban development.
l) Ms Debashri Mukherjee, 1991 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT) in place of M Devaraj, 1996 batch IAS who was laterally shifted to cabinet secretariat.
m) TVSN Prasad, 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation has been appointed as joint secretary and mission director of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in the ministry of water resources, river development, Ganga rejuvenation in place of Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, 1987 batch IAS, who was laterally shifted to ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA).
February 23, 2015
a) The government has extended deputation period of Alok Srivastava, 1989 batch IOFS and director in defence ministry for three months till May 31, 2015.
b) Dr BVRC Purushottam, 2004 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS and private secretary to urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu, has been shifted as private secretary to tourism minister Mahesh Sharma.
c) The government has extended Central deputation tenure of S Raghavan, 1983 batch Indian Forest Service officer and joint secretary in biotech department till August 31, 2015.
d) The government today published a new empanelment list of 16 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service. All those IFS officers, belonging to 1989 batch, have been empanelled as union joint secretaries. Here is the full list:
1. MD Sinha (Haryana cadre)
2. ML Srivastava (Sikkim cadre)
3. Satya Prakas Yadav (UP cadre)
4. Vineet Kumar Garg (Haryana cadre)
5. Visharam Sagar Sharma (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
6. Prashant A Jadhav (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
7. Sudhanshu Gupta (Tamil Nadu cadre)
8. Aditya Kumar Joshi (Manipur-Tripura cadre)
9. Amitabh Gautam (Himachal Pradesh cadre)
10. Biswajit Kumar Singh (Jammu and Kashmir cadre)
11. Pankaj Goel (Haryana cadre)
12. Soumitra Das Gupta (West Bengal cadre)
13. KS Thakur (Himachal Pradesh cadre)
14. Monoj Bhaik (Himachal Pradesh cadre)
15. Alok Das (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
16. Om Praksh Choudhary (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
February 17, 2015
a) Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has roped in 1989 batch IAS Rajendra Kumar as his secretary.
b) Delhi CM's newly-appointed additional secretary Vasantha Kumar N is a doctor-turned 2004 batch IAS. He is an MD in medicine.
February 16, 2015
a) Noted marketing professional Akhilesh Mishra has joined the Central government as Director, MyGov. Mishra was a volunteer in BJP's 2014 campaign.
b) The Centre has requested UP government to relieve 2000 batch IAS officer Sorabh Babu so that he can join the department of atomic energy as its director.
c) Rovilato Mor and L Akato Sema, both belonging to state civil services of Nagaland, have been promoted as Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.
February 13, 2015
a) Centre has asked Bihar Govt to relieve 2004 batch IAS Ms Palka Sahni so that she can join as deputy secretary in DIPP. A letter has been sent to Bihar chief secretary regarding this.
b) Indian Revenue Service officer Bhuvnesh Kulshrestha has been appointed as private secretary to Minister of State for Panchayati Raj.
February 12, 2015
a) Gujarat cadre IPS of 1986 batch Keshav Kumar has been given extension as CBI joint director till March 31, 2015.
b) Ngachan Zimik, 2002 batch IOFS officer, has been appointed as regional director (deputy secretary level) of Staff Selection Commission.
c) The government has approved the extension of central deputation tenure of Prabodh Kumar, 1988 batch Punjab cadre IPS and CBI joint director till March 31, 2015.
February 11, 2015
a) Extension for SPG Officer: Deputation tenure of Peeyush Pandey, 1989 batch West Bengal cadre IPS, now serving as IG in SPG, has been extended from March 15, 2015 to December 17, 2016.
b) Big relief to former defence secretary and 1976 batch IAS Shashikant Sharma. Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL challenging his appointment as CAG.
c) Chhattisgarh state civil servants--Topeshwar Verma, Neelam Namdev Ekka, Kumari Jineviva Kindo, Janak Prasad Pathak-- all have been promoted to IAS.
d) Vijayalakshmi Prasanna Bidari, 2001 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as regional director (deputy secretary rank) of Staff Selection Commission.
February 6, 2015
a) Karmvir Singh, 2002 batch IRS officer (C and CE) has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
b) Simerjit Kaur, 1999 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
February 5, 2015
a) Government has curtailed the tenure of union home secretary and Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Anil Goswami for reportedly influencing the CBI not to arrest former Congress minister Matang Sinh, an accused in multi-crore Saradha scam.
b) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS and rural development secretary LC Goyal has been appointed as India’s new home secretary for two years from the date of taking over his new charge.
c) Land resources department secretary and 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS Vandana Kumari Jena has been assigned additional charge of the post of rural development secretary.
February 4, 2015
a) Lateral Shift: Deputy secretary in cabinet secretariat Nipun Vinayak, a 2001 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been shifted to the ministry of drinking water and sanitation.
February 3, 2015
a) Roopam Garg, 1995 batch ITS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA).
February 2, 2015
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, 2005 batch Sikkim cadre lAS, from Sikkim to Uttar Pradesh cadre, for 5 years.
b) KK Dayani, 1990 batch Gujrat cadre IAS officer, has been empanelled for appointment as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
c) APM Hanish, 1996 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
d) PN Ranjeet Kumar, Lalitendu Pradhan, Syed Fazil Hussain Rizvi, MK Khan, Anil Kumar, Ambesh Upamanyu -- all 1993 batch IPoS officers have been empanelled as joint secretary at the Centre.
e) GS Negi, a 1985 batch Indian Economic Service (IES) officer, has been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
f) Ms Meera Ranjan Tshering, a 1988 batch IPoS officer, has been empanelled as joint secretary to Government of India.
g) Under secretary BK Ray's ad-hoc promotion as deputy secretary to NATGRID has been cancelled. He is now posted as deputy secretary in skill development ministry.
h) Posting of Dr Parvinder Kaur, director to ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, has been cancelled. Now, he is placed in compulsory wait.
i) 1985 batch Indian Forest Service officers -- Bipin Behari (AGMUT) CH Murlidhar Rao, (AGMUT), Kanwarjit Singh (AP cadre)-- all empanelled as joint secretary to Government of India.
j) Asha Agarwal, 1983 batch IRS officer, has been empanelled for appointment as Government of India joint secretary.
k) Sonali Arora and Krishan Mohan Prasad, both 1984 batch IRS officers, have been empanelled for appointment at joint secretaries at the Centre.
January 31, 2015
a) Labour secretary and 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Gauri Kumar has been appointed as secretary, co-ordination in cabinet secretariat.
b) Urban development secretary and 1980 batch IAS Shankar Agarwal has been appointed as secretary, ministry of labour and employment.
c) Commerce ministry's special secretary and 1981 batch Haryana cadre IAS Madhusudhan Prasad has been appointed as urban development secretary.
d) Anita Agnihotri, 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS and HUPA secretary, has been appointed as secretary, department of social justice and empowerment.
e) Nandita Chatterjee, 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA).
f) Health secretary Lov Verma has been appointed as secretary in department of empowerment of persons with disabilities.
g) DoPT's establishment officer and special secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma, a 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed health secretary.
h) Ex-financial services secretary and 1977 batch retired IAS DK Mittal has been appointed as Mission Director, Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme for 3 months.
January 30, 2015
a) RK Mathur, defence secretary and 1977 batch IAS has been assigned additional charge of the post of secretary, department of defence research and development in place of Avinash Chander.
b) Reena Ray, 1984 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary, department of school education and literacy.
c) Jaipal Singh, 1991 batch Gujarat cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary.
January 29, 2015
a) India's ambassador to US Dr S Jaishankar has been appointed as India's foreign secretary. He will get a 2 years tenure under provisions of FR 56(d).
b) 1976 batch IFS Sujatha Singh's tenure as foreign secretary has been curtailed with immediate effect.
January 28, 2015
a) 1994 batch Himachal cadre Indian Forest Service officer Sushil Kumar Singla has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, Agriculture Sanjeev Kumar Balyan.
b) Sanjeev Nandwani, Development Commissioner, FALTA SEZ, Kolkata has been given additional charge of the post of Development Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) till April 1, 2015.
c) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 1995 batch IAS B Kalyan Chakravarthy from Assam cadre to Telangana cadre for a period of 2 years.
January 25, 2015
a) 1979 batch IPS and IB officer Divya Prakash Sinha has been appointed as Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat.
b) K Durga Prasad, 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS, has been appointed as Special Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
c) The government has granted 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh IPS Vivek Dube the rank of Special Director General (SDG).
d) The government has granted ARK Kini, 1981 batch Bihar cadre IPS, now Additional Director General, BPR and D, the rank of Special Director General (SDG).
January 24, 2015
a) Government has extended tenure of Dr Atul Fulzele, 2001 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS, as SP in CBI till March 31, 2015.
b) Government has extended tenure of Ghanshyam Upadhyay,1999 batch Odisha cadre IPS as DIG, CBI till March 31, 2015.
c) Government has extended tenure of AS Dhillon,1997 batch Haryana cadre IPS as DIG, CBI till March 31, 2015.
d) Government has extended tenure of S Sengathir,1997 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, as DIG, CBI till March 31, 2015.
e) Government has extended tenure of Ashok Tewari, 1993 batch Himachal cadre IPS officer, as Joint Director, CBI till January 31, 2015.
January 23, 2015
a) Ashok Kumar Pavadia, 1980 batch IRTS presently joint secretary in department of public enterprise, has been appointed as adviser, Inter State Council secretariat, under ministry of home affairs.
b) Gyanesh Bharti, 1998 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of power.
c) Ganesh A Bakade, 1998 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in the warehousing development and regulatory authority under department of food and public distribution.
d) Sanjay Kumar,1990 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been given inter cadre deputation to Jharkhand cadre initially for three years.
e) Government has accepted senior Income Tax official (DCIT) Ms Loden Tshomo Bhutia's voluntary retirement notice.
f) Arvind Kumar, Commissioner Income Tax, quits IRS. CBDT has accepted his voluntary retirement notice.
g) Government has cancelled the appointment of 1980 batch IES BN Satpathy as Adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat.
h) Competition Commission of India's Joint Director (Law) Sanjay Kumar Pandey has been appointed as OSD of Arun Jaitley in information and broadcasting ministry.
January 22, 2015
Following officers have been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent to Government of India:
1. PC Mody (1982 batch IRS-IT)
2. Ms Meeta Nambiar (1982 batch IRS-IT)
3. Dinesh Chand Gupta (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
4. Deepak Chaturvedi (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
5. Radha M Chaturvedi (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
6. Ram Shabd Yadava (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
7. Virender Singh (1984 batch Rajasthan cadre Indian Forest Service officer)
8. Mudit Kumar Singh (1984 batch Rajasthan cadre Indian Forest Service officer)
9. VM Arora (1985 batch UP cadre Indian Forests Service officer)
10. Bishnupada Sethi (1995 batch Odisha cadre IAS)
11. H Rajesh Prasad (1995 batch AGMUT cadre IAS)
12. Dr John B Ekka (1995 batch Assam cadre IAS)
13. Ms A Vani Prasad (1995 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS)
14. Ravindra Telang (1995 batch Sikkim cadre IAS)
15. D Suresh (1995 batch Haryana cadre IAS)
16. Mukesh Kumar Sahu (1996 batch Assam cadre IAS)
17. M Ravi Chandra (1996 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS)
18. B Janardhan Reddy (1996 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS)
19. Ms Vandana Dadel (1996 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS)
20. Ms Vinita Ved (1996 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS)
21. Ms Aneeta C Meshram (1996 batch UP cadre IAS)
January 20, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2009 batch IAS Vaibhav Srivastava from West Bengal to UP cadre on grounds of marriage to 2012 batch UP cadre IAS Ms Neha Prakash.
b) Centre has transferred Ashish Bhargava, 2012 batch IAS of Manipur-Tripura cadre to Madhya Pradesh cadre (against vacancies for PH category).
c) 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Rajiv Gauba, currently additional secretary in ministry of home affairs, has been repatriated to Jharkhand cadre.
d) Ram Sajiwan Singh, 1997 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation.
e) The Government has extended deputation period of Rajeev Sharma, 1983 batch Indian Statistical Service officer as national account expert in Department of Economics Statistics and National Accounts, Doha, Qatar.
January 19, 2015
a) Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, 1991 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in UPSC.
b) Kumar Vaibhav Gaur, 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in UPSC.
January 16, 2015
a) Vrinda Sarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, presently secretary in department of school education and literacy, has been assigned additional charge of post of secretary, department of education during leave of 1980 batch IAS cadre Satya N Mohanty till January 25, 2015.
b) 1991 batch ITS officer Prasanth Kumar Ponugoti, now on "compulsory wait" in road ministry, has been appointed as director in department of justice.
January 15, 2015
a) 2004 batch Bihar cadre IAS Kundan Kumar has been appointed as private secretary to Rajiv Pratap Rudy, minister for skill development and entrepreneurship.
b) Sajeesh Kumar N has been appointed as deputy secretary in the urban development ministry.
c) 1996 batch Bihar cadre IPS Sudhanshu Kumar has been appointed as private secretary to Giriraj Singh, MOS in MSME at the rank of a director.
January 14, 2015
a) HS Brahma is new Chief Election Commissioner. A former IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh cadre, Brahma originally hails from Assam.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2002 batch AGMUT cadre IAS WVR Murthy from AGMUT to Andhra Pradesh for 3 years on the grounds of medical problem of one of his family members.
c) The government has approved the extension of tenure of Ashok Tewari,1993 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS, as CBI joint director till January 31, 2015.
January 13, 2015
a) PM-headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has terminated contract of Avinash Chander, DRDO chief and scientific adviser to defence minister with effect from January 31, 2015.
b) Hemant Kumar has been appointed as Member, Mechanical and ex-officio secretary in Railway Board.
c) Mukesh Kumar, 1995 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director, Central Vigilance Commission.
d) AS Kiran Kumar, director of Space Application Centre, has been appointed as secretary in the department of space and chairman of Space Commission.
January 12, 2015
a) The government has approved extension of 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ramesh Abhishek as Chairman of Forward Markets Commission for three months beyond January 8, 2015.
January 10, 2015
a) Ashutosh Jindal, 1995 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
b) Rajesh Aggarwal,1989 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed for the post of joint secretary in the department of financial services.
c) Rajiv Sadanandan, 1985 batch Kerala cadre IAS
d) Arun Kumar Mehta, 1988 batch Jammu and Kashmir IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
e) Anurag Srivastava, 1992 batch UP cadre IAS presently joint secretary in information and broadcasting ministry has been shifted as Joint secretary in the ministry of AYUSH.
f) Mihir Kumar Singh, 1993 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
g) Dr Bipin Bihari Mallick,1986 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of labour and employment.
h) Ms Aindri Anurag, 1988 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of social justice and empowerment.
i) Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, 1990 batch IAS from UT cadre, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce.
j) Dr Sameer Sharma, 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, now joint secretary in HUPA, has been shifted as joint secretary in urban development ministry.
k) CK Khetan, 1987 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS, presently joint secretary in urban development ministry has been appointed as joint secretary and Chief Executive Officer of National Trust for the Welfare of the Person with Autism, Cerebral palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities under department of disability affairs.
January 9, 2015
a) Durga Shakti Nagpal, 2010 batch UP cadre IAS who took on sand mafia in UP and was later suspended linking her to a communal issue, has been appointed as OSD to Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh.
b) Ms Thulasi Maddineni, 2005 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy director (deputy secretary level) in LBSNAA, Mussoorie.
c) ACC has approved the extension of deputation tenure of C Chandramouli, 1985 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS as Census Commissioner of India for 3 months beyond January 8, 2015.
d) In-situ promotion: Rajiv Kumar, a 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, is now additional secretary in department of expenditure.
e) In-situ promotion: AB Pandey, a 1984 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and DDG, UIDAI in Mumbai, now gets the rank and pay of additional secretary.
f) In-situ promotion: Ashok MR Dalawai, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IAS and as DDG, UIDAI Bangalore, now gets the rank and pay of additional secretary.
g) In-situ promotion: Ajay Kumar Bhalla, 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS is now as additional secretary in the ministry of coal.
i) 1998 batch Assam cadre IAS Gyanendra Dev Tripathi has been appointed as private secretary to rural development minister Choudhary Birendra Singh.
j) 2009 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Mani Ram Sharma has been transferred to Haryana cadre.
January 8, 2015
a) Centre has approved inter-cadre deputation of 1989 batch IAS Maninder Singh from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to AGMUT cadre (Chandigarh segment) on grounds of "extreme hardship of medical nature in respect of his immediate family member" for three years.
b) Venkata Rama Raju Chelle, 1999 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in defence ministry.
c) 1996 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Gopinath Narayan has been appointed as director in the department of expenditure under finance ministry.
January 5, 2015
a) 1997 batch IAS P Krishnamurthy has been appointed as private secretary to defence minister Manohar Parrikar in relaxation of "cooling off" period.
b) 1993 batch ITS officer Anand Kumar Singh has been appointed as Director, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
c) Ms CK Deshmukh, 1996 batch MP cadre IAS, is the new Director, Capacity Building, National e-Governance Division, Media Lab Asia.
January 3, 2015
a) Ajit M Sharan, 1979 batch Haryana cadre IAS presently secretary, department of sports, has been assigned additional charge of the post of Director General, Sports Authority of India.
January 2, 2015
a) Commerce ministry additional secretary and 1982 batch IAS JS Deepak has been given additional charge of CMD of ITPO.
b) 1994 batch IAS and commerce ministry joint secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi has been assigned additional charge of post of chairman, APEDA.
c) The government has approved extension of inter-cadre deputation of 1991 batch IPS Joydeep Nayak from Manipur-Tripura to Odisha cadre till March 15, 2015.
d) Sports Authority of India DG and 1980 batch IAS Jiji Thomson has been prematurely repatriated to Kerala.
e) Nandita Chatterjee, 1980 batch IAS will continue to be Member Secretary, National Commission for Women, but her post has been upgraded to rank of a secretary.anay Kumar Verma, 1994 batch IFS has been empanelled as joint secretary and appointed as joint secretary in the department of Atomic Energy.
f) Nagchan Zimik, 2000 batch IOFS has been appointed as Regional Director (deputy secretary level) in SSC, Guwahati under DoPT.
g) The Centre has asked Andhra Pradesh government to relieve 1999 batch IAS Natarajan Gulzar so that he can take charge as Director in DoPT.
January 1, 2015
a) AK Mital, 1976 batch of Indian Railways Service of Stores (IRSS), has been appointed as Chairman, Railway Board.
b) Pradeep Kumar
c) General Manager of South Eastern Central Railway (SECR) Navin Tandon has been appointed as Member Electrical, Railway Board.
d) Ashok Prasad, 1979 batch Andhra cadre IPS, presently working as Special Director in Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed as special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
December 30, 2014
a) DoPT joint secretary and 1996 batch UP cadre IAS M Devaraj has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
b) 1977 batch Odisha cadre IPS and DG of CRPF Prakash Mishra will hold additional charge of DG, ITBP from January 1, 2015 until further order.
c) Ruchin Gupta, 2004 batch IRS (C and CE) officer has been appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of new and renewable energy.
December 29, 2014
a) Ms Vrinda Sarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in department of school education and literacy under HRD ministry.
b) NG Ravi Kumar, a 2000 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary of GM Siddeshwara, MoS, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
December 27, 2014
a) 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS Alok Kumar has been appointed as new secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
b) 1980 batch IRS (C and CE) Deepak Shetty is new DG (Shipping), Directorate General of Shipping in place of 1982 batch IAS Gautam Chatterjee.
c) 1984 batch Kerala cadre IAS Anand Kumar has been appointed as MD of National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation.
d) 1984 batch MP cadre IAS Ms Vijaya Shrivastava, now joint secretary in rural development ministry, has been appointed as additional secretary in health ministry.
e) Ajay Narayan Jha, 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as OSD in Finance Commission in place of Anjuly Chib Duggal.
f) 1979 batch ICAS officer MJ Joseph has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards.
g) Joint secretary in DIPP DV Prasad and 1984 batch Karnataka cadre IAS has been appointed as additional secretary in women and child development ministry.
h) T Vijayakumar, 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as Director General of CAPART in rank of an additional secretary.
i) Alok Shrivastava, 1984 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of shipping.
j) Anant Kumar Singh, 1984 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) in place of 1982 batch IAS Rajiv Sharma.
k) Deepak Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS from Bihar cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of labour and employment in the vacancy of Arun Kumar Sinha, a 1983 batch IAS from UP.
l) T Jacob, a 1984 batch IAS from Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT).
m) Raghvendra Singh, information and broadcasting ministry's additional secretary and 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been shifted as additional secretary in agriculture ministry.
n) Sunil Kumar Singh, 1998 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to heavy industries minister Anant G Geete..
December 26, 2014
a) Anil Swarup, coal secretary and 1981 batch IAS, will continue to hold additional charge of post of mines secretary up to January 2, 2015 during the period of absence of leave of Anup K Pujari, a 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS.
b) Hasmukh Adhia, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and secretary, department of financial services, will hold additional charge as disinvestment secretary till January 2, 2015, during the absence of leave of Ms Aradhana Johri, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS.
December 24, 2014
a) 1999 batch IRS-IT officer Dr Sunil Gautam has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
b) Senthil Pandian, 2002 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for road transport and highways ministry P Radhakrishnan.
c) Central deputation tenure of 1994 batch ICAS Ms Tripti P Ghosh as director in the department of pension and pensioners' welfare, has been extended for three months till March 31, 2015.
December 22, 2014
a) Police as Diplomat: Avi Prakash, 1998 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS, has been appointed as Counsellor, Embassy of India, Bangkok, under MEA.
b) 1994 batch Indian Postal Service officer R Anand will be new ED, Handloom Export Promotion Council, Chennai.
c) Health secretary and 1978 batch UP cadre IAS Lov Verma will hold additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of AYUSH till January 2, 2015 during the absence on leave of AYUSH secretary Nilanjan Sanyal.
December 20, 2014
a) RAS wins over IPS this time. 1978 batch RAS officer Rajinder Khanna has been appointed as secretary of India's external intelligence agency, RAW for two years beginning December 30, 2014.
b) 1977 batch Odisha cadre IPS Prakash Mishra has been appointed as DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
December 19, 2014
a) Prof. Ashutosh Sharma of IIT-Kanpur has been appointed as secretary in department of science and technology for 5 years.
b) Ajay Kumar, 1999 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for social justice and empowerment Krishanpal Gurjar.
c) 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS and chairman of Spice Board Jayathilak has been entrusted additional charge of chairman, Rubber Board for 3 months since November 28, 2014 or till a regular chairman is appointed, or until further order.
d) 2 officers of Indian Postal Service of 1992 batch, Kalpana Rajsinghot and M Venkateswaralu, have been empanelled as joint secretaries or equivalent at the Centre.
e) Four IAS of 1990 batch, Ajit Kesari (MP cadre), R Venkateswaran (Rajathan cadre), TS Jawahar (Tamil Nadu cadre) and Hirdyesh Mohan (West Bengal cadre), have been empanelled as joint secretaries at the Centre.
f) The government has extended Central deputation tenure of Rakesh Ranjan, 1989 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS, for 3 months beyond November 25, 2014.
g) The ACC has approved the proposal of Office of the Registrar General of India under MHA for waiving off the condition of extended cooling-off of 1991 batch Punjab cadre IAS Ms Seema Jain in respect of her premature repatriation to her parent cadre.
December 18, 2014
a) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Rajgopal Sharma has been appointed as OSD of minister Nitin Gadkari in the ministry of shipping.
b) The government has extended the Central deputation tenure of Naini Jayaseelan, a 1980 batch UT cadre IAS, as Member Secretary in National Capital Region Planning Board till December 31.
c) ACC has cancelled orders regarding appointment of Kewal Kumar Sharma, a 1983 batch IAS from UT as additional secretary in the ministry of woman and child welfare.
December 17, 2014
a) Pinuel Basumatary, 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, presently working as executive director (North East) in Food Cooperation of India, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
December 15, 2014
a) Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal, 1981 batch Punjab cadre IAS presently special secretary in ministry of cooperate affairs (MCA), will hold additional charge of post of secretary, MCA between December 24 and December 30, 2014 during the leave of secretary Naved Masood, 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS.
December 14, 2014
a) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IPS Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as new Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB). He will immediately act as OSD before taking charge from SA Ibrahim on December 31.
b) 1989 batch Odisha cadre IPS Ms B Radhika's tenure as additional secretary in CVC (JS level) has been extended for 3 months beyond January 7, 2015 "on personal grounds".
December 13, 2014
a) As many as 104 officers including 64 IPS, 12 IRAS and 8 IRS were empanelled as joint secretaries at the Centre at one go; Full List
b) ACC has approved extension of tenure of Sukhdev Singh Sidhu, a 1985 batch UP cadre IPS as minister (coordination) in High Commission of India, London, for 3 more months.
c) Satish Kumar Kaushik, a 1986 batch AP cadre Indian Forest Service officer has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in National Textiles Corporation at JS level.
d) Anand Kumar, a 1988 batch UP cadre IPS, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Oil India Ltd at a joint secretary level.
e) Amitabh Prasad, 2001 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as OSD to MoS for Coal (Piyush Goyal) at a deputy secretary level.
f) Siddharth,1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been given additional charge of post of chairman,Tea Board till December 25, 2014.
December 12, 2014
a) 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ashish Vachhani has been appointed as Executive Director in ADB, Manila for three years in place of 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS Samir Kumar Sinha.
December 11, 2014
a) Anurag Jain, 1989 batch IAS and former secretary to MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been appointed as joint secretary in PMO.
b) 1989 batch Gujarat cadre IPS Vivek Srivastava, now in Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed as IG in Special Protection Group. He will be allowed to go back to IB later, says the order.
c) The government has accepted voluntary retirement notice of IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Chauhan.
December 10, 2014
a) Secretary, ministry of mines and 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anup K Pujari is unwell. During his absence on leave, coal secretary and 1981 batch IAS Anil Swarup will hold additional charge as secretary, mines.
December 9, 2014
a) 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Sudha Krishnan has been appointed as Member Secretary, Expenditure Management Committee
b) 2006 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Ms Prerna Puri has been appointed as PS to new rural development minister Birender Singh.
c) 2000 batch Karnataka cadre IAS V Ponnuraj has been appointed as private secretary to law minister DV Sadananda Gowda on a lateral shift.
d) 2000 batch Nagaland cadre IAS Abhijit Sinha has been appointed as private secretary to the minister of state for human resource development in the department of higher education on lateral shift, in place of Upendra Kushwaha.
e) ACC has approved the appoitnment of Pankaj Kumar Mehta, 1999 batch MPPCS officer as OSD to the minister for social justice and empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot at deputy secretary level.
f) V Shrinivas, a 1989 batch IAS of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as deputy director(administration) (JS level), in AIIMS under the department of health and family welfare in place of RS Shukla, a 1986 cadre IAS of West Bengal cadre.
g) ACC has approved the repatriation of Arun Kumar Sinha, a 1983 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in the ministry of labour and employment, to his parent cadre.
December 8, 2014
a) Dr MM Kutty, 1985 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change in place of 1984 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ajay Tyagi who was recently elevated as DG in Directorate of Currency under department of economic affairs.
b) Arun Kumar Yadav, 1987 batch IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of statistics and programme implementation in place of SS Badhawan, 1985 batch Jharkhand cadre officer of Indian Forest Service.
c) Chetan Bhushan Sanghi, 1988 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of women and child development in place of Vivek Joshi, 1989 batch Haryana cadre IAS who was appointed as OSD, PPD, in department of expenditure.
d) Sunil Barthwal, 1989 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of steel in place of 1993 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Lokesh Chandra who was prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
e) Madhukumar Reddy Anam, 1987 batch IRTS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of textiles in place of Monika Sehgal Garg, 1989 batch UP cadre IAS.
f) Santosh Kumar Sarangi, 1994 batch Odisha cadre IAS and chairman of APEDA, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce, in place of Rajiv Arora, 1987 batch Haryana cadre IAS, on his lateral shift as joint secretary in NATGRID.
g) Anuradha Mitra, 1984 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer and currently joint secretary in department of science and technology, has been appointed joint secretary in department of electronics and information technology in place of JB Mohapatra, 1985 batch IRS-IT officer.
h) JB Mohapatra, 1985 batch IRS-IT officer, currently joint secretary in department of electronics and information technology, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of science and technology.
December 6, 2014
a) Mansoor Hasan Khan, 2002 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as deputy director (deputy secretary level) in LBSNAA, Mussoorie.
b) 1983 batch AP cadre IAS Dinesh Kumar has been appointed as CEO of Polavaram Project Authority under water resources ministry at the rank of additional secretary.
c) The ACC has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch UP cadre IPS Akhilesh Kumar from UP cadre to Rajasthan cadre on the ground of personal hardship.
December 5, 2014
a) 1974 batch IAS and cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth gets 6-month extension beyond December 13, 2014. He will now complete four years on June 13, 2015.
b) Ajay Kumar Lal, 1985 batch IRAS officer and joint secretary and CEO of National Trust of the Welfare of Persons with Autims, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre, Indian Railways.
c) Ashok Kumar Singh, a 1999 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in department of financial services under finance ministry.
d) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch Kerala cadre IAS Pranabjyoti Nath from Kerala to Odisha cadre on account of medical issues of a family member.
December 4, 2014
a) ACC has approved the appointment of Dr Vani S Rao, a 1994 batch IFS, as OSD in the ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
b) 1995 batch IRSS (Indian Railway Store Service) officer Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as director in the ministry of minority affairs.
December 3, 2014
a) 1979 batch Bihar cadre IPS Anil Kumar Sinha is the new director of CBI. He will have a tenure of 2 years.
b) Niranjan Kumar Sudhansu, 2000 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS has been appointed as director in the department of skill development and entrepreneurship.
c) 2001 batch IRS (IT) officer Pradeep Kumar Meel, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of labour and employment.
December 1, 2014
a) 1983 batch UP cadre IAS Raj Pratap Singh, currently joint secretary in the department of AYUSH, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
b) Border management secretary and 1979 batch MP cadre IAS Ms Snehlata Kumar has been given additional charge of the post of secretary, department of official language under MHA for three months or until further order.
November 29, 2014
a) DN Singh, 1987 batch DANICS officer has been appointed as private secretary to minister for science and technology and earth sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan on a lateral shift.
b) Dalip Singh, 1982 batch Haryana cadre IAS, currently additional secretary in agriculture department, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
November 27, 2014
a) Navadeep Rinwa, 1999 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS (independent charge) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik in the ministry of AYUSH.
b) Tapan Mazumder, 1991 batch Indian Trade Service officer has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
November 25, 2014
a) Rajive Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS has been appointed as new shipping secretary in place of Vishwapati Trivedi.
b) Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal, 1981 batch Punjab cadre IAS has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs in place of Naved Masood.
c) Sunil Soni, 1981 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with effect from December 31, 2014.
November 22, 2014
a) 1982 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Gautam Chatterjee, currently DG, Shipping, has been prematurely repatriated to the cadre.
b) 1990 batch IRTS officer, currently on compulsory wait, has been appointed as director in department of agriculture research and education under agriculture ministry.
November 21, 2014
a) 1999 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Amandeep Garg has been appointed as private secretary to new health minister JP Nadda
b) Natarajan Gulzar, 1999 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in DoPT.
November 15, 2014
a) Gautam Guha, 1981 batch IAAS officer, working as additional secretary in health ministry, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre with effect from January 20, 2015, "on the ground of availing benefits of promotion in the cadre".
November 12, 2014
a) Atul Nilkantha Patne, 1999 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, now on compulsory wait in the ministry of social justice and empowerment, has been appointed as director in agriculture ministry.
November 11, 2014
a) DEA secretary Rajiv Mehrishi has been designated as finance secretary. It was speculated that expenditure secretary Ratan Watal would get that coveted designation. There are five secretaries in the ministry of finance, and one of them is given the designation of finance secretary.
November 10, 2014
a) Sukh Ram Meena,1993 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, now on "compulsory wait", has been appointed as director in Inter-State Council Secretariat.
b) 2004 batch Kerala cadre IPS Vikramjit Singh, now on "compulsory wait" in youth affairs department, has been appointed as deputy secretary in power ministry.
November 3, 2014
a) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and financial services secretary Gurdial Singh Sandhu has been appointed as Chiarman, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention under cabinet secretary in place of Prajapati Trivedi.
b) 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Hasmukh Adhia has been appointed as financial services secretary.
c) MC Jauhari, 1987 batch Assam cadre IAS and joint secretary in shipping ministry, has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI.
d) Dheeraj Kumar, 1993 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of labour and employment.
e) Rajiv Arora, 1987 batch Haryana cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of commerce, has been shifted as joint secretary, NATGRID.
f) Joint secretary in environment ministry and 1989 batch Assam cadre IAS Maninder Singh has been shifted as JS to department of health research.
g) 1987 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ram Subhag Singh has been appointed as Managing Director of NAFED.
h) Vivek Johri, 1989 batch Haryana cadre IAS and JS in women and child development ministry, will be OSD, Procurement Policy Division in expenditure ministry.
i) 1996 batch Nagaland cadre IAS V Shashank Shekhar has been appointed as joint secretary in home ministry.
j) 1987 batch ICAS officer Dharitri Panda has been appointed as joint secretary in department of health.
k) 1984 batch Punjab cadre IFS (Indian Forest Service) and CEO of National Medicinal Plants Board, has been appointed as JS in Department of Ayush.
l) DoPT director and 1996 batch UP cadre IAS M Devaraj has been elevated to the rank of joint secretary in DoPT .
m) 1989 batch MP cadre IPS Mukesh Jain has been shifted from power ministry to department of disability affairs as joint secretary. Earlier, he was PS to the then power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
n) 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Shashi Mohan has been appointed as director in ministry of food processing industries.
o) 1984 batch IDSE officer Avinash Chandra Patel has been appointed as director in Central Information Commission, Delhi
p) 1985 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been shifted from Planning Commission to skill development ministry as joint secretary.
q) K Sanjay Murthy, 1989 batch Himachal cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of information and broadcasting.
r) Ms R Jaya, 1995 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting.
s) Puneet Kansal, 1996 batch Sikkim cadre IAS and director in power ministry, has been appointed as joint secretary in Information and Broadcasting ministry.
t) Arun Kumar Verma, 1986 batch Gujarat cadre IFS (Indian Forest Service) has been appointed as joint secretary in power ministry.
u) Manish Kumar Gupta, 1991 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of labour and employment.
v) Dheeraj Kumar, 1993 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of labour and employment.
w) 1994 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Rajesh Agarwal has been appointed as joint secretary in skill development ministry.
x) Ms Jyotsna Sitling, 1987 batch UK cadre IFS (Indian Forest Service), has been appointed as joint secretary in skill development ministry
y) Barun Mitra, 1987 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of shipping.
z) B Suman, 1996 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of tourism.
October 31, 2014
a) 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Subash Chandra Garg has been relieved from finance ministry to take up his new role as Executive Director in World Bank. He will be located in Washington DC.
b) Addition secretary in petroleum ministry Rajive Kumar will head a panel to monitor implementation of government's Make in India programme in oil and gas industry.
October 30, 2014
a) Old hand in tourism and 1979 batch IAS Lalit K Panwar has been appointed as tourism secretary.
b) Finance secretary and 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as secretary in minority affairs. A fortnight ago, it was announced that he would be tourism secretary.
c) Rajasthan chief secretary and 1978 batch IAS Rajiv Mehrishi has taken over as secretary in Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).
d) 2000 batch UP cadre IAS Anil Raj Kumar has been appointed as Joint Development Commissioner (Handlooms) under ministry of textiles.
e) 1998 batch IDES officer Ravi Shankar has been appointed as joint secretary (at director's level) in UPSC.
October 29, 2014
a) Sanjay Kumar Pandey, joint director (law) in Competition Commission of India, has been appointed as OSD to defence minister Arun Jaitley.
October 28, 2014
a) A Surya Prakash, former editor Zee News and ex-executive editor of Pioneer has been appointed as new chairman of Prasar Bharti Board.
October 22, 2014
a) Anand Lal Chaudhary, a non-government person has been appointed as OSD to union minister Maneka Gandhi on a contract basis.
b) Nilaya Mitash, 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been laterally shifted as OSD in Department of Economic Affairs under finance ministry till Public Debt Management Authority gets fully functional.
October 21, 2014
a) Satish Chander Gupta, a non-government official, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj. The upper age was "relaxed" by order.
October 17, 2014
a) 1980 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS N Ravi Shanker, secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances, has been repatriated to his cadre.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for extension of inter-cadre deputation of Wabang Jamir, 1993 batch Gujarat cadre IPS to Nagaland for a period of two years beyond November 2, 2014.
c) A new appointment in PMO: 2004 batch IFS Vivek Kumar has been appointed as a deputy secretary for three years.
d) Newly-appointed Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian will get a fixed salary of Rs 80,000 per month. The appointment has been on a contract for 3 years.
e) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal to grant apex pay scale of Rs 80,000 (fixed) to Special Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Ashok Prasad, with immediate effect.
f) 2004 batch Assam cadre IAS Shantanu P Gotmare has been appointed as private secretary to minister of power Piyush Goyal.
October 16, 2014
a) Arvind Mayaram, 1978 batch IAS and the finance secretary (in charge of DEA) has been made tourism secretary.
b) Rajiv Mehrishi, 1978 batch IAS and chief secretary of Rajasthan, has been appointed as secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA) in place of Arvind Mayaram who has relinquished the charge of the post.
c) Anil Swarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in cabinet secretariat will be the new coal secretary on October 31, 2014 when incumbent SK Srivastava retires. Swarup will move to Shastri Bhawan immediately as Officer on Special Duty in the ministry of coal in the rank and pay of secretary, according to an order dated October 15. "The competant authority has approved the creation of a post of Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Coal in the rank and pay of Secretary with immediate effect with the direction that the Ministry may obtain approval of the Union Cabinet ex-post facto", the order said.
d) Ashok Kumar Angurana, 1980 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, currently Managing Director of TRIFED under the ministry tribal affairs, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of Panchayati Raj.
e) Vinod Agrawal, 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS and Adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat, has been appointed as Secretary in National Commission for Schedule Castes in place of VK Subburaj.
f) Prabhu Dayal Meena, special secretary in department of land resources, has been appointed as secretary in department of ex-servicemen welfare under the ministry of defence in place of Ms Sangita Gairola who is retiring on October 31, 2014.
g) Alok Rawat, 1977 batch Sikkim cadre IAS and currently water resources secretary, has been appointed as secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
h) Anuj Kumar Bisnoi, defence ministry additional secretary and 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as new secretary in the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.
October 15, 2014
a) Mrs Rajalakshmi Ravikumar, a 1977 batch officer of Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) and the one who is known for her private passions -- theatre and music, took over as the new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Indian Railways. Among other qualifications, Mrs Ravikumar studied financial management in Rothman School, Toronto, and strategic management programmes for divisional railway managers in Hec-Business School, Paris.
October 10, 2014
a) Know Your Babu: New CITCO MD and 2004 batch IAS Kavita Singh.
b) ACC has approved transfer of posts of joint secretary and ex-officio Mission Director of National Mission for Clean Ganga Rajiv Ranjan Mishra (1987 batch AP cadre IAS) and Director NGRBA Puskal Upadhyay, 1988 batch IDAS, along with incumbent officers, under Central Staffing Scheme from the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.
October 8, 2014
a) Minister Arun Jaitley to have the same officer (1988 batch IRS-IT Simanchala Dash) as private secretary for finance and defence ministries.
September 23, 2014
a) Super Tuesday: 38 officers appointed as union joint secretaries. Full List
September 20, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: Ms Namrata Vrishni, 2013 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred from AGMUT to Rajasthan cadre on the grounds of marriage to Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav, 2011 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS.
b) The government has giveb nod for inter-cadre deputation of Zubair All Hashmi, 2008 batch IAS, from Manipur-Tripura to UP cadre for 3 years on grounds of "extreme hardship of medical nature".
September 19, 2014
a) Ex-chairman of McKinsey India Adil Zainulbhai has been appointed as chairman of Quality Council of India. DIPP Secretary was holding temporary charge of the council after former Planning Commission member Arun Maira demitted office.
b) Centre has allowed inter-cadre deputation of 2006 batch IAS Ms Vipra Bhal from Gujarat cadre to Jammu and Kashmir cadre.
September 18, 2014
a) Bandana Preyashi, 2003 batch Bihar cadre IAS has been appointed as private secretary to minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in the department of legal affairs.
b) Suresh Kumar Vashishth, 1998 batch Odisha cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to tribal affairs minister Jual Oram.
September 17, 2014
a) HRD minister Smriti Irani gets a police officer as her private secretary. 1996 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS Ms Binita Thakur has been appointed as her private secretary.
September 16 , 2014
a) Vijay Laxmi Joshi, 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, will be the new secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation. She has now been appointed as OSD till she assumes charge on September 30, 2014.
b) Anand Kumar, 1984 batch Kerala cadre IAS and JS in ministry of tourism, has been appointed as MD of National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation, a newly created post.
c) Alok Shrivastava, 1984 batch MP cadre IAS, now JS in the ministry of new and renewable energy, has been shifted to the ministry of shipping as joint secretary.
d) Nirmaljeet Kalsi, 1984 batch Punjab cadre IAS, currently a joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs, has been appointed as adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat.
e) Yudhvir Singh Malik, 1983 batch Haryana cadre IAS, is the new CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under department of health.
f) Amarjeet Sinha, 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS, now in cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of higher education.
g) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, presently in cadre, has been appointed as secretary in Board of Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprise.
h) Aruna Sundararajan, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS, appointed as Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under DoT.
i) Tapan Ray, 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, presently in cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of electronics..
August 29, 2014
a) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and ex-CMD of Indian Airlines Sunil Arora has been appointed as secretary in the newly created department of skill development and entrepreneurship.
b) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran has been appointed as the new civil aviation secretary.
c) Steel secretary and 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS G Mohan Kumar has been appointed as secretary in the department of defence.
d) 1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS Rakesh Singh has been appointed as new steel secretary.
e) Current civil aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of environment and forest.
August 28, 2014
a) Government approves inter-cadre deputation of MT Reju, 2005 batch IAS from Karnataka to Kerala for 3 years on "grounds of hardship of medical nature".
b) Government approves inter-cadre deputation of Shankar Lal Kumawat, 2010 batch IAS from Tamil Nadu to Rajasthan for 3 years on "personal grounds".
August 26, 2014
a) 50 Income-Tax officers have been empanelled as GoI joint secretaries; Full List
b) CEO of Food Safety and Standard Authority and 1982 batch IAS DK Samantaray has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre, Madhya Pradesh.
August 25, 2014
a) S Suresh Kumar, 1988 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, gets one year extension as joint secretary in ministry of home affairs (MHA).
b) Centre prematurely repatriates 1991 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in pharmaceutical department Shambhu Kallolikar to his parent cadre.
c) Former Intelligence Bureau Special Director RN Ravi has been appointed as Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, at the rank of secretary for 3 years.
August 20, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: Government approves inter-cadre transfer of Girish Dayalan, 2011 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS from Jammu and Kashmir to cadre to Punjab cadre on grounds of marriage to Ms Amneet Kondal, 2012 batch IPS.
b) Central deputation tenure of 1981 batch UP cadre IAS Anuj Kumar Bishnoi, additional secretary in the ministry of defence, has been extended for 3 months beyond September 24, 2014.
c) 1989 batch UP cadre IPS Ashish Gupta has been appointed as joint secretary at NATGRID under ministry of home affairs in relaxation of cooling off requirement in the cadre.
d) 2002 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Richa Gaharwar has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances..
August 13, 2014
a) The ACC headed by PM refuses to approve the proposal to appoint 1993 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Sandeep Verma as Adviser in Planning Commission.
b) 1994 batch IFS Pranay K Verma has been appointed as OSD in Department of Atomic Energy in place of Rahul Kulsherhth.
c) 1995 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS RD Nazeem has been appointed as Executive Director (South) at JS level in Food Corporation of India (FCI), Chennai
d) Ms Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, 1995 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS, has been appointed as Executive Director (Transport) at JS level in FCI
e) BSF's Additional DG and 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Banshidhar Sharma is new DG of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
f) PM-headed ACC refuses to extend the deputation tenure of 1983 batch IDES officer Rahul Dua as JS (Security) in cabinet secretariat.
August 12, 2014
a) 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Vinod Agrawal, currently adviser in Inter State Council secretariat under MHA, has been elevated to the rank of a secretary.
b) 1985 batch MP cadre IAS Iqbal Singh Bains, joint secretary in Overseas Indian Affairs ministry, has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
c) Transport minister Nitin Gadkari gets a private person (non-governmental) Vaibhav Dange as his private secretary at the rank of a Government of India Director.
August 7, 2014
a) Sanjay Singh, additional secretary in Legislative Department has been appointed as Secretary of Legislative Department. He will continue for 1 more year on contract after his retirement on September 30, 2014.
August 5, 2014
a) 1999 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi has been appointed as director in cabinet secretariat.
b) 1979 batch IFS and DG of think tank IDSA Dr Arvind Gupta has been appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser.
August 1, 2014
a) 1980 batch IFS Navtej Singh Sarna has been appointed as secretary (west) in ministry of external affairs (MEA). He has the distinction of being the longest serving MEA spokesperson.
b) 1989 batch IPS officer and adviser in Planning Commission Rakesh Ranjan's Central deputation tenure has been extended by three months beyond August 25, 2014.
c) 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS and defence secretary RK Mathur will hold additional charge of defence production secretary's post, for now.
d) 1977 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre Prakash Mishra has been appointed as special secretary (internal security) in ministry of home affairs.
e) 1978 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Ajanta Dayalan, now additional secretary in cabinet secretariat, has been repatriated to her cadre.
July 29, 2014
a) 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Ms Manju Rajpal, now deputy secretary in rural development ministry, has become director.
b) 2000 batch ICAS officer Pankaj Sharma, now deputy secretary in department of economic affair (DEA), has got a new designation -- director.
c) 2000 batch ICAS officer Dhruva Kumar Singh, now deputy secretary in rural development ministry, has got a new designation -- director.
d) 2000 batch IRTS officer Prithul Kumar, now deputy secretary in ministry of mines, has got a new designation -- director.
July 21, 2014
a) 1997 batch IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been appointed as private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
July 18, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: Govt transfers 2013 batch Punjab cadre IAS Ankita Chakravarty from Punjab to AGMUT cadre on the grounds of marriage to 2013 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Naveen Aggarwal.
b) Minister Gen (retired) VK Singh gets an IPS officer as his PS. He is JP Singh, 2000 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS who is now with SFIO under the ministry of corporate affairs.
c) Hardeep Singh, an Indian Trade Service officer of 1990 batch, has been appointed as PS to Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
d) S Suresh Kumar, 2000 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu.
e) Inspector General of Police in NIA and 1987 batch MP cadre IPS Sanjeev Kumar Singh gets two years of extension beyond July 5, 2014.
f) 1991 batch Indian Ordance Factory Service (IOFS) officer and UPSC joint secretary (director level) Rajiv Srivastava gets one year extension till July 3, 2015.
g) The government prematurely repatriates 2001 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Raj Kumar Bhagat, currently Director, Census Operations, Jammu and Kashmir to his parent cadre.
July 16, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: Government has accorded approval of inter-cadre transfer of 2013 batch Bihar cadre IAS Girish Kumar Mishra from Bihar to Madhya Pradesh on ground of marriage to Ms Meena Kumari Mishra, 2011 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service officer.
a) Central government has accorded approval for inter-cadre deputation of 1998 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Mohd Shahid from Gujarat to Uttarakhand cadre for two years "in relaxation of guidelines".
b) 1986 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Dr RS Shukla, currently Deputy Director (Administration) in AIIMS has been "prematurely" repatriated.
July 14, 2014
a) Enforcement Director and 1979 batch MP cadre IAS Rajan S Katoch has been appointed as secretary, department of heavy industry. He will continue to take additional charge as ED too for six months or until further orders.
b) Sanjay Kumar Panda, 1980 batch Manipur-Tripura IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of textiles in place of Ms Zohra Chatterji who is retiring on July 31, 2014.
c) Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary, department of fertilizers in place of Shaktikanta Das, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS.
d) Rakesh Garg, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary in department of telecommunications in the vacancy of MF Farooqui.
e) Hara Krushna Das, 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary in inter-state council secretariat under ministry of home affairs in the vacancy of Tabom Bam, 1977 batch IAS who had retired.
f) Shankar Agarwal, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, now secretary in ministry of women and child development, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of urban development in place of Sudhir Krishna who retired.
g) Vinay Sheel Oberoi, 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of women and child development.
h) Archana Ranjan, 1979 batch IRS(IT), has been appointed as special secretary-cum-Director General of Central Economic Intelligence Bureau under department of revenue.
July 11, 2014
a) 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS Tarun has been appointed as joint secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA).
July 10, 2014
a) Rajiv Gauba, 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS and additional secretary in department of electronics and information technology has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of home affairs.
b) Bhaskar Chandra Khulbe, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of personnel and training (DoPT).
c) Durga Shanker Mishra, 1984 batch UP cadre IAS and joint secretary in ministry of mines, has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of urban development.
d) Arun Kumar Panda, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of health and family welfare has been appointed as additional secretary in department of health and family welfare.
e) Ravi Kant, 1984 batch Bihar cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of defence has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of defence.
July 8, 2014
a) Former Dy Chairman, Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia's private secretary and 1992 batch Bihar cadre IAS Arunish Chawla has been appointed as joint secretary in department of expenditure.
b) DoPT joint secretary and 1993 batch Haryana cadre IAS Deepti Umashankar has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
c) Cabinet Secretariat joint secretary KL Sharma, CSS, has been transferred as JS in health ministry.
d) Planning Commission joint secretary and 1987 batch Odisha cadre IAS Tuhin Kant Pandey has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat. Also, his Central deputation tenure has been extended for one year till August 2015.
e) 1991 batch Odisha cadre IAS Saurabh Garg, presently working as joint secretary in expenditure department, has been shifted to department of economic affairs.
f) Ajai Das Mehrotra, 1984 batch Indian Revenue Service (IT) officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in corporate affairs ministry.
July 5, 2014
a) 1999 batch Indian Information Service officer Sharat Chander has been appointed as Information Officer for PMO under prime minister's personal staff.
b) Vikas Anand, 2002 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, presently deputy secretary in power ministry, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS (MHA) Kiren Rijiju.
c) Manu Tentiwal, 2002 batch IRS (IT), now a joint development commissioner in Noida SEZ, has been appointed as PS to MoS (Independent Charge), Textiles, Santosh Gangwar.
d) 1999 batch MP cadre IAS E Ramesh Kumar has been appointed as private secretary to social justice minister Thhaawar Chand Gehlot.
July 1, 2014
a) 2002 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Binay Srikanta Pradhan has been appointed as private secretary to minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan.
b) Central deputation tenure of Ms Supriya Sahu, a 1991 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in information and broadcasting ministry, has been extended for 3 months beyond July 22, 2014.
c) The ACC has approved premature repatriation of Jagmohan Singh Raju, 1985 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of higher education, to his parent cadre -- Tamil Nadu..
June 29, 2014
a) S Kumaraswamy, 1991 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary (administration) in department of space.
June 28, 2014
a) 1987 batch IFS and India’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO Ruchira Kamboj have been unanimously selected as chairperson of UNESCO Commonwealth Group for 2014-15.
June 27, 2014
a) Gujarat cadre IAS of 1980 batch, Rajesh Kishore, has been appointed as Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
b) NG Ravi Kumar, 2004 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of state for civil aviation GM Siddeshwara.
June 26, 2014
a) 1997 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and current MD of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd S Selvakumar has been appointed as director in PMO.
b) Central deputation tenure of Suresh Chandra Panda, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS as additional secretary and financial adviser in ministry of home affairs (MHA), has been extended for eight months beyond June 30, 2014.
June 24, 2014
a) Tenure of 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Nilaya Mitash currently joint secretary in department of economic affairs extended for three months with effect from June 1, 2014.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has not approved the proposal regarding the appointment of Dr Maninder Kaur Dwidevi, 1995 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS, presently director in department of school education and literacy, as joint secretary in the same department.
c) 1996 batch UP cadre IAS, Nitishwar Kumar, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha.
June 23, 2014
a) Central government tenure of 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Shashi Shekhar who is now an additional secretary in the ministry of environment and forests has been extended for 6 months beyond June 28, 2014.
June 20, 2014
a) Brajendra Navnit, 1999 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS has been appointed as Director in Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
June 19, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in tenure of R Ramanujam, 1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary in PMO "in public interest", on contract basis for a period of three months beyond the date of his superannuation, i.e. upto September 30, 2014.
b) Manoj Kumar Tripathy, 2000 batch Karnataka cadre Indian Forest Service officer currently working as deputy secretary in urban development ministry, has been appointed as private secretary to the minister for housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA) M Venkaiah Naidu.
June 18, 2014
a) Rajeev Topno, 1996 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and PMO director, has been appointed as private secretary to Prime Minister.
b) Government repatriates 1981 batch UP cadre IAS D Diptivilasa, now additional secretary in urban development ministry, to his cadre.
c) In a major U-turn, govt cancels appointment of Rajiv Nayan Choubey, 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS as additional secretary in PMO.
June 17, 2014
a) Minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation Ms Uma Bharti gets 2002 batch UP cadre IAS Sameer Verma as her private secretary.
b) Urban development and parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu gets 2004 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS BVRC Purushottam as his private secretary.
June 16, 2014
a) 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and current fertilizer secretary Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as new revenue secretary.
b) Gujarat cadre IAS of 1979 batch and revenue secretary Rajiv Takru has been appointed as secretary, Department of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
c) 2002 batch Odisha cadre IAS Debjani Chakrabarti, who is now on compulsory wait in urban development ministry, appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of road transport and highways ministry.
d) 1992 batch IRSSE officer Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as Director in health ministry.
e) 1977 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Indrajit Pal, currently working as secretary in the department of chemicals is given additional charge as fertilizer secretary.
June 14, 2014
a) 1997 batch Bihar cadre IAS Santosh Kumar Mall has been appointed as private secretary to agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh.
b) Ashish Chatterjee, 1999 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and director in the department of commerce, has been appointed as PS to MoS Commerce, Nirmala Sitharaman.
c) ACC has approved premature repatriation of joint secretary in power ministry and 1991 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS GS Prasad "without extended cooling off".
d) Pallavi Jain Govil, 1994 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and PMO director, has been prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre.
June 11, 2014
a) Shubha Sarma, 1999 batch Odisha cadre IAS, joins as Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
June 6, 2014
a) Water resources secretary Alok Rawat will head Committee of Secretaries (CoS) to prepare plan on cleaning and rejuvenation of the Ganga river.
b) Jayant Narlikar, 2003 batch Assam cadre IAS who was PS to DONER minister PS Ghatowar, appointed as deputy secretary in capital market division of DEA.
c) 1988 batch West Bengal cadre IAS S Suresh Kumar, currently joint secretary in ministry of home affairs, gets 2 months extension.
d) Prabhat Kumar Mishra, 1993 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and joint secretary in DEA, gets 3 months' extension till August 23.
June 3, 2014
a) Petroleum ministry joint secretary and 1988 batch IAS A Giridhar repatriated to Andhra Pradesh (to successor state).
June 2, 2014
a) Incumbent cabinet secretary and 1974 batch IAS Ajit K Seth gets 6 month extension beyond June 14.
May 31, 2014
a) Akhilseh Yadav govt in UP removes chief secretary Javed Usmani (1978 batch IAS) and appoints his batch-mate Alok Ranjan in his place.
May 28, 2014
a) Govt appoints 1967 batch retired IAS Nripendra Misra as principal secretary to PM. He is ex-TRAI chairman and ex-DoT secretary.
May 20, 2014
a) Ms V Vidyavarthi, 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
b) RP Sisodia, 1991 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of higher education gets three months extension beyond July 12, 2014.
May 14, 2014
a) Alok Tandon, 1986 batch UP cadre IAS, presently working as joint secretary in department of disinvestment, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of financial services.
b) 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS Samir Kumar Sinha, who is returning from Manila where he is adviser to executive director of Asian Development Bank, has been appointed as joint secretary in the 7th Central Pay Commission under the department of expenditure.
c) Ms Kiran Soni Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as Textile Commissioner, Mumbai under the ministry of textiles.
d) VK Gupta, Indian Railway Services of Engineering officer of 1976 batch, has taken over as new Member Engineering, Railway Board. Prior to joining this post, Gupta was General Manager, Northern Railway.
May 5, 2014
a) Dr Shreeranjan, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy director general in Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
b) Shakil P Ahamed, 1995 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in agriculture ministry.
May 3, 2014
a) Shankar Agarwal, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS and special secretary in defence ministry has been appointed as secretary, ministry of women and child development in place of Arun Kumar Jain, 1977 batch Nagaland cadre IAS who has retired.
b) Smt Vijay Laxmi Joshi, 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of Panchayati Raj in place of Smt Loretta Mary Vas, 1977 batch UP cadre IAS who has retired.
c) Additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of DONER has been given to 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Naved Masood who is currently secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs.
April 30, 2014
a) Surjit Kumar Chaudhary, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, National Commission for Minorities in the rank and pay of a secretary on in-situ basis by temporarily upgrading the post.
b) Biotechnology secretary K Vijayraghavan has been given additional charge of post of secretary, science and technology department.
c) The ACC has approved proposal for premature cessation of tenure of 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Debashish Prusty, private secretary to MoS, finance ministry, Namo Narain Meena, consequent upon his selection as deputy secretary in the ministry of environment and forests.
April 22, 2014
a) 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Surjit Kumar Chaudhary has been empanelled as secretary or secretary equivalent to government of India.
b) 45 IAS of 1984 batch empanelled as additional secretary or equivalent. Full List
April 21, 2014
a) 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Amarjit Singh, additional secretary in department of school education, has been shifted as additional secretary in the ministry of water resources.
April 18, 2014
a) The government has accorded its nod for inter-cadre deputation of Ms Gauri Parashar, 2009 batch Odisha cadre IAS from Odisha cadre to Haryana cadre, for a period of three years, on personal grounds, in relaxation of the guidelines.
April 17, 2014
a) Prime Minister has approved the extension of tenure of 1999 batch Indian Foreign Service officer and director in PMO Gourangalal Das for three months beyond three years , i.e. up to August 10, 2014.
April 16, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: The government transfers 2010 batch Bihar cadre IAS Krishna Bajpai from Bihar cadre to Karnataka cadre on the ground of marriage to Mrs Dipika Bajpai, a 2010 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Karnataka cadre.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre transfer of Smt Gurneet Tej, 2006 batch Karnataka cadre IAS from Karnataka cadre to Punjab cadre, for a period of three years, on personal grounds, in relaxation of the extant guidelines.
c) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of Ms Swarnamala Rawla, 1980 batch MP cadre IAS and secretary of Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises under Department of Public Enterprises for a period of three months beyond April 10, 2014.
d) 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and current joint secretary Raghvendra Singh has been promoted to additional secretary in Information and Broadcasting ministry..
April 12, 2014
a) Arvind Mayaram, 1978 batch IAS and DEA secretary has been re-designated as Finance Secretary on an expected line.
April 11, 2014
a) Dr Medithi Ravi Kanth, a 1986 batch Kerala cadre IAS, takes over as CMD of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO).
April 1, 2014
a) The ACC has approved the proposal for extension of Central deputation tenure of Dr Swaraj Bir Singh, 1986 batch Assam cadre IPS as IG in CISF for six months beyond April 19, 2014.
b) Government has appointed 1990 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Smita Shailendra Chaudhri, as joint secretary in National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Delhi under the ministry of social justice and empowerment in place of her senior in the service T Theethan who is completing his tenure on April 14, 2014.
March 24, 2014
a) 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Rajiv Takru, currently secretary in the department of financial services, has been appointed as revenue secretary in place of 1976 batch MP cadre IAS Sumit Bose who is retiring on March 31, 2014.
b) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Gurdial Singh Sandhu has been appointed as new secretary in the department of financial services under the ministry of finance.
March 18, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cancels 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Devendra Bhushan Gupta's appointment as UPSC secretary. His batch-mate from Gujarat cadre, Ashim Khurana has been appointed as new UPSC secretary now. Also, the government has decided to debar Gupta for Central deputation for two years with effect from October 26, 2013.
b) 1989 batch Haryana cadre IAS Arun Kumar has been appointed as joint secretary in civil aviation ministry in place of Prabhat Kumar, who is now the civil aviation regulator, Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA).
c) The ACC has approved extension of inter-cadre deputation of 2001 batch IAS, Sanjay M Kaul from Kerala to Gujarat cadre for two years on personal grounds.
d) The government has extended the tenure of 1985 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, Jagmohan Singh Raju as joint secretary in the department of higher education for one year.
March 12, 2014
a) 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS Amitabh Kant has been appointed as secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP).
March 11, 2014
a) 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anup K Pujari has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of mines.
b) 1983 batch Kerala cadre IAS Dinesh Sharma has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA) under the ministry of finance in place of 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Shaktikanta Das.
c) 1987 batch IPoS officer Alka Jha has been appointed as CVO in Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) under the ministry of labour and employment.
d) The ACC has approved recommendation of the CSB for waiver of normal/extended "cooling off" period on compassionate ground for considering 1989 batch UP cadre IAS Manoj Singh's name for central deputation at joint secretary or equivalent level.
March 5, 2014
a) 1995 batch Assam cadre IAS Archana Varma has been elevated to the post of joint secretary in DoPT.
b) 1993 batch MP cadre IAS Neeraj Mandloi has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of urban development.
c) The deputation tenure of 1992 batch MP cadre IAS Ashish Srivastava as DG (training) of Election Commission of India has been extended for two years beyond March 18, 2014.
d) 1994 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS Nidhi Chibber has been appointed as joint secretary in the defence ministry.
e) 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS Sailesh has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of home affairs.
March 3, 2014
a) 1979 batch Bihar cadre IPS Krishna Chaudhary has been appointed as DG, Railway Protection Force till his retirement on June 30, 2017.
b) 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and fertilizers secretary Shaktikanta Das has been given additional charge of the post of mines secretary till May 31, 2014.
c) Coal secretary SK Srivastava has been on leave till March 9, 2014. Corporate affairs secretary Naved Masood has been given additional charge for the post of coal secretary.
March 1, 2014
a) Relatively young IPS officer of 1985 batch (55-year-old) AN Upadhyay takes over as Director General of Police (DGP) of Chhattisgarh.
February 27, 2014
a) DK Pathak, 1979 batch Assam cadre IPS, presently special DG of Border Security Force (BSF) will look after the duties of Director General, BSF, with effect from March 1, 2014 and till an officer is appointed to the post of Director General, BSF on a regular basis.
February 26, 2014
a) 1978 batch UP cadre IAS and AIDS control secretary Lov Verma has been appointed as the new health secretary in place of K Desiraju.
b) 1980 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Satyanarayan Mohanty has been appointed as secretary, National Disaster Management Authority.
c) 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS Anita Agnihotri has been appointed as secretary, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry.
d) 1980 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Sujata Mehta has been appointed as secretary (ER) in the ministry of external affairs.
e) 1981 batch Indian Audit and Account Service officer Gautam Guha has been appointed as additional secretary in health ministry.
February 25, 2014
a) Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for extension of tenure of 1995 batch ICAS officer Nitesh Kumar Mishra as Internal Financial Adviser (IFA), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) till June 30, 2014.
b) Jeetendra Singh, 1993 batch IRSEE officer of Indian Railways, has been appointed as Director in Planning Commission for five years.
February 20, 2014
a) Government has accorded approval of inter-cadre deputation of 2006 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Ms Tanusree Deb Barma from Manipur-Tripura cadre to Karnataka cadre, for a period of three years, on personal ground.
February 6, 2014
a) The government has approved the proposal of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for inter-cadre deputation of 1992 batch Punjab cadre IAS Sarvjit Singh from Punjab cadre to AGMUT cadre (Chandigarh administration), for appointment as finance secretary, Chandigarh administration, for three years.
b) Central government has accorded approval for inter-cadre deputation of 2008 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ashish Singhmar from Himachal Pradesh cadre to Jharkhand cadre for a period of three years.
c) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2004 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Pandurang Kondbarao Pole from Jammu and Kashmir cadre to Maharashtra cadre on personal grounds for a period of three years.
d) 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Braj Kishore Prasad has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
February 4, 2014
a) Subhashish Panda, 1997 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
b) Prabhat Ranjan Deo, 1986 batch Haryana cadre IPS officer, has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in Gurgaon-headquartered railway PSU -- Rail India Technical Economic Services (RITES). The officer has an option to draw pay and scale of a joint secretary in Government of India plus deputation allowance, if admissible, of pay of the post, according to the order. He will initially be appointed for three years, which is extendable for another two years.
February 3, 2014
a) R Rajagopal, 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as Managing Director of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED).
b) Krishna Ballabh Agarwal, 1985 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of AIDS control under the ministry of health and family welfare.
February 1, 2014
a) 1990 batch Kerala cadre IAS Ms Sarada Muraleedharan has been empaneled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Central government.
b) Ms M Sathiyavathy, 1982 batch UT cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the ministry of civil aviation in the vacancy of S Machendranathan.
c) SK Bahri, 1981 batch IAAS officer, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) in place of Ms Kusumjit Sidhu, 1979 batch Punjab cadre IAS who is now DEA secretary.
d) The government has approved the proposal of the department of agriculture and cooperation for premature repatriation of Sanjay Sharan, 1995 batch IRS (C and CE) officer and director in the department of agriculture and cooperation on personal grounds.
January 30, 2014
a) Ram Singh, 1994 batch Punjab cadre IPS officer, who was recommended for central deputation by the ministry of home affairs, has been selected for appointment as director in the ministry of textiles, Delhi, under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of five years.
b) Priya Ranjan, 1998 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been selected for appointment as director in the department of rural development.
c) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the ministry of textiles for the curtailment of tenure of Ms Prerna Sood, 1989 batch IRAS and director of the ministry of textiles (a Central Staffing Scheme post) on her selection to the post of Additional Director General (Programmes) in Prasar Bharati (a non-Central Staffing Scheme post) on deputation basis for the balance period of her five years central deputation tenure i.e., up to October 17, 2016.
January 28, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for extension in central deputation tenure of Ms Alka Sharma, 1988 batch IDAS and Registrar of University of Delhi (a non-Central Staffing Scheme post) for a period beyond January 21, 2014 and up to June 4, 2015, i.e. till the date Ms Sharma completes three years as Registrar.
January 27, 2014
a) Dinesh Kumar, 1983 batch Andhra cadre IAS, currently an ED in FCI, has been appointed as Development Commissioner (Handlooms).
b) 1983 Assam cadre IAS, JP Meena, has been elevated as additional secretary in the ministry of food processing industries.
c) Arun Kumar Chaturvedi, 1994 batch Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE), has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in four public sector undertakings, viz. Instrumentation Limited, Kota (ILK), Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited, Jaipur (REIL), Hindustan Salts Limited (HSL) and Sambhar Salts Limited, Jaipur (SSL).
January 24, 2014
a) 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and DG of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Dr Anup K Pujari has been empanelled as Secretary, Government of India.
b) Four IAS officers of 1980 batch -- Anup K Pujari (Karnataka), Shyann S Agarwal (Rajasthan), Shankar Agarwal (UP) and Vijay Laxmi Joshi (Gujarat) -- have been empaneled as Secretary or Secretary-equivalent to Government of India.
c) Two 1983 batch IAS officers, Kewal Kumar Sharma of Uttarakhand cadre and Tara Dutt of Odisha cadre have been empanelled as additional secretaries of Government of India.
January 23, 2014
a) Ms A Shainamol, 2007 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS and the one who dragged the government of India to a legal battle over not getting the cadre of her choice, finally managed an inter-cadre deputation from Himachal Pradesh to Kerala for three years “in relaxation of extant guidelines on compassionate grounds”.
b) Two IAS officers of 1994 batch, Rajeev Chandra Joshi of Assam cadre and Ms Sonia Sethi Bali of Maharashtra cadre, have been empanelled as joint secretaries.
January 21, 2014
a) 1979 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer Ms Aruna M Bahuguna has been appointed as Director in SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Ms Bahuguna is currently working as Special Director General, CRPF.
b) Kumar Sanjay Krishna, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, is likely to join the disinvestment department of the ministry of finance as a joint secretary. Krishna, formerly a director in the PMO and joint secretary in DEA, may take up the new assignment in March.
January 20, 2014
a) HC Meena, 1976 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer, currently in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary (security) in the Cabinet Secretariat in the vacancy of Yashovardhan Azad, his IPS batch-mate of Madhya Pradesh cadre who has retired.
January 18, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Balvender Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), ministry of textiles as vice-chairman, Delhi Development Authority under the ministry of urban development in the rank and pay of additional secretary against the existing vacancy.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for extension of Central deputation tenure of Nitin Agarwal, 1989 batch Kerala cadre IPS and Inspector General (Training), ITBP Force, for a period of six months beyond January 1, 2014.
January 17, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment 1989 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer Sushovan Banerjee as the Chief Vigilance Officer in the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai, under the ministry of shipping. The officer will have the option to draw his pay in the pay scale of joint secretary to the Government of India plus deputation allowance, if admissible, or pay of the post. He will now be entitled for a combined tenure of seven years i.e. up to February 17, 2016.
b) Shailendra Singh, 1988 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) for five years in place of Ms Anjali Prasad, 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS who was recently elevated to the post of additional secretary in the same department.
c) The ACC has approved the appointment of Smt Sundari Subramaniam Pujari, 1980 batch IDES officer as the Chief Vigilance Officer in Air India, Delhi. The officer will have the option to draw her pay in the pay scale of joint secretary to Government of India plus deputation allowance, if admissible, or pay of the post. On her appointment as CVO, Air India, Smt. Pujari will be entitled for tenure upto May 31, 2016 i.e. the date of her superannuation.
January 15, 2014
a) 1980 batch UP cadre IAS Rajeev Kher has been appointed as the new Union Commerce Secretary. He will take over from Gujarat cadre IAS SR Rao on January 31, 2014. Kher is post-graduate both in chemistry and development economics, and is also an LLB. Will retire on June 30, 2015.
b) Nandan Nilekani's key deputy and DG and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of India VS Madan gets an extension for a period of one year beyond March 28, 2014. Madan is a 1981 batch UT cadre IAS.
c) SS Garbyal, a 1977 batch Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as Director General (Forests) and special secretary in the ministry of environment and forests.
d) Sudarsanam Srinivasan, a 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS and special secretary and financial adviser in the department of space, has been appointed as Member(Finance) in Atomic Energy/Space/Earth Commissions in the rank and pay of secretary in place of AP Joshi, 1978 batch Karnataka cadre IAS who retires.
e) A Vijayanand, 1980 batch IRS (Central Customs and Excise) officer, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of space.
f) J Sathyanarayana, 1977 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, will reamin as Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology till the date of his superannuation, i.e. upto April 30, 2014.
January 10, 2014
a) Centre has approved inter-cadre deputation of Gitte Kiran Kumar Dinkar Rao, a 2005 batch IAS, from Manipur-Tripura cadre to Maharashtra cadre for three years on personal grounds, in relaxation of the norm stipulating completion of 9 years of service before proceeding on inter-cadre deputation.
January 7, 2014
a) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been repatriated to his cadre from the Union health ministry where he is currently a special secretary. Srivastava is likely to be the new chief secretary of Delhi.
b) Jai Priye Prakash, a 1982 batch Assam cadre IAS and additional secretary in DoPT, has been appointed as additional secretary in the cabinet secretariat in place of Rajasthan cadre IAS SC Garg.
January 3, 2014
a) Swapping Roles: Ms Nita Chowdhury, 1977 batch UP cadre IAS and secretary of the ministry of women and child development has been appointed as secretary in the department of official language in the ministry of home affairs. And AK Jain, 1977 batch Nagaland cadre IAS who is secretary in the department of official language has been shifted to the ministry of women and child development as its secretary.
January 2, 2014
a) Former IAS officer K Ashok Vardhan Shetty assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor of Indian Maritime University, Chennai.
b) 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Vinod Agarwal has been appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat at the rank of additional secretary.
December 31, 2013
a) Babu Marriage: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ravi Jha, a 2011 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS from Uttarakhand cadre to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to Ms Isha Khosla, 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS.
b) The government approved inter-cadre deputation of Lalrinliana Fanal, a 1997 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, from Uttarakhand cadre to Mizoram Segment of AGMUT cadre for a period of three years on “personal grounds”.
c) The ACC has also approved the proposal for inter-cadre deputation of Gitte Kiran Kumar Dinkar Rao, 2005 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, from Manipur-Tripura cadre to Maharashtra cadre for a period of three years on personal grounds. The order issued on December 31 said the approval was “in relaxation of the norm stipulating completion of nine years of service before proceeding on inter-cadre deputation”.
d) The ACC approved inter-cadre deputation of Dr Joram Beda, 2008 batch Punjab cadre IAS from Punjab cadre to Arunachal Pradesh segment of AGMUT cadre for a period of three years on personal grounds.
e) The Government has approved the appointment of SP Singh Parihar, a 1986 batch MP cadre IAS, as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
December 27, 2013
a) Babu Marriage: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ms Surabhi Malik, a 2012 batch Gujarat cadre IAS from Gujarat to Punjab cadre on the ground of marriage to Sandeep Kumar Garg, a 2012 batch Punjab cadre IPS officer.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for inter-cadre deputation of DV Swamy, a 2001 batch Odisha cadre IAS, from Odisha cadre to Karnataka cadre for a period of three years on personal grounds.
December 26, 2013
a)The ACC has approved the proposal of the ministry of shipping for extension in deputation tenure of Ms Geetu Joshi, a 1996 batch Indian Economic Service officer and director, ministry of shipping, up to March 31, 2014.
December 24, 2013
a) Arvind Ranjan, a 1977 batch Kerala cadre IPS presently serving as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), has been shifted to the post of Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
b) 1978 batch Assam cadre IPS Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, presently serving as Assam Police's DGP, has been appointed as Director General of National Security Guard (NSG).
c) Ms Nandita Chatterjee, a 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been appointed as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women.
December 23, 2013
a) Ex-home secretary VK Duggal, who played a key role in managing post-Uttarakhand tragedy, has been appointed as Governor of Manipur. Duggal is a 1968 batch retired IAS.
b) Hrusikesh Panda, a 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS and additional secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of tribal affairs in place of Ms Vibha Puri Das, a 1976 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS who is retiring on December 31, 2013.
December 19, 2013
a) 1981 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer H Pradeep Rao has been elevated as additional secretary in the department of expenditure under ministry of finance.
b) The government has approved the proposal for regularizing the period of overstay from July 22, 2012 to January 24, 2013 beyond the approved tenure of inter-cadre deputation of 1999 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Hirdesh Kumar from Jammu and Kashmir cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre.
December 18, 2013
a) 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre Ms Shobha Ohatker has been empanelled as joint secretary.
b) 1983 batch AGMU cadre IAS has been empanelled as joint secretary.
c) 1986 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Ms Vandita Sharma has been appointed as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
d) 1985 batch Haryana cadre IAS Ms Surina Rajan has been appointed as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
December 11, 2013
a) Sumit Bose, 1976 batch MP cadre IAS and secretary in the department of revenue has been designated as finance secretary. He is the senior most among the five secretaries in the ministry of finance.
b) Sadasivam, a 1981 batch IDAS officer, has been promoted as additional secretary (finance), department of atomic energy, on in-situ basis, by temporary up-gradation of the post held by the officer.
December 10, 2013
a) Who are the new special secretaries? List of 14 IAS officers of 1980 batch here: LIST
December 9, 2013
a) Jivesh Nandan, a 1987 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence.
December 2, 2013
a) 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS Ms Vandana Kumari Jena has been appointed as secretary, department of land resources.
b) 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Binoy Kumar has been appointed as additional secretary and FA in the ministry of external affairs (MEA).
November 29, 2013
a) 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Vinod Agarwal has been appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council under the ministry of home affairs in the rank and pay of additional secretary in the vacancy of AK Jain of 1977 batch.
b) 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS and animal husbandry secretary AK Thakur will take additional charge of the post of agriculture secretary during the absence on leave of agriculture secretary Ashish Bahuguna till December 6.
November 26, 2013
a) 1980 batch UP cadre IAS Ms Aradhana Johri on Monday assumed charge as secretary in the department of pharmaceutical.
b) 1983 batch Assam cadre IAS Jatinder Bir Singh has been appointed as additional secretary in water resources ministry.
c) 1983 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Asha Ram Sihag has been appointed as DG (Acquisition) under defence ministry.
d) 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS G Gurucharan has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of consumer affairs.
November 25, 2013
a) 1983 batch UT cadre IAS Ms Nutan Guha Biswas has been empanelled as additional secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
November 21, 2013
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal to appoint Alok Chaturvedi, a 1985 batch IDAS officer, as Deputy Director General in Unique Identification Authority of India at a joint secretary level. He will take the place of Ms K Ganga, a 1981 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, who was prematurely reverted to her parent cadre.
b) The government has accorded approval for extension of tenure of Alok Bhatnagar, a 1977 batch CSS officer as additional secretary (joint secretary level) in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for the period beyond November 9, 2013 and up to June 30, 2014 i.e. the date of his retirement.
November 20, 2013
a) 1979 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS S Machendranathan is the new Secretary (Coordination), in the Cabinet Secretariat.
b) 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS Satish B Agnihotri has been appointed as Secretary, New and Renewable Energy ministry. All 1980 batch IAS officers will be special secretaries.
c) 1980 batch UP cadre IAS Ms Aradhana Johri has been appointed as new pharmaceutical secretary. Meanwhile, the government has cancelled earlier order of appointing 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran as pharmaceutical secretary.
November 19, 2013
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of A Sreenivas, 2004 batch Haryana cadre IAS, from Haryana cadre to Andhra Pradesh cadre, for a period of three years.
November 11, 2013
a) 1978 batch Andhra cadre IAS Ratan P Watal has been appointed as secretary of department of expenditure in place of RS Gujral, on his retirement on November 30, 2013. Watal, who is secretary to new and renewable energy ministry, is joining as the OSD to expenditure department in the rank and pay of secretary with immediate effect.
b) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran has been appointed as new secretary of the department of pharmaceutical.
November 8, 2013
a) Income-Tax officer and CBDT Member Ms Parvinder Sohi Behuria has been appointed as the new Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
b) 1978 batch UP cadre IAS Prem Narain has been appointed as new secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
c) MP cadre IAS of 1979 batch Ms Snehlata Kumar will replace Ms Gauri Kumar as secretary, Border Management in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
November 5, 2013
a) Alok Johri: The engineer who revived a "dead project" in Raebareli has been appointed as Member (Mechanical) in Railway Board.
November 4, 2013
a) Govind Jaiswal, a 2007 batch Nagaland cadre IAS, has been transferred from Nagaland cadre to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to Ms Chandan Chowdhary, a 2010 batch Kerala cadre IPS.
b) Central government has accorded approval for extension of inter-cadre deputation of Har Sahay Meena, a 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, from Tamil Nadu cadre to Rajasthan cadre for a period of six months beyond August 17, 2013.
October 31, 2013
a) The government has approved premature cessation of the tenure of P Anand Kumar, a 1997 batch IRS (Central Customs and Excise) officer, as private secretary to minister of state for road transport and highways S Sathyanarayana. Kumar is now on "compulsory wait" in the ministry of road transport and highways.
October 28, 2013
a) Rajiv Ranjan Verma, 1978 batch Bihar cadre IPS, will be the new Director of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB).
b) 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Devendra Bhushan Gupta will be the new secretary of UPSC. He will hold the rank of an additional secretary of Government of India.
c) The ACC has cancelled the appointment of 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Dr Amarjit Singh as Secretary, UPSC.
October 26, 2013
a) Ms Kimbuong Kipgen, a director level officer in DoPT, has been posted as Director (SR & RR). She will also function as First Appellate Authority with regard to RTI matters concerning her charge, an office order dated October 25 said.
b) Radhakrishna Sreepada, a 1989 batch IRS-IT officer, who failed to join as assistant director in the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), has been debarred from deputation for a posting under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of five years with effect from October 10, 2012.
c) Jagannath Srinivasan, a 2002 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as a deputy secretary in DoPT.
d) Sanjay Bisariya, a 1999 batch IRAS officer, has been appointed as Joint Development Commissioner (director level) in the Office of Development Commissioner under the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises.
October 22, 2013
a) Two more 1980 batch IAS, Amita Paul of Bihar cadre and Kapil Dev Tripathi of Assam cadre, got empanelled as Secretary, Govt of India, in a latter dated October 21, 2013. Read: 1980 batch empanelment.
b) 1980 batch UT cadre IAS Girija Shankar Patnaik who is secretary to Vice President of India, has been repatriated to the cadre to avail of the apex scale.
c) 1974 batch retired IFS offcier Swashpawan Singh has been appointed as Secretary to Vice President of India on a contract basis. Singh will get a secretary rank.
d) PG Dhar Chakrabarti, 1980 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS and Adviser to Inter State Council Secretariat, has been repatriated to his cadre.
October 21, 2013
Rajendra Kashyap, an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of 1977 batch, has been appointed as Financial Commissioner (Railways). An MBA from University of Strathclyde, UK, Kashyap had earlier served as MD of Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC).
October 18, 2013
Harbhajan Singh, a 1983 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as Director General of National Productivity Council under the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) in the pay of additional secretary. Singh's name was cleared after orders of appointing 1982 batch UT cadre IAS, B Vijayan, for the same post was cancelled. Vijayan is debarred from Central deputation till his date of retirement, i.e. till September, 2014.
October 14, 2013
Acting railway board chairman Arunendra Kumar has been appointed as its permanent chairman, ending three months long uncertainty of who would become the top rail babu.
October 14, 2013
MCX-SX, the stock exchange currently under watch by multiple agencies, has roped in ex-home secretary and 1972 batch retired IAS, GK Pillai as its Public Interest Director.
October 12, 2013
BC Tripathi who became GAIL chairman at the age of 49, in 2009, gets an extension for another 5 years.
October 11, 2013
a) PS Raghavan, a 1979 batch IFS and special secretary in the MEA, has been appointed as Secretary (ER) in the MEA in place of Pinak Rajan Chakravarty who retired recently.
a) Retired IPS and former DG of CRPF Amarjot Singh Gill has been appointed as Chancellor of Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior.
September 24, 2013
a) 1987 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Lalit Kumar Gupta has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of youth affairs.
1 Ravi Kant Chopra IDES(1978 batch)
2 Amarendra Kumar Tewary IRS-IT (1979 batch)
3 AB Joshi IPoS (1979 batch)
4 Ms Aditi S Ray IES (1979 batch)
5 Ms. Chandralekha Malviya IES (1979 batch)
6 Deepak Shetty IRS, C and CE (1980 batch)
7 A Vijayanand C and CE (1980 batch)
8 Prasenjit Mukherjee IAAS (1980 batch)
9 Ms. Revathy lyer IAAS (1980 batch)
10 AK Goyal IFoS (1981 batch Kerala cadre)
11 Dr Savita Anand IFoS (1981 batch Rajasthan cadre)
12 Rakesh Jain IAAS (1981 batch)
13 H Pradeep IAAS (1981 batch)
14 SK Bahri IAAS (1981 batch)
15 Gautam Guha IAAS (1981 batch)
16 Ashutosh Tripathi IPoS (1981 batch)
Additional Secretary Equivalent
1. HS Kingra IFoS (1980 batch Himachal cadre)
a) Bhartendu Kumar Singh, 2003 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of expenditure.
May 11, 2017
a) List of new GoI secretaries. Click HERE
May 9, 2017
a) Civil aviation secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey has been given additional charge of post of environment secretary from May 10 to 21, when secretary Ajay Narayan Jha is on leave.
b) DPE secretary Ms Seema Bahuguna has been given additional charge of post of secretary, heavy industries from May 10 to 21 when secretary Girish Shankar is on leave.
c) 2004 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Ms KB Vandana has been appointed as private secretary to MOS (Finance) Arjun Ram Meghwal.
May 2, 2017
a) 22 joint secretary-level appointments, lateral transfers and premature repatriation; Click HERE for full list
April 18, 2017
a) P Krishnamurthy, 1997 batch AGMUT cadre IAS who was private secretary to former defence minister Manohar Parrikar, has been repatriated to his home cadre.
b) The government has prematurely repatriated Yogesh Kumar, 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer and director in the department of sports on “personnel grounds”.
April 3, 2017
a) The government has accepted the resignation of Chennai-based IRS-IT officer Saravana Kumaran with effect from April 1, 2017.
b) Secretary of the department of economic affairs (DEA) and 1980 batch IAS Shaktikanta Das has been given additional charge of post of secretary in the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM) during the leave of its secretary Neeraj Kumar Gupta between April 1 and 8.
March 31, 2017
a) Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey, director (law), Competition Commission of India, has been appointed as private secretary to Arun Jaitley in the defence ministry. Jaitley, apart from being the finance minister, has been holding additional charge of the post of defence minister.
b) Siddhanta Das, 1982 batch Odisha cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director general (forests) and special secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
March 29, 2017
a) Amiya Kumar Das, a 1998 batch Indian Ordnance Factories Service officer, has been appointed as Assistant Director General (director level) in NATGRID under the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
b) The government has extended Central deputation tenure of Prashant N Nikam, 1997 IRAS and director in the ministry of home affairs for three months up to June 21, 2017.
c) The government has extended deputation tenure of Manish Kharbikar, 1998 batch Karnataka cadre IPS on secondment for the post of policy coordination officer at UN headquarters, New York for a period of one year from April 14, 2017 up to April 13, 2018.
d) The government has prematurely repatriated RA Rajeev, 1987 batch Maharashtra cadre lAS and joint secretary (finance) in department of atomic energy to his parent cadre.
e) Mayank Bisht, a 2001 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as director in directorate general of supplies and disposal under commerce ministry.
f) Molly Sengupta, 1999 batch IDAS, has been appointed as director in the office of custodian under the department of financial services.
g) Central deputation period of Vijay Agrawal, 1997 batch Indian Telecom Service officer and director in ministry of defence, has been extended for 3 months beyond March 3, 2017.
March 21, 2017
a) Hardeep Singh Puri, India's ex-Ambassador to United Nations, has been appointed as Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).
b) S Shiva Kumar, 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS and CVO of Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL), Bangalore has been given an extension of deputation tenure for two more years up to December 29, 2018.
c) Peeyush Pandey, 1993 batch West Bengal cadre IPS and Inspector General of Police in Special Protection Group (SPG) gets extension of deputation tenure from December 18, 2016 to April 30, 2017.
d) Kamlesh Kumar Tripathi, a 1998 batch Indian P and T Finance and Accounts Service officer has been appointed as director in the ministry of Panchayati Raj for a period of five years.
March 20, 2017
a) 7 Indian Information Service officers promoted; to get HAG scale now; Full List
March 10, 2017
a) PMO gets a new deputy secretary by transferring post from MEA; power secretary Pradeep Pujari to hold additional charge of telecom. LINK for details.
February 15, 2017
a) Babu Marriage: Asha Ajith, 2015 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been transferred from Kerala to Tamil Nadu on grounds of marriage to Vishnu Chandran B, also a 2015 batch IAS of Tamil Nadu cadre.
February 13, 2017
a) Hema Jaiswal, 2004 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of food and public distribution.
b) Bibhuti Bhushana Dash, a 1999 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry tourism.
c) Narinder Chauhan, a 1985 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, presently India’s Ambassador Serbia, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Philippines.
February 11, 2017
a) 1984 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ajay Tyagi has been appointed as chairman of SEBI with effect from March 1. Click HERE to know more about Tyagi.
February 6, 2017
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Karnal Singh, 1984 batch AGMUT cadre IPS, as Director, Enforcement Directorate, for a period of two years.
February 1, 2017
a) D Deputation tenure of LK Pegu and Ms Reema Hota Singh as DDG in UIDAI have been extended for one more year.
b) Vinita Srivastava, 1995 batch IRSME, has been appointed as joint secretary at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), on a deputation basis.
c) B Siddhartha Kumar, 1996 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IFoS, gets an extension of deputation tenure as CVO of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL).
d) The government has extended deputation tenure of Amal Pusp, 1990 IRS-IT officer and director in health ministry for one year.
e) Rupak Kumar Dutta, 1981 batch Karnataka cadre IPS and special secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA), has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre with immediate effect.
January 25, 2017
a) Dr Pingale Vijay Maruti, a 2004 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to the minister for railways Suresh Prabhu in the ministry of railways at the level of deputy secretary.
January 24, 2017
a) Shaktikanta Das, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and secretary in the department of economic affairs gets an extension for a period of 3 months, till May 31, 2017.
b) Anshu Sinha, a 1999 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as CEO (joint secretary level) in Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC), Mumbai under the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprise for a period up to January 29, 2019 in place of Arun Kumar Jha, a 1985 batch IES.
c) 1983 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer and Special Director General of BSF Rina Mitra will be special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) once 1982 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer MK Singla retires on March 1, 2017.
d) Dharmvir Jha, 2001 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of rural development.
e) Shashi Ranjan Kumar Vidyarthi, 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as a director in the ministry of Ayush.
f) Birender Singh Yadav, 1997 batch IFS, presently high commissioner of India to Ghana, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Burkina Faso.
g) Ashok Warrier, presently Ambassador of India to Congo, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Congo.
January 19, 2017
a) List of 12 new appointments of additional secretary and joint secretary rank. Full List
January 11, 2017
a) Vijay Sharma, a 2002 batch IRAS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas for a period up to June 4, 2020.
b) Ausaf Sayeed, 1989 batch IFS, presently Consul General, in the Consulate General of India, Chicago has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Seychelles.
c) Suresh Chandra Gairola, a 1982 batch MP cadre IFoS, has been appointed as additional Director General of Forest (wild life).
d) Dr Debabrata Swain, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IFoS, has been appointed as Additional Director General of Forest (project tiger) and member secretary, NTCA.
e) The government has curtailed tenure of Nalin Kumar Srivastava, 2001 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer as director petroleum ministry so as to take up foreign assignment as resident auditor in the office of internal oversight Services, EI Fasher, Sudan for a period of one year.
January 3, 2017
a) Sanjiv Ranjan, 1993 batch IFS and Ambassador of India to Argentina, has been concurrently accredited as ambassador of India to Uruguay.
January 1, 2017
a) Secretary in cabinet secretariat and 1981 batch MP cadre IPS AS Dhasmana will concurrently hold charge of post of Director General (Security).
b) Rakesh Garg, 1995 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as director in the department of atomic energy.
December 27, 2016
a) Sanjay Kundu, 1989 batch Himachal cadre IPS and water resources ministry's joint secretary, has been given additional charge of post of chairman in Brahmaputra Board.
b) P Rajeshwari, 1990 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IFoS, gets extension of inter cadre deputation for 2 more years from September 30, 2016.
c) Mahesh Thakur, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation on deputation basis.
b) Pankaj Kumar Salodia, 2000 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of information and broadcasting.
December 22, 2016
a) Deepti Srivastava, 2000 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship.
December 21, 2016
a) Girish Chandra Aron, 1990 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in Information and Broadcasting ministry.
b) 2011 batch Customs and Central Excise service officer Dr Prashant Rokade, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS social justice ministry Ramdas Athawale.
December 17, 2016
a) Rajiv Jain, 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IPS and special director in Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed as Director, Intelligence Bureau for a period of two years.
b) AK Dhasmana, 1981 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS and special secretary in Research and Analysis Wing (R and AW), has been appointed as secretary, Research and Analysis Wing for a period of two years.
December 16, 2016
a) Former Information and Broadcasting secretary and 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre retired IAS Sunil Arora has been appointed as DG and CEO of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
b) Rohit Kumar Singh, joint secretary in the ministry of road transport and highways, and 1989 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as Member (Finance), NHAI.
December 9, 2016
a) 2008 batch UP cadre IAS Mr Vidya Bhushan, has been appointed as deputy director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
b) Mahesh Thakur, 2005 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation.
c) Manoj Kumar Sahoo, 2006 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of tribal affairs Jual Oram.
d) 2008 batch UP cadre IPS Ms Alankrita Singh, has been appointed as deputy director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
December 6, 2016
a) 11 additional secretary-ranked officers appointed; Bhullar is new DGCA, Malini Shankar new DG, Shipping. Click for FULL LIST
December 2, 2016
a) DVS Pandey, a 1979 batch UP cadre IAS and secretary in the department of fertilizers, has been entrusted additional charge of post of secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas from December 2 to December 18, 2016 during the period of absence of secretary KD Tripathi, 1980 batch Assam cadre IAS.
December 1, 2016
a) Dr AK Bhutani, 1992 batch Assam cadre IAS and joint secretary (credit and cooperation) in the department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare, has been entrusted additional charge of post of director, VAMNICOM for a period of nine months.
b) Asha Ram Sihag, a 1983 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary, coordination and public grievance, has been assigned additional charge of post of Chairman, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention.
November 30, 2016
a) Dr MM Kutty, a 1985 batch AGMUT cadre lAS, is the new chief secretary of Delhi. He has been prematurely repatriated from his current post— additional secretary in the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to his parent cadre.
b) Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as secretary in Inland Waterways Authority of India on deputation basis.
c) Rahul Garg, an IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as adviser (financial analysis) in the Competition Commission of India on deputation basis.
November 28, 2016
a) List of 17 new joint secretaries; only 5 of them are IAS
November 25, 2016
a) Umakant Lal, a 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS, has been appointed as CVO in Dedicated Freight Corridor Cooperation of India Ltd (DFCCIL).
b) Dayainder Singh Sidhu, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint director in the Enforcement Directorate on a deputation basis.
November 24, 2016
a) List of 19 new secretaries.b) Reena Sinha Puri, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint secretary and financial advisor in the ministry of coal, New Delhi on a deputation basis.
November 22, 2016
a) UP Singh, 1985 batch Odisha cadre IAS, has been redesigned as Director General of National Mission of Clean Ganga.
b) Vijay Agrawal, 1997 batch ITS officer and director in the ministry of defence, gets extension of Central deputation tenure till March 13, 1917.
c) TV Raghavan, not a government officer, has been appointed as OSD to minister of state for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik at the rank of deputy secretary.
d) Sanjeev Kashyap, an IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as additional director of enforcement in the Enforcement Directorate at Mumbai on a deputation basis.
e) Anita Praveen, a 1989 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in the department of commerce, has been entrusted additional charge of post of chairman (joint secretary level) in Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the department of commerce for three months.
November 16, 2016
a) Rajiv Kumar Gupta, 1988 batch AGMUT cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as chief vigilance officer (CVO) in Oil Indian Ltd.
November 10, 2016
November 9, 2016
a) Supriyo De has been appointed as Senior Economist in Migration and Remittances —World Bank (DECMR). De will be based out of Washington DC.
November 2, 2016
May 2, 2017
a) 22 joint secretary-level appointments, lateral transfers and premature repatriation; Click HERE for full list
a) 22 joint secretary-level appointments, lateral transfers and premature repatriation; Click HERE for full list
April 18, 2017
a) P Krishnamurthy, 1997 batch AGMUT cadre IAS who was private secretary to former defence minister Manohar Parrikar, has been repatriated to his home cadre.
a) P Krishnamurthy, 1997 batch AGMUT cadre IAS who was private secretary to former defence minister Manohar Parrikar, has been repatriated to his home cadre.
b) The government has prematurely repatriated Yogesh Kumar, 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer and director in the department of sports on “personnel grounds”.
April 3, 2017
a) The government has accepted the resignation of Chennai-based IRS-IT officer Saravana Kumaran with effect from April 1, 2017.
a) The government has accepted the resignation of Chennai-based IRS-IT officer Saravana Kumaran with effect from April 1, 2017.
b) Secretary of the department of economic affairs (DEA) and 1980 batch IAS Shaktikanta Das has been given additional charge of post of secretary in the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM) during the leave of its secretary Neeraj Kumar Gupta between April 1 and 8.
March 31, 2017
a) Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey, director (law), Competition Commission of India, has been appointed as private secretary to Arun Jaitley in the defence ministry. Jaitley, apart from being the finance minister, has been holding additional charge of the post of defence minister.
a) Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey, director (law), Competition Commission of India, has been appointed as private secretary to Arun Jaitley in the defence ministry. Jaitley, apart from being the finance minister, has been holding additional charge of the post of defence minister.
b) Siddhanta Das, 1982 batch Odisha cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director general (forests) and special secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
March 29, 2017
a) Amiya Kumar Das, a 1998 batch Indian Ordnance Factories Service officer, has been appointed as Assistant Director General (director level) in NATGRID under the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
a) Amiya Kumar Das, a 1998 batch Indian Ordnance Factories Service officer, has been appointed as Assistant Director General (director level) in NATGRID under the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
b) The government has extended Central deputation tenure of Prashant N Nikam, 1997 IRAS and director in the ministry of home affairs for three months up to June 21, 2017.
c) The government has extended deputation tenure of Manish Kharbikar, 1998 batch Karnataka cadre IPS on secondment for the post of policy coordination officer at UN headquarters, New York for a period of one year from April 14, 2017 up to April 13, 2018.
d) The government has prematurely repatriated RA Rajeev, 1987 batch Maharashtra cadre lAS and joint secretary (finance) in department of atomic energy to his parent cadre.
e) Mayank Bisht, a 2001 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as director in directorate general of supplies and disposal under commerce ministry.
f) Molly Sengupta, 1999 batch IDAS, has been appointed as director in the office of custodian under the department of financial services.
g) Central deputation period of Vijay Agrawal, 1997 batch Indian Telecom Service officer and director in ministry of defence, has been extended for 3 months beyond March 3, 2017.
March 21, 2017
a) Hardeep Singh Puri, India's ex-Ambassador to United Nations, has been appointed as Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).
b) S Shiva Kumar, 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS and CVO of Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL), Bangalore has been given an extension of deputation tenure for two more years up to December 29, 2018.
c) Peeyush Pandey, 1993 batch West Bengal cadre IPS and Inspector General of Police in Special Protection Group (SPG) gets extension of deputation tenure from December 18, 2016 to April 30, 2017.
d) Kamlesh Kumar Tripathi, a 1998 batch Indian P and T Finance and Accounts Service officer has been appointed as director in the ministry of Panchayati Raj for a period of five years.
March 20, 2017
a) 7 Indian Information Service officers promoted; to get HAG scale now; Full List
March 10, 2017
a) PMO gets a new deputy secretary by transferring post from MEA; power secretary Pradeep Pujari to hold additional charge of telecom. LINK for details.
February 15, 2017
a) Babu Marriage: Asha Ajith, 2015 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been transferred from Kerala to Tamil Nadu on grounds of marriage to Vishnu Chandran B, also a 2015 batch IAS of Tamil Nadu cadre.
a) Babu Marriage: Asha Ajith, 2015 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been transferred from Kerala to Tamil Nadu on grounds of marriage to Vishnu Chandran B, also a 2015 batch IAS of Tamil Nadu cadre.
February 13, 2017
a) Hema Jaiswal, 2004 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of food and public distribution.
a) Hema Jaiswal, 2004 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of food and public distribution.
b) Bibhuti Bhushana Dash, a 1999 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry tourism.
c) Narinder Chauhan, a 1985 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, presently India’s Ambassador Serbia, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Philippines.
February 11, 2017
a) 1984 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ajay Tyagi has been appointed as chairman of SEBI with effect from March 1. Click HERE to know more about Tyagi.
February 6, 2017
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Karnal Singh, 1984 batch AGMUT cadre IPS, as Director, Enforcement Directorate, for a period of two years.
February 1, 2017
a) D Deputation tenure of LK Pegu and Ms Reema Hota Singh as DDG in UIDAI have been extended for one more year.
b) Vinita Srivastava, 1995 batch IRSME, has been appointed as joint secretary at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), on a deputation basis.
c) B Siddhartha Kumar, 1996 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IFoS, gets an extension of deputation tenure as CVO of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL).
d) The government has extended deputation tenure of Amal Pusp, 1990 IRS-IT officer and director in health ministry for one year.
e) Rupak Kumar Dutta, 1981 batch Karnataka cadre IPS and special secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA), has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre with immediate effect.
January 25, 2017
a) Dr Pingale Vijay Maruti, a 2004 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to the minister for railways Suresh Prabhu in the ministry of railways at the level of deputy secretary.
January 24, 2017
a) Shaktikanta Das, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and secretary in the department of economic affairs gets an extension for a period of 3 months, till May 31, 2017.
b) Anshu Sinha, a 1999 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as CEO (joint secretary level) in Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC), Mumbai under the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprise for a period up to January 29, 2019 in place of Arun Kumar Jha, a 1985 batch IES.
c) 1983 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer and Special Director General of BSF Rina Mitra will be special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) once 1982 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer MK Singla retires on March 1, 2017.
d) Dharmvir Jha, 2001 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of rural development.
e) Shashi Ranjan Kumar Vidyarthi, 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as a director in the ministry of Ayush.
f) Birender Singh Yadav, 1997 batch IFS, presently high commissioner of India to Ghana, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Burkina Faso.
g) Ashok Warrier, presently Ambassador of India to Congo, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Congo.
January 19, 2017
a) List of 12 new appointments of additional secretary and joint secretary rank. Full List
January 11, 2017
a) Vijay Sharma, a 2002 batch IRAS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas for a period up to June 4, 2020.
b) Ausaf Sayeed, 1989 batch IFS, presently Consul General, in the Consulate General of India, Chicago has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Seychelles.
c) Suresh Chandra Gairola, a 1982 batch MP cadre IFoS, has been appointed as additional Director General of Forest (wild life).
d) Dr Debabrata Swain, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IFoS, has been appointed as Additional Director General of Forest (project tiger) and member secretary, NTCA.
e) The government has curtailed tenure of Nalin Kumar Srivastava, 2001 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer as director petroleum ministry so as to take up foreign assignment as resident auditor in the office of internal oversight Services, EI Fasher, Sudan for a period of one year.
January 3, 2017
a) Sanjiv Ranjan, 1993 batch IFS and Ambassador of India to Argentina, has been concurrently accredited as ambassador of India to Uruguay.
January 1, 2017
a) Secretary in cabinet secretariat and 1981 batch MP cadre IPS AS Dhasmana will concurrently hold charge of post of Director General (Security).
b) Rakesh Garg, 1995 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as director in the department of atomic energy.
December 27, 2016
December 27, 2016
a) Sanjay Kundu, 1989 batch Himachal cadre IPS and water resources ministry's joint secretary, has been given additional charge of post of chairman in Brahmaputra Board.
b) P Rajeshwari, 1990 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IFoS, gets extension of inter cadre deputation for 2 more years from September 30, 2016.
c) Mahesh Thakur, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation on deputation basis.
b) Pankaj Kumar Salodia, 2000 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of information and broadcasting.
December 22, 2016
a) Deepti Srivastava, 2000 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship.
December 21, 2016
a) Girish Chandra Aron, 1990 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in Information and Broadcasting ministry.
b) 2011 batch Customs and Central Excise service officer Dr Prashant Rokade, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS social justice ministry Ramdas Athawale.
December 17, 2016
a) Rajiv Jain, 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IPS and special director in Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed as Director, Intelligence Bureau for a period of two years.
b) AK Dhasmana, 1981 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS and special secretary in Research and Analysis Wing (R and AW), has been appointed as secretary, Research and Analysis Wing for a period of two years.
December 16, 2016
December 16, 2016
a) Former Information and Broadcasting secretary and 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre retired IAS Sunil Arora has been appointed as DG and CEO of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
b) Rohit Kumar Singh, joint secretary in the ministry of road transport and highways, and 1989 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as Member (Finance), NHAI.
December 9, 2016
a) 2008 batch UP cadre IAS Mr Vidya Bhushan, has been appointed as deputy director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
b) Mahesh Thakur, 2005 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation.
c) Manoj Kumar Sahoo, 2006 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of tribal affairs Jual Oram.
d) 2008 batch UP cadre IPS Ms Alankrita Singh, has been appointed as deputy director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
c) Manoj Kumar Sahoo, 2006 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of tribal affairs Jual Oram.
d) 2008 batch UP cadre IPS Ms Alankrita Singh, has been appointed as deputy director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
December 6, 2016
a) 11 additional secretary-ranked officers appointed; Bhullar is new DGCA, Malini Shankar new DG, Shipping. Click for FULL LIST
December 2, 2016
a) DVS Pandey, a 1979 batch UP cadre IAS and secretary in the department of fertilizers, has been entrusted additional charge of post of secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas from December 2 to December 18, 2016 during the period of absence of secretary KD Tripathi, 1980 batch Assam cadre IAS.
December 1, 2016
a) Dr AK Bhutani, 1992 batch Assam cadre IAS and joint secretary (credit and cooperation) in the department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare, has been entrusted additional charge of post of director, VAMNICOM for a period of nine months.
b) Asha Ram Sihag, a 1983 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary, coordination and public grievance, has been assigned additional charge of post of Chairman, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention.
November 30, 2016
a) Dr MM Kutty, a 1985 batch AGMUT cadre lAS, is the new chief secretary of Delhi. He has been prematurely repatriated from his current post— additional secretary in the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to his parent cadre.
b) Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as secretary in Inland Waterways Authority of India on deputation basis.
c) Rahul Garg, an IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as adviser (financial analysis) in the Competition Commission of India on deputation basis.
November 28, 2016
a) List of 17 new joint secretaries; only 5 of them are IAS
November 25, 2016
November 25, 2016
a) Umakant Lal, a 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS, has been appointed as CVO in Dedicated Freight Corridor Cooperation of India Ltd (DFCCIL).
b) Dayainder Singh Sidhu, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint director in the Enforcement Directorate on a deputation basis.
November 24, 2016
a) List of 19 new secretaries.b) Reena Sinha Puri, IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint secretary and financial advisor in the ministry of coal, New Delhi on a deputation basis.
November 22, 2016
a) UP Singh, 1985 batch Odisha cadre IAS, has been redesigned as Director General of National Mission of Clean Ganga.
b) Vijay Agrawal, 1997 batch ITS officer and director in the ministry of defence, gets extension of Central deputation tenure till March 13, 1917.
c) TV Raghavan, not a government officer, has been appointed as OSD to minister of state for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik at the rank of deputy secretary.
d) Sanjeev Kashyap, an IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as additional director of enforcement in the Enforcement Directorate at Mumbai on a deputation basis.
e) Anita Praveen, a 1989 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in the department of commerce, has been entrusted additional charge of post of chairman (joint secretary level) in Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the department of commerce for three months.
November 16, 2016
a) Rajiv Kumar Gupta, 1988 batch AGMUT cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as chief vigilance officer (CVO) in Oil Indian Ltd.
November 10, 2016
November 9, 2016
a) Supriyo De has been appointed as Senior Economist in Migration and Remittances —World Bank (DECMR). De will be based out of Washington DC.
a) Supriyo De has been appointed as Senior Economist in Migration and Remittances —World Bank (DECMR). De will be based out of Washington DC.
November 2, 2016
a) G Latha Latha Krishna Rao, 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and secretary in department of social justice, has been assigned additional charge of post of secretary in department of empowerment of persons with disabilities.
b) Rajesh Malik, 1993 batch IRSME officer, has been appointed as director in the department of agriculture.
c) Pradeep K Pujari, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and power secretary, has been given additional charge of post of secretary in the ministry of new and renewable energy.
a) G Latha Latha Krishna Rao, 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and secretary in department of social justice, has been assigned additional charge of post of secretary in department of empowerment of persons with disabilities.
b) Rajesh Malik, 1993 batch IRSME officer, has been appointed as director in the department of agriculture.
c) Pradeep K Pujari, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and power secretary, has been given additional charge of post of secretary in the ministry of new and renewable energy.
b) Rajesh Malik, 1993 batch IRSME officer, has been appointed as director in the department of agriculture.
c) Pradeep K Pujari, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and power secretary, has been given additional charge of post of secretary in the ministry of new and renewable energy.
October 31, 2016
a) The government has given additional charge of post of shipping secretary to 1982 batch IAS and road transport secretary Sanjay Mitra from Oct 31 to Nov 11 during the leave of the incumbent secretary of the ministry of shipping.
a) The government has given additional charge of post of shipping secretary to 1982 batch IAS and road transport secretary Sanjay Mitra from Oct 31 to Nov 11 during the leave of the incumbent secretary of the ministry of shipping.
a) ACC has approved the appointment of Ms Sanchita Banerjee Rodrigues, a private person, as OSD to textiles minister Smriti Irani at the level of a director.
b) The ACC has approved the appointment of 2001 batch Assam cadre IAS Jujjavarapu Balaji, presently working as director in DIPP, as private secretary to MOS, Railways Rajen Gohain.
c) The government has approved up-gradation of the post of DG Shipping, Mumbai, presently held by Deepak Shetty, a 1980 batch IRS-C&CE officer, to the rank of secretary.
d) Manoj Kumar Singh, 1998 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of women and child development.
e) The government has prematurely repatriated SK Kamila, a 1986 batch IPoS officer, from the post of CVO in Ordnance Factory Board to his parent cadre.
October 25, 2016
a) Chairman of CBSE and 1987 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS RK Chaturvedi has been given additional charge of joint secretary in Implementation Cell of 7th Central Pay Commission for 3 months.
October 22, 2016
a) Sita Ram Meena, 2001 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of consumer affairs.
b) DPE secretary and 1981 batch Manipur cadre IAS Ameising Luikham has been given additional charge of heavy industries department for a period between October 31 and November 11, 2016 as the secretary of the department will be on leave.
c) Dharmesh Makwana, 1999 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of consumer affairs.
October 19, 2016
a) Vijay Nanalal Kothari, 2002 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
b) Subhashis Banerjee, 2006 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as Additional Development Commissioner (Handicrafts).
c) Muralidhar Pandey, 1991 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of justice.
d) Jyoti Kumar Bubana, 2007 batch IRS-Customs and Central Excise officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of shipping.
e) Raghvendra Pratap Singh, 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in the rural development ministry.
f) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Ms Punam, 2005 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, from Rajasthan to Bihar cadre for 3 years on "personal grounds”.
October 18, 2016
a) 1987 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS SM Sahai has been appointed as joint secretary in National Security Council Secretariat for 5 years.
b) CG Rajini Kaanthan, 2004 batch Haryana cadre IAS, has been appointed as director of Census Operations in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for 3 years.
October 17, 2016
a) Navdeep Singh Suri, present high commissioner of India to Australia and 1983 IFS, has been appointed as next ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE).
b) Amandeep Singh Gill, 1992 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva.
c) Inder Jit Singh, 1985 batch Kerala cadre IAS and additional secretary in the new and renewable energy ministry, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of commerce.
October 13, 2016
a) Ajay Kumar Bhalla, 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS and additional secretary in commerce ministry, has been appointed as DGFT (Director General of Foreign Trade).
b) 1985 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Anup Wadhawan has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of commerce.
c) IRS-IT officer Manoj Pandey has been appointed as adviser (law) in Competition Commission of India, Delhi, on a deputation basis.
d) IRS-IT officer KD Bhatt was granted voluntary retirement with effect from October 10, 2016.
e) The government has rejected the voluntary retirement application of Bikaner-based IRS-IT Ram Swaroop Meena.
October 6, 2016
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Shailesh Kumar Chourasia, 2007 batch IAS, from Manipur to Jharkhand for 3 years "on personal grounds”.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Prashant Kumar Goyal, 2007 batch IAS, from Tripura to Punjab cadre for 3 years "on personal grounds”.
October 5, 2016
a) Arun Goel, 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS who was recently posted as additional secretary in labour ministry, is now placed on "compulsory wait”.
b) Yogesh Kumar, 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of sports.
October 4, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Rajesh Kumar Kedia has been appointed as director in CBDT.
b) M Sevala Naik, 1995 batch IFS and high commissioner in Jamaica, has been accredited as high commissioner of India to The Bahamas.
c) Dr AJV Prasad, 1986 batch Himachal cadre IAS and joint secretary in the animal husbandry department, has got extension of deputation by 4 months beyond December 4, 2016.
October 1, 2016
a) 8 officers appointed as joint secretaries in GoI. Full List
September 29, 2016
a) K Rajendra Kumar, 1984 batch IPS and DGP of Jammu and Kashmir has got an extension of his tenure for 3 months beyond his retirement on Sep 30, 2016.
b) BK Prasad, 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as Member Secretary of National Commission for De-notified Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes.
September 27, 2016
a) The government has extended inter-cadre deputation of Ms Gauri Parasher Joshi, 2009 batch Odisha cadre IAS from Odisha to Haryana cadre for 2 years beyond April 29, 2017.
b) Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, 1981 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
September 26, 2016
a) 13 new additional secretaries have been appointed. Full list
b) Usha Suresh, 1986 batch IES and financial adviser in KVIC, has been entrusted additional charge of CEO, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai.
c) Prem Singh, 2000 batch Manipur cadre IAS, now Director in DEA, has been appointed as private secretary to vice chairman, Niti Aayog — Arvind Panagariya.
d) The government has accepted the voluntary retirement of DR Chhatre, an IRS officer located in Rajkot, with effect from September 30, 2016.
September 23, 2016
a) Swapnil Anand Walinjkar, 2000 batch IRTS, has been appointed as Assistant Director General in UIDAI, Mumbai.
b) Ashish Kumar, 1998 batch IDSE, has been appointed as director in the ministry of water resources, river development and river rejuvenation.
c) Ramandeep Chowdhary, 2008 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for drinking water and sanitation Ramesh C Jigajinagi.
d) Jayant J Naiknaware, 2005 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS, has been appointed as Superintendent of Police in CBI on deputation basis for four years.
e) The government has extended deputation tenure of Keshav Ram Chaurasia, 2003 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS, as Superintendent of Police in CBI till June 6, 2019.
f) Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra, 2006 batch IRS, has been appointed as Superintendent of Police in CBI on deputation basis.
g) The government has extended the deputation tenure of Sonal Agnihotri, 2004 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS as Superintendent of Police in CBI for 2 years till May 30, 2018.
h) Ritesh Chauhan, 2005 batch Himachal cadre IAS, has been appointed as PS to minister of health JP Nanda in the health department.
September 16, 2016
a) Angshumali Rastogi, 1995 batch IRSME officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of civil aviation.
b) Ruchika Gupta, 2001 batch Indian Statistical Service (ISS) officer, has been appointed as joint secretary (director level) in UPSC for 5 years.
c) Pankaj Tyagi, 1998 batch Central Water Engineering Service(ISS) officer, has been appointed as director in the department of agriculture.
d) Pramod Kumar Thakur, 2001 Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of minority affairs.
e) Mukesh Lal, 1996 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary (director level) in UPSC.
f) Deputation tenure of Rama Shankar Sinha,1995 batch AGMUT cadre IFS as director of Ayush ministry, has been curtailed. Sinha has now been appointed as additional commissioner (forestry).
g) Ajay Yadav, 2006 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of commerce.
September 15, 2016
a) Santosh Varma AR, 2001 batch Kerala cadre IPS, has been appointed as counsellor in the High Commission of India, Colombo.
b) Shiva Nand, deputy secretary in Lok Sabha secretariat, has been appointed as OSD to union minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar.
September 14, 2016
a) Bharat Singh Laspal, 1994 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director in the Central Vigilance Commission for a period of 5 years.
b) Ashok Kumar Mahtha, 1993 batch IRSEE officer, has been appointed as director in the Central Vigilance Commission for a period of 5 years.
c) Vijay N Suryawanshi, 2006 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for defence Dr Subhash Bhamre.
d) Rajiv Gauba, a 1982 batch Jharkhand IAS and secretary in urban development ministry, has been given extension of additional charge of secretary in Information and Broadcasting ministry.
September 12, 2016
a) 2005 batch Andhra Pradesh IAS Ms M Janaki, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of urban development.
September 9, 2016
a) Mandeep Kaur, 2004 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of revenue.
b) KK Tripathy, 1999 batch IES, presently in compulsory wait in the department of animal husbandry, has been appointed as director in the department of higher education.
c) PC Meena, 2004 batch Haryana cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for consumer affairs, food and public distribution CR Chaudhary.
September 8, 2016
a) 2002 batch UP cadre IAS Sameer Verma has been re-designated as director in rural development ministry. He was deputy secretary earlier.
b) Secretary (coordination) in the cabinet secretariat Sanjay Kumar Srivastava has been given additional charge of chairman, National Authority of Chemical Weapons Convention.
September 7, 2016
a) Satbir Singh, 1985 batch IFS, presently serving as additional secretary in the MEA, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Algeria.
September 2, 2016
a) Rajat Bhargava, 1990 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre lAS, has been repatriated from the ministry of water resources to his parent cadre with immediate effect.
b) Amandeep Garg, a 1999 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
c) Alka Upadhyaya, 1990 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in rural development ministry.
August 29, 2016
a) Thane-based IRS-IT officer SM Mishra has taken voluntary retirement. The government has accepted his voluntary retirement with effect from August 29, 2016.
b) IRS-IT officer Rajesh Kumar Bhoot has been appointed as joint secretary (TPL-II) in the CBDT.
c) The government has entrusted additional charge of post of CVO, HMT, Bangalore to SK Singh, 1991 batch IRS-IT and CVO of Cement Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL).
August 26, 2016
a) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Bhuvnesh Kulshrestha has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, agriculture and farmers welfare Parshottam Rupala.
August 24, 2016
a) Shobhit Jain, 2001 batch IRS(C and CE) officer and Jt DGFT has been laterally shifted from Directorate General of Foreign Trade to the department of commerce.
August 23, 2016
a) Madhu Ranjan Kumar, 1984 batch IRSS, has been appointed as secretary (JS level) in national commission for minority educational institution (NCMEI).
b) Arunish Chawla, 1992 batch Bihar cadre lAS and JS in department of expenditure, has been appointed as Minister (Economic) in Embassy of India, USA.
c) 22 new joint secretaries have been appointed; V Sheshadri, B Navnit of PMO elevated to JS. Full List
August 16, 2016
a) Revenue secretary and 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Hasmukh Adhia has been given additional charge of the post of secretary in the the department of financial services between September 3 and September 9 when incumbent secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal will be on leave.
b) Anita Nayar, 1983 batch lFS, now Ambassador of India to Lebanon, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Chile.
c) Under secretary and CSS officer Ravi Ranjan has been relieved from the department of economic affairs (DEA) and is directed to report to the cabinet secretariat immediately.
August 11, 2016
a) Birender Singh Yadav, 1997 batch IFS, presently joint secretary in MEA, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Ghana.
August 10, 2016
a) 2005 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Vijay Kumar Bidhuri has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in the ministry of heavy industries Babul Supriyo on a lateral shift basis.
August 9, 2016
a) Ramawatar Meena, 1988 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for 5 years.
b) IRS-IT officer Sushil Kumar Sahai has been appointed as Member (Legislation and Computerization) in CBDT.
August 8, 2016
a) Rajeev Kandpal, 1995 batch IP and TA and FS officer, has been appointed as director in department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP).
August 5, 2016
a) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of Ahmedabad-based IRS-IT officer Smt. Chandra Kiran.
b) Venkata Hari Krishna Pellakuri, 2000 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
c) Pramod Kumar, 1992 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
August 3, 2016
a) Jitendra Kumar Joshi, 1999 batch Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer, has been appointed as director in cabinet secretariat for a period of 5 years.
b) Sushil Pal, 1999 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in the ministry of home affairs— Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on lateral shift basis.
c) Meenu Choudhary, 2000 batch UT cadre IPS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister Sadananda Gowda at the level of director on lateral shift basis.
d) Alok Tiwari, 2007 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the cabinet secretariat for a period of four years.
e) Anshul Mishra, 2004 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to Jayant Sinha, the minister of state for civil aviation on lateral shift basis.
August 2, 2016
a) The government has assigned additional charge of post of DG, Consultancy Development Centre (CDC) to Dr H Purushotham, CMD, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) for 6 months.
b) Joint secretary Pankaj Rag, 1990 batch MP cadre IAS, will continue to hold additional charge of the post of DG, National Archives of India (DG, NAI) for 6 months with effect from June 14, 2016, or till the post is filled up on regular basis, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
c) The government has extended additional charge of post of chairman, recruitment and assessment centre (RAC) entrusted to Dr S Christopher, secretary, department of defence research and development for a further period of three months with effect from June 20, 2016, or till a regular incumbent is appointed to the post, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
August 1, 2016
a) Bhaskar Khulbe, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and additional secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), has been appointed as secretary to Prime Minister.
July 26, 2016
a) Government has approved extension of inter-cadre deputation of Ms A Mona Sreenivas, 2006 batch Haryana cadre IAS from Haryana cadre to AGMUT cadre (Delhi segment) for one year beyond July 11, 2016 on personal grounds.
July 25, 2016
a) Vikram Misri, 1989 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to Spain, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Myanmar.
July 20, 2016
a) Manu Tentiwal, 2003 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS (Finance) Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
b) 2001 batch MP cadre IAS Navneet Mohan Kothari has been appointed as private secretary to rural development minister Narendra Tomar.
July 16, 2016
a) List of 19 additional secretary officers.
July 15, 2016
a) List of new joint secretary level officers.
July 13, 2016
a) Intelligence Bureau's additional director AK Patnaik has been appointed as new CEO of National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID).
b) Ms Sonal Goel, 2008 batch Tripura cadre IAS, has been given inter cadre deputation from Tripura to Haryana for a period of 3 years.
July 12, 2016
a) Vinay Srivastava,1992 batch IRSME office, has been appointed as PS to HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in the department of higher education at the rank of a director.
July 8, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Anuradha Jadhav, located in Bhopal, takes voluntary retirement.
July 4, 2016
a) Vijay Singh Chauhan, presently Counsellor in Embassy of India, Paris, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Libya
b) The government has approved extension of deputation of Maneesh Chauhan, 2000 batch UP cadre IAS from UP to Rajasthan for 2 more years beyond June 9, 2016.
c) Ashish Madhaorao More, 2005 batch AGMUT cade IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to railway minister Suresh Prabhu at the level of deputy secretary.
June 30, 2016
a) Chirravuri Viswanath, 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary, DARPG, has been given additional charge of DoPT secretary for 3 months in place of Sanjay Kothari who has retired.
b) Sanjay Gupta, ex-IRSME and director in Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL), has been appointed as its CMD.
c) Vumlunmang Vualnam, 1992 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in National Textile Corporation Ltd (NTC).
June 28, 2016
a) Sujoy Bose, who is currently Director and Global Co-Head, Infrastructure and Natural Resources in International Finance Corporation(IFC), Washington DC, has been appointed as CEO of NIIF Ltd (National Investment and Infrastructure Fund).
b) ACC has approved extension of central deputation tenure of Kumar Alok, 1990 batch IAS as joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for three months beyond June 26, 2016.
June 27, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Siddharth S Panda is deemed to have resigned from Indian Revenue Service.
June 24, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Ms Vasundhara Sinha has been appointed as additional Director General of Foreign Trade (Addl. DGFT), New Delhi.
b) IRS-IT officer Ashwani Kumar Sinha has been appointed as secretary, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mumbai.
a) Anurag Srivastava, 1999 batch IFS, now an MEA director, has been appointed as next ambassador of India to Ethiopia.
b) Babu Marriage: 2015 batch IAS Anjali Yadav has been transferred from Nagaland to Jharkhand on grounds of marriage to Jharkhand cadre IAS Bhor Singh Yadav.
c) Bhanu Pratap Sharma, 1981 batch IAS and health secretary, has been given additional charge of post of secretary, AYUSH ministry from July 1 to July 10, 2016.
June 20, 2016
a) Sameer Verma, ex-OSD to water resources minister Uma Bharati and 2002 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in rural development ministry.
June 14, 2016
a) Suresh Kumar Menon, presently MEA director, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to African nation—Malawi.
June 9, 2016
a) Rajesh Kumar, 1994 batch IRSS, has been appointed common CVO in Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation Ltd and Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCIC).
b) 2004 batch IAS BVRC Purushottam who is now in "compulsory wait" in ministry of tourism, has been appointed as deputy secretary in DoPT.
c) 1986 batch Kerala cadre Indian Forest Service officer Devendra Kumar Verma has been appointed as CVO of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).
June 8, 2016
a) Chetan B Sanghi, 1988 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of women and child development.
b) Upendra Tripathy, secretary of new and renewable energy ministry, has been assigned additional charge of the post of power secretary from June 7 to 24, 2016 when power secretary Pradeep Kumar Tripathi is on leave.
June 3, 2016
a) BN Reddy, 1993 batch IFS, presently deputy permanent representative of India in Geneva, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Nigeria.
b) Mumbai-based IRS-IT officer Hukum Chand Jain applies for voluntary retirement.
June 2, 2016
a) The government has extended inter cadre deputation tenure of 2008 batch Nagaland cadre IAS Anoop Khinchi to Rajasthan cadre for 2 years on personal grounds.
June 1, 2016
a) Ms Angel Bhati, 2014 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been transferred from Kerala cadre to AGMUT cadre on grounds of marriage to 2013 batch AGMUT cadre IPS Ankit Chauhan.
b) Navin Agarwal, 1986 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS, has been appointed as CEO/Director General (joint secretary level) of National Anti Doping Agency (NADA).
c) New secretary of department of expenditure Ashok Lavasa has been designated as finance secretary.
d) The government has approved the inter-cadre transfer of SR Natesha, 2003 batch Jharkhand cadre Indian Forest Service officer, from Jharkhand to Karnataka cadre for three years on personal grounds.
May 24, 2016
a) 1990 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Venkata Sastry Yedla has been appointed as director in higher education under the HRD ministry.
b) 1984 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Ashok Maheshwari has been appointed as director in the department of higher education under HRD ministry.
c) 2004 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Rajender Kumar has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of personnel and training (DoPT).
d) 1988 batch Assam cadre IAS Manish Thakur has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence in place of Odisha cadre IAS Ashok KK Meena.
e) 1988 batch Kerala cadre IAS Gyanesh Kumar has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
f) 1986 batch UP cadre IAS Alok Tandon who is now joint secretary in the department of financial services under the ministry of finance, has been laterally shifted as joint secretary to cabinet secretariat.
g) SK Sharma, distinguished scientist and director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has been appointed as the CMD of the company —NPCIL.
h) 2002 batch Indian Postal Service officer Aman Sharma has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of commerce.
May 18, 2016
a) Shobhana Joshi, 1979 batch IDAS and Controller General of Defence Accounts, has been appointed as secretary, defence finance with effect from June 1, 2016.
May 17, 2016
a) 2000 batch IFS officer Ms Namgya C Khampa has been appointed as director in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for 3 years.
b) Jitendra Shankar Mathur, 1982 batch MP cadre IAS and secretary in Panchayati Raj ministry, gets extension of additional charge as rural development secretary for three months.
c) DPE secretary Ameising Luikham, 1981 batch IAS, has been given additional charge as secretary in the heavy industry ministry during secretary Girish Shankar's absence between May 25 and 31, 2016.
May 16, 2016
a) 1988 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer BK Panda has been appointed as Commissioner (JS level) of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation.
May 10, 2016
a) List of 16 new joint secretaries as approved by ACC.
May 5, 2016
a) ACC has decided not to extend deputation tenure of MRP Rao, 1986 batch UP cadre IFoS officer, as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in NTPC, Delhi.
b) Ravinder, 1999 batch UP cadre IAS, now a director in DIPP, has been appointed as PS to MoS (independent charge) for tourism and culture Mahesh Sharma.
c) Heavy Industries secretary Girish Shankar has been given additional charge of post of DPE secretary till May 15 during the leave of DPE secretary Ameising Luikham.
d) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2011 batch Sikkim cadre IAS Ravindra Kumar to UP on grounds of marriage to 2013 batch UP IFoS Diksha Bhandari.
May 2, 2016
a) Shekhar Kumar Sinha, 1979 batch IPoS, has been given addition charge of post of secretary, department of posts and director general, postal services.
b) ACC has approved appointment of M Devaraj, 1996 batch UP cadre IAS as Senior Advisor (JS level) to the Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila for 3 years.
April 28, 2016
a) 1982 batch Uttarakhand cadre IPS SK Bhagat has been appointed as new Director General of Railway Protection Force.
April 27, 2016
a) The List of Secretary Appointments
April 26, 2016
a) The Central deputation tenure of 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS and additional secretary Ms Preeti Sudan has been extended for 3 months with effect from May 1, 2016, or until further orders.
April 25, 2016
a) Bishwadip Dey, 2001 batch IFS, now deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Thimphu, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago.
April 23, 2016
a) New Panchayati Raj secretary and 1982 batch MP cadre IAS Jitendra Shankar Mathur has been given additional charge of post of secretary in rural development department.
April 20, 2016
a) Suresh Babu, presently Ambassador of India to Armenia, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mongolia.
b) A Ajith Kumar, 1994 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as chairman of Rubber Board, Kottayam.
April 19, 2016
a) G Narayana Raju, secretary in legislative department, has been given additional charge of post of secretary in department of legal affairs.
b) The government has approved premature repatriation of 1995 batch IPS Madhup Kumar Tiwari as DIG in CBI to his parent cadre AGMU.
c) The government has decided IMF's Executive Director (India) Dr Subir Gokaran's tenure will be 2 years and 11 months i.e. Oct 31, 2018.
d) Rudra Gaurav Shresth, 1999 batch IFS presently director in MEA, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Mozambique.
a) Ms CK Deshmukh, 1996 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Delhi.
April 16, 2016
a) PC Thakur, 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IPS, has been appointed as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards till his superannuation i.e. 31.12.2016.
April 13, 2016
a) Rahul Bhagat, 2005 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IPS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for steel and mines Bishnu Dev Sai at a deputy secretary level.
b) Navneet Mohan Kothari, 2001 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister for steel and mines Narendra Singh Tomar at the level of director.
April 12, 2016
a) Manoj Kumar, 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under ministry of urban development.
b) Soma Roy Burman, 1986 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS), now financial adviser in NATGRID, gets curtailment of central deputation tenure.
c) Rajeev Gupta, an IRSME officer, has been appointed as Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR). NAIR will soon be a university.
d) 2 IPS officers of 1993 batch have been empaneled as GoI joint secretaries. They are Hari Ram Sharma (UP cadre) and Sunil Kumar Jha (Bihar cadre).
e) Jitandra Gupta, 1989 batch IPoS officer, has been empaneled for holding the post of GoI joint secretary.
f) Deepak Kumar, 1993 batch Jammu and kashmir cadre IPS, has been appointed as CVO in HEC, Ranchi under department of heavy industries.
g) Deepak Kashyap, 1985 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, has been appointed as CVO in BSNL under telecom ministry.
h) Anoop Kumar Agrawal, an IRSE officer, has been appointed as Managing Director, Indian Port Rail Corporation Limited (IPRCL) for 5 years.
i) Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has been removed at the direction of Election Commission. ADG of CID Somen Mitra has been appointed as new city police chief.
j) 1990 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Sushma Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi.
k) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch UP cadre IAS Lokesh M from UP to Karnataka cadre for 3 years on "personal grounds".
April 11, 2016
a) Rajalakshmi Devaraj, 1998 batch IDAS, now working as director, expenditure commission, has been appointed as director in ministry of home affairs.
b) Dr S Swarna, 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been empanelled for holding the post of GoI joint secretary.
c) Bipul Pathak, 1992 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer, has been empanelled for holding the post of GoI joint secretary.
April 9, 2016
a) Finance secretary Ratan P Watal has been given additional charge of post of home secretary till April 24, 2016 as home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi is on leave.
b) 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Dr S Swarna has been empaneled as GoI joint secretary.
April 8, 2016
a) Meeran C Borwankar, 1981 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS, has been appointed as Director General of BPR and D (Bureau of Police Research and Development).
b) Yellapantula Mallikarjun, a private person has been appointed on contract as OSD to minister of parliamentary affairs M Venkaiah Naidu at the rank of a deputy secretary.
April 7, 2016
a) Anil Kumar, 1995 batch IRSME officer, has been appointed as CVO in Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), Goa under ministry of shipping.
b) Debraj Pradhan, 1981 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to Chile, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Norway.
c) IRS-IT officer Praveen Karanth has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of space, Bengaluru.
d) RP Agrawal, 1986 batch Assam cadre IPS, gets extension of tenure of from January 28, 2016 to January 27, 2017 as Joint Director, CBI.
e) Rakesh Asthana, 1984 batch Gujarat cadre IPS, has been appointed as additional director, CBI for a period of 4 years.
f) 3 IPS officers have been appointed as Superintendent of Police in CBI: Asra Garg (2004 batch Tamil Nadu cadre), S Kiran (2008 batch UP cadre) and Daljeet Singh (2007 batch Bihar cadre).
a) Santosh Rastogi, 1998 batch IPS, presently DIG in CBI, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
b) Rakesh Rathi, 2002 batch Bihar cadre IPS, now Superintendent of Police in CBI, gets extension in the deputation tenure till October 6, 2018.
c) Jose Mohan, 2002 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, now Superintendent of Police in CBI, gets extension till December 21, 2018.
d) Rajiv Ranjan, 2005 batch Sikkim cadre IPS, now Superintendent of Police in CBI gets extension till Oct 18, 2018.
e) Principal Commissioner of Income-Tax Shefali Shah has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of culture.
f) Surabhi Rai, 2005 batch UT cadre Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of rural development.
April 5, 2016
a) ACC has approved the appointment of HS Sohal, 1987 batch AGMUT cadre IFoS, as CVO in Engineers India Limited (EIL), Delhi.
b) Bimal Kumar Sikdar,1992 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE), has been appointed as director, ministry silk development and entrepreneurship.
c) Atul Saxena, 1991 batch Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of food processing industries.
April 3, 2016
a) Satender Kumar, India's Ambassador to Suriname concurrently has been accredited as India's High Commissioner to Barbados with residence in Paramaribo.
a) R Masakui, 2001 batch IFS, presently MEA director, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Zimbabwe.
b) Shubhdarshini Tripathi, 1994 batch lFS, now Deputy Chief of Mission in Berlin, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Jordan.
c) K Nandini Singla, 1997 batch IFS, now MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Portugal.
March 31, 2016
a) Bipin Ramesh Khot, 2004 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as Assistant Director General in UIDAI.
March 30, 2016
a) DN Sharan, 1984 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, is deemed to have resigned from IAS with effect from March 24, 2005.
b) A Sreenivas, Haryana cadre IAS now in Telangana, has been "prematurely repatriated" to his parent cadre Haryana on ground of "shortage of officers”.
c) Pragya Richa Srivastava, 1991 batch MP cadre IPS officer, has been empaneled as GoI joint secretary.
March 29, 2016
a) Ajit Kumar, 2006 batch IAS, now deputy secretary in cabinet secretariat, has been appointed as deputy secretary in Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
March 23, 2016
a) 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Rajiv Gauba, now posted in his cadre, has been appointed as new urban development secretary in place of Madhusudan Prasad on his retirement on March 31, 2016.
b) 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS G Gurucharan, currently special secretary in the department of consumer affairs, has been appointed as secretary, Performance Management under the cabinet secretariat.
c) 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Hem Kumar Pande, currently special secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, has been appointed as secretary in the department of official language under the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
d) 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Jitendra Shankar Mathur, currently special secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj.
e) Mines secretary and 1981 batch IAS Balvender Kumar will take additional charge of the post of secretary, coal ministry, till March 30, 2016 when coal secretary Anil Swarup is on leave.
March 22, 2016
a) Retired chief justice of Sikkim High Court, Justice Permod Kohli has been appointed as chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
b) The government has transferred 2012 batch IPS Vikrant Patil from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh on the ground of marriage with 2014 batch IPS of Andhra cadre—Deepika M.
c) ACC has approved premature repatriation of SM Vijayanand, 1981 batch Kerala IAS and secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj to parent cadre with effect from April 25, 2016.
March 21, 2016
a) 2006 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Pradeep Kumar Jha gets inter-cadre deputation to Bihar cadre “on personal grounds” for 3 years.
b) 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS Chhabilendra Roul has been re-designated as additional secretary, department of agriculture research and education, and also secretary, ICAR.
c) Sushil Purohit, 1984 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director, National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB).
March 17, 2016
a) Vani S Rao, 1994 batch IFS, has been repatriated to his parent cadre — Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) due to merger of ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with MEA.
b) Edwinson Swer, 1994 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in North Eastern Council (NEC) secretariat.
c) Kuldeep Parwal, 2006 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of defence.
d) ACC has approved entrusting additional charge of CEO, Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority, to Amardeep Singh Bhatia, joint secretary and 1993 batch IAS.
March 15, 2016
a) MHA additional secretary and 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Braj Kishore Prasad has been asked to investigate missing files in Ishrat Jahan case.
b) Vishvas Vidu Sapkal, 1998 batch IFS, presently Deputy Chief of Mission in Cairo, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Fiji.
a) Ankur Garg, 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of civil aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju.
b) Pradeep Kumar, 1999 batch IPoS officer, has bee appointed as director in the ministry of culture.
March 1, 2016
a) V Amarender Reddy, IRS-IT officer currently posted in International Taxation department in Mumbai, has taken voluntary retirement.
b) IRS-IT officer Niraj Nabh Kumar, currently posted in Pune, has taken voluntary retirement.
c) Rajan Agrawal, 1984 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as director in the department of agriculture research and education.
d) Anil Ranga, 1998 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) officer, has been appointed as director in the department of economic affairs (DEA).
e) Chandradeep, 2000 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP).
f) Praveen Karanth, 2003 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of space, Bengaluru.
February 25, 2016
a) Meenu Chaudhary, 2000 batch AGMUT cadre IPS who was PS to minister Sushma Swaraj, has been appointed as PS to law minister DV Sadananda Gowda.
b) Santosh Kumar Kamila, 1986 batch IPoS officer, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Ordinance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata.
February 24, 2016
a) 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as DG of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in the rank of an union additional secretary.
b) Sanjay Singh, 1987 batch MP cadre IAS, has been appointed as Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under the ministry of telecom.
c) VP Joy, 1987 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as CPFC in EPFO under ministry of labour.
d) Anuradha Joshi Durgapal, 1988 batch IP&TA&FS officer, has been appointed as Controller (Admin) and joint secretary, NTRO.
e) Bipin Behari, 1985 batch UT cadre Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of official language under ministry of home affairs.
f) Sameer Kumar Khare, 1989 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA) under the ministry of finance.
g) Padma Lochan Sahu, 1991 batch ICAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of culture.
h) 1985 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Shefali Shah has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of culture.
February 22, 2016
a) KN Vyas, distinguished scientist in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), has been appointed as Director, BARC for 3 years.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Ramanjit Kaur Sethi has been appointed as deputy director in the Directorate of Enforcement, Delhi.
c) Sanjiv Mittal, 1984 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as secretary (JS level) in Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB), Noida.
d) ACC has approved the extension of tenure of Prof K Vijay Raghavan as secretary in the department of biotechnology till Feb 2, 2018 i.e. till he attains 64 years of age.
e) ACC has approved extension of Abhishek Singh, 1995 batch Nagaland cadre IAS in Food Corporation of India (FCI) till March 31, 2017 as “a special case”. The order says, the extension should not be quoted as a “precedent”.
February 19, 2016
a) Dr Trilochan Mohapatra has been appointed as secretary, department of agriculture research and education (DARE)-cum DG, ICAR.
b) Vinod Agrawal, 1980 batch IAS and secretary in department of empowerment of person with disability has been entrusted additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of minority affairs till February 28.
February 18, 2016
a) Dr Ketan Shukla, 1986 batch IFS, presently joint secretary in MEA, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Botswana.
b) 1984 batch UT cadre IPS Karnal Singh will continue to be acting Enforcement Director (ED) for six more months beginning Feb 19, 2016.
c) NITI Aayoog CEO and 1980 batch IAS Amitabh Kant will have a 2-year tenure. ACC has approved it. All other terms and conditions will be the same as that of the previous CEO.
d) Nitin Madan Kulkarni, 1995 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, has been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
e) PM-headed ACC has approved cadre change of Himanshu Kumar Rai, 2010 batch IAS, from Kerala cadre to Bihar cadre.
f) 1979 batch IPS Alok Verma has been appointed as next Delhi Police Commissioner.
February 16, 2016
a) Delhi ACB chief MK Meena has been transferred to Andaman Islands.
b) 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS Niraj Verma, now JS in road ministry, has been appointed as Member (PPP) in National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
c) Ashok Kumar Jha, 1990 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as assistant director general (director level) in UIDAI, Mumbai.
d) Gopal Krushna Sutar, 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as assistant director general (director level) in UIDAI.
e) Bala Prasad, 1983 batch Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as MD, TRIFED under ministry of tribal affairs.
f) Subhash Chandra Pandey, 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS) officer, has been appointed as additional secretary and FA in DIPP.
g) 1982 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Anjali Anand Srivastava has been appointed as secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC).
h) Badri Narain Sharma, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, currently in power ministry, has been appointed as additional secretary, department of revenue.
February 15, 2016
a) 2001 batch Punjab cadre IAS Priyank Bharti has been appointed as director in the ministry of road transport and highways.
b) UK Sinha, chief of market regulator SEBI (also a former IAS of 1976 batch) gets one-year extension.
February 12, 2016
a) 2002 batch AGMUT cadre Indian Forest Service officer M Rajkumar, who is now director in the ministry of coal, has been prematurely repatriated on personal grounds.
b) Anurag Sharma, 2005 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of commerce.
c) 2002 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Saurabh Gaur will continue to remain as private secretary to minister M Venkaiah Naidu. But he will no longer be attached to Parliamentary Affairs ministry, but will be the minister's PS in the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA). Minister Naidu holds both those departments.
d) Minister M Venkaiah Naidu's private secretary and 2000 batch Karnataka cadre Indian Forest Service officer MK Tripathi's tenure has been curtailed. He is now placed on compulsory wait.
e) Poonam Singh, 2003 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
f) Rakesh Kumar, 1997 batch Indian Railway Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
g) Union law minister Sadananda Gowda's private secretary and 2000 batch Karnataka IAS V Ponnuraj has been prematurely repatriated so that he can avail of promotion in his parent cadre.
h) Former finance secretary and 1973 batch IAS Ashok Chawla has been appointed as new chairman of governing council of energy research institute, TERI.
February 11, 2016
a) Girish Shankar, 1982 batch IAS, now secretary in department of official language, has been appointed secretary in department of heavy industry in place of Rajan S Katoch who is retiring.
b) The government has extended finance secretary Ratan P Watal's tenure for two months i.e. till April 30, 2016, possibly in the wake of the forthcoming general Budget.
c) Ramesh Abhishek, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, is new DIPP secretary in place of Amitabh Kant from Feb 29. Abhishek joins as OSD in DIPP immediately. Kant will be CEO of NITI Aayog on a contract basis post-retirement.
February 10, 2016
a) Subramanya MS Rao, 2000 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of personnel and training, DoPT.
b) Anshuman Sharma, 2005 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of financial services under ministry of finance.
c) Rashi Sharma, 2003 batch IPoS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of school education under HRD ministry.
d) Hanif Qureshi, 1996 batch Haryana cadre IPS officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation.
e) Girish Chandrashekhar Hosur, 1996 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer, has been appointed as director in department of school education.
February 8, 2016
a) Girish Chandrashekhar Hosur, 1996 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of school education for 5 years.
February 5, 2016
a) Yogeshwar Sangwan, 1994 batch lFS, now deputy Chief of Mission in Tehran, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Armenia.
b) 2002 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Nikhil Kumar has been appointed as deputy secretary in Election Commission of India, Delhi.
February 4, 2016
a) In a rare instance, the Central government has appointed a retired person as secretary. Ex-IAS Parameswaran Iyer (who took voluntary retirement in 2009) has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation on a contract basis for two years.
b) 1981 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS Dr Anand Kumar has been appointed as Special Director in Intelligence Bureau in HAG plus grade.
c) IRS-IT officer of 1979 batch Sushil Kumar Sahai has been appointed as Member (Income-Tax) in CBDT.
d) 1987 batch Indian Postal Service officer AK Poddar's tenure as Chief Vigilance Officer in rail PSU CONCOR, has been extended till May 23, 2018.
e) Anil Kumar Agarwal,1981 batch West Bengal IAS, currently secretary in the ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, has been appointed as secretary in National Commission for Schedule Tribes.
f) Kamal Chowdhery, 1991 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as MD of National Cooperative Consumer's Federation of India Ltd (NCCF).
g) Suprio Ghosh, IRS-IT officer and additional CIT, Mumbai, takes voluntary retirement.
h) Satender Kumar, presently ambassador of India to Suriname, has been concurrently accredited as High Commissioner of India to Saint Lucia.
February 2, 2016
a) KK Sharma, 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS and additional DG in BSF, has been appointed as DG BSF.
b) K Durga Prasad, 1981 batch Telangana cadre IPS and special DG in CRPF, has been appointed as DG, CRPF.
c) Ms Archana Ramasundaram, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS and DG, NCRB, has been appointed as Director General in SSB.
d) MK Singla, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IPS and additional DG in BSF, has been appointed as special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs.
e) ARK Kinni, 1981 batch Bihar cadre IPS, has been appointed as DG in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
February 1, 2016
a) List of 10 secretary-level reshuffle
January 27, 2016
a) 2 former civil servants -- GS Patnaik (1980 batch IAS) and YS Dadwal (1974 batch IPS), have been appointed as advisers to Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
January 23, 2016
a) 11 officers appointed as joint secretaries. Full List
January 22, 2016
a) Ashok Kumar Mehta, 1987 batch Indian Revenue Service (C and CE) officer, has been appointed as private secretary to President of India Pranab Mukherjee.
b) Mahesh Kumar Gupta, 1987 batch UP cadre IAS officer, has been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
January 21, 2016
a) Atulesh Jindal, 1978 batch IRS, now member CBDT, has been appointed as chairman CDBT in place of AK Jain, on his superannuation.
b) IRS-IT officer Gangadhar Panda, presently posted as First Secretary, ITOU at Indian Embassy in Washington DC, has been prematurely repatriated.
c) PESB has recommended Rajeev Sharma, CMD, REC for the post of CMD in Power Finance Corporation (PFC).
d) Dr Shashi Kumar, 1980 batch UT cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy.
January 15, 2016
a) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of Smt Ambika Khatua, CCIT, Panchkula with effect from January 31, 2016.
b) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of IRS-IT officer Dapindra Singh Chawla, now CIT, New Delhi with effect from January 31, 2016.
c) IRS-IT officer Nikhil Pandit, based out of New Delhi now, has taken voluntary retirement.
January 14, 2016
a) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Shishir Srivastava has been entrusted additional charge of the post of CVO, Kandla Port Trust (KPT), Kandla.
January 13, 2016
a) Praveen Kumar Tiwari, 1985 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer and director (FIU IND), gets extension of deputation tenure for 3 months.
b) Sunjay Sudhir, 1993 batch IFS, has been empanelled to hold post of joint secretary in oil ministry for balance period of 3 years in central deputation.
January 11, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Amarender Reddy, based in Mumbai, has taken voluntary retirement.
b) Sanjiv Ranjan, 1993 batch IFS, presently MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Argentina.
c) 2014 batch IAS Roman Saini quits IAS to become a free e-tutor.
a) DG of CISF and 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IPS Surender Singh has been granted apex scale (secretary's salary) with immediate effect.
b) NSG Director General and 1980 batch Assam cadre IPS RC Tayal has been granted apex scale ( secretary's salary) with immediate effect.
c) 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IPS and DG of SSB Banshidhar Sharma has been granted apex scale (secretary's salary) with immediate effect.
d) 1981 batch Bihar cadre IPS and special director in Intelligence Bureau (IB) Satish Chandra Jha has been granted apex scale (secretary's salary).
e) Shambhu S Kumaran, 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been empanelled to hold the post of joint secretary.
January 7, 2016
a) DIPP secretary and 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS Amitabh Kant has been appointed as CEO, NITI Aayog after his retirement in February end. The exact terms and conditions will be given later. He is currently holding additional charge of CEO, NITI Aayog.
b) 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, currently additional secretary in MHA Mr Sailesh has been appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
c) Pavan Kapoor, 1990 batch IFS officer, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to lsrael.
d) Siraj Hussain, 1979 batch UP cadre IAS and agriculture secretary has been assigned additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of food processing industries.
a) Diwakar Nath Misra, 2000 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been shifted as director to the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
b) ACC has approved the appointment of 2004 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Shurbir Singh as OSD to MOS, Home Haribhai P Chaudhary.
c) 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS Sudhir Pratap Singh, now IG in CRPF, has been appointed as additional DG in CRPF.
January 4, 2016
a) IRS-IT officer Smt V Brahadambal, based out of Cochin, takes voluntary retirement.
b) IRS-IT officer Salil Mishra has been appointed as Director (OT and WT) in the CBDT on deputation basis.
January 2, 2016
a) IPS officers of 1990 batch Tejendra Singh Luthra of AGMU cadre and Ashok Awasthi of MP cadre have been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
December 31, 2015
a) Former IAS and ex-chief economist in UNDP Gyanendra D Bandgaiyan has been appointed as Director General in National Centre for Good Governance.
December 30, 2015
a) Syed Md Andaleeb Razi, 1999 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service, has been appointed as director in department of commerce.
b) Subu R, 2001 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as commissioner (director level) in Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
c) Amrendra Kumar Dubey, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been elevated as special secretary in the ministry of coal.
d) Snehlata Shrivastava, 1982 batch MP cadre IAS, has been elevated as special secretary in department of financial services under finance ministry.
e) Susheel Kumar, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS officer, has been elevated as special secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
f) Vinay Mohan Kwatra, 1988 batch IFS, will be joint secretary in PMO for balance period of his 3 year-deputation tenure i.e. up to October 13, 2018.
December 28, 2015
a) Sanjay Mitra, 1982 batch IAS and West Bengal chief secretary has been appointed as new secretary, ministry of road transport and highways.
b) 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Rashmi Verma has been appointed secretary in the ministry of textiles in place of Sanjay Kumar Panda who is retiring on December 31.
c) Ms Aradhana Johri, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, now disinvestment secretary, has been appointed chairperson, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention.
d) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed secretary, department of disinvestment in place of Ms Aradhana Johri.
e) The government has given additional charge of post of CEO of NITI Aayog to DIPP secretary and 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS Amitabh Kant as the tenure of Sindhushree Khullar ends on December 31, 2015.
f) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and secretary (coordination), cabinet secretariat will continue to hold additional charge of the post of secretary (security), cabinet secretariat.
g) Mahendra Pal Khadolia, 1984 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation.
h) Brij Mohan Agrawal, 1984 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation.
December 24, 2015
a) Jaideep Sarkar, 1987 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to lsrael, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Bhutan.
b) IRS-IT officer Shailesh Thakur has been appointed as Deputy Secretary (IT-Budget) in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
December 23, 2015
a) 1985 batch UP cadre IAS Bhupendra Singh has been appointed as chairman, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
b) 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS Sumeet Jerath, currently additional DGFT, has been appointed as additional secretary and FA in ministry of external affairs (MEA).
c) 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Udai Pratap Singh has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of tourism.
d) 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ms Smita Nagaraj has been appointed as DG (Acquisition) in the ministry of defence.
e) 1985 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority under the ministry of health.
f) 1985 batch Punjab cadre IAS Kalpana Mittal Baruah has been appointed as additional secretary in cabinet secretariat.
g) 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS R Rajagopal has been appointed as adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat.
h) 1983 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Asha Ram Sihag, currently DG (Acquisition) under the ministry of defence, has been appointed as secretary, UPSC.
i) 1998 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer Shanker Manoharan has been appointed as director, department of space, Bengaluru.
j) 1988 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE) Prabhas Kumar has been appointed as director, department of fertilizers.
k) 1996 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Mukesh Choudhary has been appointed as director, ministry of coal.
l) 1983 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Ashim Khurana has been appointed as Chairman, Staff Selection Commission at the rank of an additional secretary.
m) Saraswati Prasad, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS officer, now joint secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation, by upgrading the post of joint secretary as additional secretary.
n) Chhabilendra Roul, 1995 batch Punjab cadre IAS, presently in his own cadre has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of agriculture research.
o) Binoy Kumar, a 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, presently additional secretary and finance adviser in the ministry of external officer (MEA), has been appointed as Director General in the directorate general of supplies and disposals under the ministry of commerce ministry of commerce and industries in place of Siddarth, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS consequent on his premature repatriation to his cadre.
December 21, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Govt transfers 2015 Himachal cadre IAS Rahul Hooda to Haryana on ground of marriage to 2011 batch Haryana cadre IPS Manisha Choudhary.
December 18, 2015
a) 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre ex-IAS & former defence secretary RK Mathur has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India.
b) Kula Saikia, 1985 batch IPS and additional DGP of Assam gets Sahitya Akademi award. Saikia is a noted writer in Assamese language.
December 17, 2015
a) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of IRS-IT officer Dinesh Verma, posted in Bengaluru w.e.f. December 16, 2015.
b) Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, 1983 batch IFS, now Dy Permanent Representative of India in New York, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Thailand.
c) Sanjiv Kohli, 1988 batch IFS, presently MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to New Zealand.
d) Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, 1980 batch IFS, presently Dean of FSI, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Indonesia.
e) DG of Indian Council of Agriculture Research Dr S Ayyappan's tenure has been extended for 3 months beyond Dec 31, 2015 or until further order.
f) 1993 batch Haryana cadre IAS Deepti Umashankar will continue as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretary, but her post will now be treated akin to non-CSS.
g) 1987 batch MP cadre IAS RK Chaturvedi has been appointed a joint secretary in Implementation Cell of the 7th Pay Commission under department of expenditure.
h) 1988 batch IA&AS officer Ms Meera Swarup has been appointed as joint secretary and FA in department of expenditure.
i) 1988 batch IFoS officer of UT cadre Subhash Chandra has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of mines in place of IAS Naresh Kumar.
j) 1991 batch Bihar IPS Praveen Vashista has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA). Earlier, he was selected as secretary, ministry of mines.
k) Mohd Jamshed, GM in NF Railways, has been appointed as Member Traffic in Railway Board, a post lying vacant for 11 months (since January 15, 2015)
December 16, 2015
a) Kavitha Vaibhav Padmanabhan, 2006 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT).
b) 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Gopi Chandra Chhawaniya has been appointed as director in ministry of home affairs (MHA).
c) 2005 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Babu Lal Meena has been appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of home affairs (MHA).
d) 2000 batch IRTS officer Anwar Hussain Shaik has been appointed as director in the department of consumers affairs.
e) 1990 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS TV Ravichandran has been appointed as Minister (personnel) in Embassy of India, Berlin, Germany.
f) 1989 batch Tamil Nadu IAS Anita Praveen, now commerce ministry JS, will hold additional charge as CEO, Price Stabilisation Fund Trust till February 10, 2016.
g) 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Leena Nair will continue to hold additional charge of post of chairman, Coffee Board till February 11, 2016.
h) 1989 batch IFS officer Akhilesh Mishra, now Consul General of India, Toronto, has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to Maldives.
i) 1978 batch IRS-IT officer AK Jain has been appointed as chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
December 15, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Krittika Jyotsna, 2014 batch Telangana cadre IAS, has been transferred to UP cadre on grounds of marriage to her UP cadre batch-mate Rahul Pandey.
December 14, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Ms Simar Singh Negi has taken voluntary retirement w.e.f. December 1, 2015.
December 13, 2015
a) Mumbai Police Commissioner and 1980 batch IPS officer Ahmad Javed has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia.
December 11, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Ms Surbhai Sharma has been appointed as deputy secretary in DIPP under ministry of commerce and industry.
b) The government has accepted voluntary retirement of IRS-IT officer Ms Simar Singh Negi w.e.f. December 1, 2015.
c) 2003 batch Odisha cadre IPS Himanshu Kumar Lal has been appointed as deputy secretary in UIDAI, Delhi.
December 10, 2015
a) DD Maheswari, under secretary has been posted to health ministry on his repatriation from deputation as additional private secretary,to railway minister.
a) IRS-IT officer Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as additional FA and joint secretary in the ministry of defence.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Priyanka Singh has been appointed as OSD to the secretary, department of revenue.
c) YS Dwivedi, 1984 batch IDSE officer and director in department of rural development, gets extension of central deputation tenure for 3 months.
d) Ashim Khurana, 1983 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and chairman of SSC, gets additional charge of post of secretary, UPSC for 3 months.
e) NK Sharma, 1988 batch IDSE officer and director in ministry of road transport and highways, gets extension of his deputation tenure for 3 months.
December 8, 2015
a) The government has given nod to inter-cadre deputation of Gurrala Srinivasulu from UP cadre to AP cadre for a period of 3 years.
b) Shubhra Singh, 1989 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as ED (JS level) in ITPO.
December 4, 2015
a) 14 new joint secretaries include 2 IPS, 1 forest and 1 postal service officers; Full List of JS
b) A new cadre, Indian Skill Development Service, will soon be notified in consultation with UPSC, personnel minister Jintendra Singh said in a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
December 3, 2015
a) Saurabh Shukla, 2005 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department economic affairs (DEA) for four years.
b) K Vijay Raghavan, secretary in the department of biotechnology, gets an extension of additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of earth sciences for a period of 3 months.
December 2, 2015
a) The government has cancelled the appointment of Anuradha Shankar, 1990 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS, as HPCL's CVO, as she failed to take charge on time.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Mamta Bansal has been appointed as director (investigations) in Central Bureau of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
c) The government has given extension to tenure of Rajalakshmi Ramanathan, 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer as Central Vigilance Officer in Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for 2 years.
December 1, 2015
a) IRS officer and former CBDT chairperson Anita Kapur has been appointed as Adviser on Tax Reforms for 6 months with effect from December 1, 2015. She is expected to help RV Easwar (Rtd) panel in re-drafting certain sections of IT Act, among other assignments.
b) Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) AK Jain has been made in-charge as CBDT chairman until further order.
c) 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and joint secretary in MHA, Gopal Reddy has been given one-month-extension of his central deputation tenure.
November 30, 2015
a) 1981 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ravinder Kumar Jain will continue as Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for one more year beyond November 30, 2015, the day he retires. ACC has given its nod.
November 27, 2015
a) Pankaj Saran, 1982 batch IFS, currently High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Russian Federation.
b) Sushil Kumar Singhal, presently Ambassador of India to Angola, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to Equatorial Guinea.
a) Anil Wadhwa, 1979 batch IFS, now Secretary (East) in MEA, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Italy.
b) Rajesh Singh, 2007 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been transferred from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Jharkhand cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) Policy.
November 24, 2015
a) Vivek Johri, 1985 batch IRS (C and CE) officer, gets an extension as minister (customs) in the Permanent Mission of India to WTO, Geneva till February 29, 2016.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Smt Alaknanda Dayal, 2000 batch IAS from Punjab to UP cadre for 3 years on personal grounds.
\c) DC Srivastava, 1995 batch AGMUT cadre IPS, has been appointed as ED (security) in ONGC under ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
November 23, 2015
a) Vijay Vishwas Pant, 2004 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MSME minister Kalraj Mishra at the level of deputy secretary.
b) 1982 batch IFS officer Ms Preeti Saran, currently ambassador of India at Hanoi, has been appointed as Secretary (East).
c) 1982 batch IFS Amar Sinha, currently ambassador of India to Afghanistan, has been appointed as MEA secretary (ER).
d) 1980 batch IFS Ms Sujata Mehta, currently secretary (ER), has been transferred as Secretary (West).
e) 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Rajalakshmi Ramanathan has been given two years extension as CVO in rail PSU RVNL beyond February 5, 2016.
November 21, 2015
a) Rural development secretary and 1979 batch IAS Jugal Kishore Mohapatra has been given additional charge of ministry of drinking water and sanitation after voluntary retirement of Vijay Laxmi Joshi, a 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS.
a) Babu Marriage: Ashish Modi, 2014 batch Nagaland cadre IAS has been transferred from Nagaland to Rajasthan cadre on grounds of marriage to 2014 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Bharti Dixit.
b) IRS officer Ms Riddhi Mishra has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of culture for a period of four years.
November 17, 2015
a) 1985 batch IFS Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India's Permanent Representative to UN. He will take up his new role in January 2016.
November 13, 2015
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 1994 batch Sikkim cadre IPS N Sridhar Rao to Andhra cadre for one year on the ground of "personal hardship".
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2002 batch Punjab cadre IAS Baldeo Purushartha from Punjab to AGMUT cadre for 3 years.
November 12, 2015
a) Economist and ex-deputy Governor of RBI Dr Subir Gokaran has been appointed as Executive Director, India, in International Monetary Fund (IMF) in place of Rakesh Mohan. The order was signed on the Diwali Day, i.e. November 11.
November 10, 2015
a) Sindhu Pillai, 2001 batch IPS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of financial service under ministry of finance.
b) Manoj Kumar Gangeya, 2000 batch IRTS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
November 9, 2015
a) Karnal Singh, 1984 batch UT cadre IPS, will continue as acting Enforcement Director (ED) for 3 more months beyond November 19. The government has given him extension for three months or till it finds a suitable candidate. His actual designation is special director, ED.
b) IRS-IT officer Abhay Damle has been appointed as joint secretary in the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway.
c) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as special secretary in the department of public enterprise (DPE).
November 5, 2015
a) IRS officer Ms G Komal Kishore has been appointed as Special Secretary/Commissioner to the Andhra Pradesh government on deputation basis.
b) Pankaj Kumar, 1991 batch ITS, now on compulsory wait in ministry of food processing industries, has been appointed as director in agriculture ministry.
c) Anoop Kumar Srivastava, 1981 batch IAS and secretary in border management, has been assigned additional charge of secretary in the department of official language, from November 7 to 22, 2015.
November 2, 2015
a) 122 new joint secretaries appointed; 13 IAS, 3 IRS-IT, 1 IPS among others; Full List
October 31, 2015
a) 1980 batch IFS Navtej Singh Sarna, currently secretary (west), has been appointed as the next Indian High Commissioner to UK.
October 28, 2015
a) Ms Aruna Sundararajan, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS, currently Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under department of telecommunications, ministry of communications and information technology, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of steel in place of Rakesh Singh, 1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS who retired on September 30.
b) Navin Verma, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, currently special secretary in cabinet secretariat has been appointed as secretary, ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in place of R Vijaykumar, 1978 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS who had retired on September 30, 2015.
c) Ms Naini Jayaseelan, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, presently posted in her cadre has been appointed as secretary, inter-state council secretariat under the ministry of home affairs in place of Pravir Kumar, 1982 batch UP cadre who was repatriated to his cadre.
d) Ramesh Abhishek, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, performance management, cabinet secretariat.
e) Vijay Shankar Pandey, 1979 batch UP cadre IAS, presently posted in his cadre, has been appointed as secretary in the department of chemicals and petrochemicals, ministry of chemicals and fertilizers. But he will take charge only on December 31, 2015, when incumbent Surjit Kumar Chaudhary, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, would retire.
f) The ACC has approved assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary, ministry of minority affairs to Amarendra Sinha, 1981 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and secretary, National Commission for Minorities in place of Arvind Mayaram, 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS who is retiring on October 31, 2015.
g) The ACC has approved continuation of additional charge of CMD, SAIL with secretary, ministry of micro, small and medium enterprise, for the purpose of continuity, till a regular incumbent joins.
h) Najib Shah, a 1979 batch IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer, and Member of Central Board of Excise and customs, has been appointed as Chairman of CBEC in place of Kaushal Srivastava, a 1978 batch officer who has retired.
October 26, 2015
a)1982 batch IPS and Punjab's current Vigilance Bureau (VB) director Suresh Arora has been appointed as new Punjab DGP.
a) The government has approved cadre change of 2007 batch Chhattisgarh IAS Ravi Prakash Gupta to Haryana on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) Policy.
October 20, 2015
a) DEA secretary and 1980 batch IAS Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as a board member in market regulator, Sebi.
October 19, 2015
a) Gurjit Singh, 1980 batch IFS, presently Ambassador of India to Indonesia, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Germany.
b) Ramachandra Mishra, 1991 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer has been appointed as director in Cabinet Secretariat.
October 17, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: 2011 batch IAS Deepti Uppal has been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir cadre to Punjab cadre on ground of marriage to Punjab cadre Indian Forest Service officer Vikram Singh Kundra.
October 16, 2015
a) Ms Suchitra Durai, 1988 batch IFS, currently High Commissioner of India to Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to Eritrea.
b) Law Commission's Member Secretary G Narayana Raju has been appointed as secretary, Legislative Department.
October 14, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Tarun Seem has been appointed as Mission Director in the Delhi State Health Mission on deputation basis.
October 13, 2015
a) None of short-listed candidates turned up for PESB interview for post of Director (Finance), Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL),a rail PSU.
b) 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Tapan Ray has been given additional charge of secretary, Information and Broadcasting ministry during October 14 to 27 when secretary Sunil Arora will be on leave.
October 12, 2015
a) Alkesh Sharma, 1990 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as CEO and MD of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corp (DMICDC) for 3 years.
b) Government has approved premature repatriation of Ashok K Pavadia, 1980 batch IRTS and adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat to his parent cadre, Indian Railways.
October 9, 2015
a) 1985 batch MP cadre IAS M Gopal Reddy's tenure as joint secretary in ministry of home affairs (MHA) has been extended for 2 months beyond October 7, 2015
b) Babu Marriage: 2011 batch IAS Killu Sivakumar Naidu has been transferred from Manipur to Telangana cadre on ground of marriage to Telangana cadre IPS Ms Chetana Mylabathula.
October 8, 2015
a) Suchitra Durai, 1988 batch IFS, now High commissioner of India to Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Somalia.
October 7, 2015
a) 1988 batch IFS officer Thanglura Darlong has been appointed as OSD of South Asian University, New Delhi for 3 years.
b) Yatendra Kumar, 1996 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as CVO in Airport Authority of India under the ministry of civil aviation.
October 6, 2015
a) PM gets a new Officer on Special Duty. 1988 batch IFS Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as OSD in PMO. He will be designated as JS after his empanelment. He will replace Jawed Ashraf,a 1991 IFS. Kwatra has been asked to join immediately for familiarisation of work before Ashraf relinquishes charge.
b) The government has extended deputation tenure of 2005 batch Assam cadre IPS Debajit Hazarika, now an SP in National Investigation Agency (NIA), for one year.
c) IFS officer Man Mohan Bhanot, presently a deputy secretary in finance division of MEA, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Syria.
d) 1983 batch Andhra cadre IAS and CEO of Pollavaram Project Authority Dinesh Kumar has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
October 5, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Shivaji Baban Ghode, now posted as JCIT, Mumbai, has taken voluntary retirement. The government has accepted his application.
October 1, 2015
a) MSME secretary and 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anup K Pujari has been given additional charge of the post of secretary, steel, in place of Rakesh Singh, 1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS who has retired.
b) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, now secretary, coordination in cabinet secretariat, has been given additional charge of the post of Chairman, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention.
c) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, now secretary, coordination in cabinet secretariat, has also been given additional charge of post of secretary (security) in cabinet secretariat.
d) PK Malhotra, secretary in department of legal affairs has been given assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary, legislative department.
e) Anoop Kumar Srivastava, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS and secretary in department of border management under ministry of home affairs (MHA) has been given additional charge of the post of secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat.
f) Ameising Luikham, 1981 batch IAS Manipur cadre IAS and secretary, department of public enterprises, has been given assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary in the ministry of development of North Eastern Region.
September 30, 2015
a) Government has accorded approval for inter-cadre extension of inter-cadre deputation of Dr (Ms) Ashima Jain, 2008 batch Bihar cadre IAS, from Bihar to AGMUT (Delhi segment) by two years i.e. up to August 8, 2017.
September 24, 2015
a) Former PMO official (of Manmohan Singh govt) and current additional secretary in DIPP Shatrughna Singh (a 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS) has been prematurely repatriated to Uttarakhand.
b) Leena Nair, 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and chairperson of Marine Products Export Development Authority will continue to head Coffee Board till Nov 11, 2015, according to a new order.
c) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2002 batch Odisha IAS Mrinalini Darswal from Odisha to AGMUT cadre for two years beyond September 16, 2015.
September 22, 2015
a) 1987 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer AS Rajan has been appointed as Minister (Coordination) in High Commission of India in London for a period of three years at the joint secretary level.
b) The government has approved the appointment of 1996 batch Karnataka cadre IFS Vijay Ranjan Singh, now a director, as the private secretary to fertiliser minister Ananth Kumar.
c) Yudhir Singh Malik, 1983 batch Haryana cadre IAS and CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the department of health, has been appointed as additional secretary in NITI Aayog in a newly-created post.
d) The government has also cancelled the appointment of Ms Keshni Anand Arora, a 1983 batch Haryana cadre IAS, as additional secretary in NITI Aayog.
e) Ms Kavita Gupta, 1985 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and additional DGFT in Mumbai, has been appointed as Textile Commissioner (additional secretary level) for two years or until further order in place of Kiran Soni Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS.
f) Ms Kiran Soni Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and Textile Commissioner, has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the ministry of youth affairs and sports for two years or until further order in place of Ms Sujata Prasad, 1983 batch ICAS officer.
g) 1985 batch IDSE officer Harihar Prasad Mehra has been appointed as director in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
September 19, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2013 batch UP IAS Ms Umamaheshwari R to Madhya Pradesh on the ground of marriage to 2013 batch MP cadre IAS Frank Noble A.
September 17, 2015
a) 2004 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Riddhi Mishra has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of culture.
September 16, 2015
a) The government has approved promotion of 153 IRS officers of 1992, 1993 and 1994 batches to the rank of Commissioners of Income Tax. The promotion of the officers is expected to help addressing backlog of taxpayers' appeals and offer better services on the ground.
September 14, 2015
a) Anand Kumar, 1988 batch UP cadre IPS and CVO of Oil India Ltd (OIL) has been given additional charge of the post of CVO, Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Delhi.
b) IRS-IT officer of 2003 batch Mahesh KM has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of petroleum.
c) Anita Praveen, 1989 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in the department of commerce, has been entrusted additional charge of the post of CEO, Price Stabilization Fund Trust.
a) 1996 batch IPS Binita Thakur who is now on a compulsory wait in the higher education department, has been appointed as director in NATGRID under the ministry of home affairs.
b) Yogesh K Singhal,1985 batch Indian Defence Service of Engineers officer, has been appointed as joint secretary (director level) in Central Information Commission.
c) H Athieli, 2002 batch ICAS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of expenditure.
September 10, 2015
a) Chandan Mishra Dwivedi, 2001 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of revenue under ministry of finance.
b) Lokesh Kumar Sharma, 1988 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in revenue department under ministry of finance.
September 9, 2015
The following officers get promotion w.e.f. August 31, 2015 by temporarily upgrading the posts held by them:
a) Ms Aruna Sundararajan, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS as administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under department of telecommunications in the rank and pay of secretary.
b) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as secretary, Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises under department of public enterprises in the rank and pay of secretary.
c) Avinash K Srivastava, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as special secretary, department of agriculture and cooperation and farmers welfare, ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare.
d) Amarjeet Singh, 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS as special secretary, ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.
e) Ms Rashmi Verma, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS as special secretary, department of revenue, ministry of finance.
f) Jitendra Shankar Mathur, 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS as special secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting.
g) Navin Verma, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS as special secretary, cabinet secretariat.
h) Dinesh Singh, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as special secretary in ministry of statistics and programme implementation.
i) Ramesh Abhishek, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS as chairman, Forward Markets Commission, in the rank and pay of secretary.
j) Krishan Kumar Jalan, 1982 batch Haryana cadre IAS as Central Provident Fund Commissioner in Employees' Provident Fund Organisation under ministry of labour and employment in the rank and pay of secretary.
k) G Gurucharan, 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS as special secretary in department of consumer affairs, ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
l) Ajay Narayan Jha, 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS as special secretary in department of expenditure, ministry of finance.
m) Prabhas Kumar Jha, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS as special secretary and financial adviser, department of food and public distribution, ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
n) Ms Leena Nair, 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS as chairperson, Marine Products Exports Development Authority under department of commerce, in the rank and pay of secretary.
o) Hem Kumar Pande, 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IAS as special secretary, ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
p) Jai Priye Prakash, 1982 batch Assam cadre IAS as special secretary, cabinet secretariat.
q) Ms M Sathiyavathy, 1982 batch UT cadre IAS as Director General of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of secretary.
r) CB Venkataramana, 1982 batch Telangana cadre IAS as special secretary in department of atomic energy.
September 8, 2015
a) Dr V Thiruppugazh, 1991 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as Advisor (joint secretary level) in National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
September 7, 2015
a) Ashok Kumar, Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, now working as director in DoPT, has been appointed as OSD to MoS PMO and personnel Jitendra Singh in DoPT.b) Rakesh Kumar, 1991 batch ITS officer, presently on a compulsory wait, has been appointed as director in the department of personnel and training (DoPT).
September 4, 2015
a) Development Commissioner (Handlooms) Alok Kumar entrusted additional charge of the post of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts).
b) 1986 batch IPoS officer Alok Sharma's tenure as CVO in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), extended for 2 years beyond January 18, 2015.
September 3, 2015
a) The government has approved cadre change of 2014 batch Assam cadre IAS Ms Monika Gupta to Haryana cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) policy.
September 1, 2015
a) Pranveen Sinha, 1988 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary (JS level) in Central Vigilance Commission for a period of five years in place of Radhika Budaraju, a 1989 batch Odisha cadre IPS.
b) Biswajit Kumar Singh, 1989 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as commissioner (JS level) in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti under the department of school education and literacy for a period of five years in place of GS Bothyal, a 1983 batch CSS.
c) Sanjiv Kumar Mittal, 1987 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of electronics and information technology for a period of five years in place of Rajendra Kumar, a 1992 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS.
d) Prasant Kumar, 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IFS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of rural development for five years in place of R Subramanyam, a 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS.
e) Darshana Momaya Dabral, 1990 batch IP&TA&FS has been appointed as joint secretary in the department school education and literacy for a period of five years in place of Y Tripathi, a 1985 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer.
f) Sanjiv Kumar, 1986 Karnataka cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change for a period of 5 years in place of MM Kutty, a 1985 batch AGMUT cadre IAS.
g) Dharam Pal, a 1988 batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of fertilizer for a period of five years.
h) Chandra Bhan Singh, 1986 batch IES officer, has been appointed as ADG (JS level) in BIS under the department of consumer affairs for a period of five years in place of Alka Panda, a 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS.
i) Aniruddha Kumar, a 1987 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of power for a period of five years in place of Badri Narain Sharma, a 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS.
j) Chandra Prakash Goyal, 1986 batch UP cadre IFS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of biotechnology for a period of five years in place of S Raghavan, a 1983 batch Odisha cadre IFS.
k) Sunita H Khurana, 1996 batch CSS officer, has been appointed as director (JS level) in ISTM under DoPT up to her superannuation.
l) Vandana Gupta, 1990 batch IP&TA& FS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of woman and child development for a period of five years in place of Iqbal Singh Chahal, a 1989 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer.
m) Iqbal Singh Chahal, 1989 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer and joint secretary in the ministry of woman and child development, has been placed on compulsory wait in the same ministry until further orders.
n) Sanjay Prasad, 1995 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce.
o) Nikunja Bihari Dhal, 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of mines in place of Arun Kumar, 1983 batch Assam cadre IAS.
p) Manoj Diwedi, 1997 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce.
q) RK Gathwal, 1998 batch CSS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary (JS level) in UPSC.
r) The tennure of Samir K Sinha, 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS, as joint secretary in 7th Central Pay Commission, has been extended till December 31, 2015.
s) Rajat Bhargava, 1990 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of water resources.
t) Prashant Goyal, 1993 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA).
August 31, 2015
a) 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Rajiv Mehrishi, who is retiring on August 31 as finance secretary, has been appointed as new home secretary for two years. Incumbent and 1979 batch IAS LC Goyal who would have retired only in February, 2017, takes voluntary retirement.
b) 1979 batch IAS LC Goyal was later appointed as CMD of India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).
c) Senior most secretary of finance ministry RP Watal of 1978 batch IAS (now expenditure secretary) has been designated as finance secretary.
d) PM Narendra Modi's private secretary Sanjeev Kumar Singla, a 1997 batch IFS, was empanelled as joint secretary and elevated as joint secretary.
e) Atul Kumar Chaudhary, 1990 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in the department of pharma.
f) Rakesh Kumar Meena, 2004 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the mines ministry.
g) IRS-IT officer J Krishna Kishore has been appointed as special secretary in the state government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad on a deputation basis.
h) IRS-IT officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as Director General in the Competition Commission of India, New Delhi.
i) Department of biotechnology secretary K Vijay Raghavan has been given additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of earth sciences.
j) Govt notifies that Shishir Priyadarshi, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, is deemed to have resigned from IAS with effect from January 1, 2006.
August 29, 2015
a) Sundari Subramaniam Pujari, 1980 batch IDES officer and CVO of Air India, has been repatriated to her cadre for "availing of promotion in the cadre"
b) 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Jitendra Trivedi has been appointed as director in department of pharmaceutical.
August 28, 2015
a) Revenue secretary and 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as secretary, department of economic affairs (DEA) in place of Rajiv Mehrishi who retires on August 31.
b) 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and present secretary in the department of financial services Hashmukh Adhia has been appointed as secretary in the department of revenue.
c) 1981 Punjab cadre IAS and secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal has been appointed as secretary in the department of financial services.
d) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and secretary in ministry of skill development Sunil Arora has been appointed as secretary, Information and Broadcasting ministry.
e) JS Deepak, 1982 batch IAS and additional secretary in commerce ministry has been appointed as secretary in the department of electronics and IT (DeitY).
f) Raghav Chandra, 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as chairman, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
g) 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Tapan Ray has been appointed as secretary, ministry of corporate affairs.
h) 1981 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and director general and mission director of UIDAI Vijay Shankar Madan has been appointed as secretary in the department of land resources.
i) Deputy Election Commissioner and 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Vinod Zutshi has been appointed as new tourism secretary.
j) Air India CMD and 1982 batch UP cadre IAS Rohit Nandan has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship.
k) 1979 batch Haryana cadre IAS and present sports secretary Ajit M Sharan has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of AYUSH.
l) Sanjay K Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and secretary in the department of official languages, has been appointed as secretary (coordination) in the cabinet secretariat.
m) Rajiv Yadav, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS, now special secretary in the ministry of chemicals, has been appointed as secretary in the department of sports.
n) Pravir Kumar, DGFT and 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, Inter State Council secretariat.
o) Girish Sankar, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, now additional secretary in the ministry of tourism, has been appointed as secretary in the department of official languages.
p) Amarenra Sinha, 1981 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in the National Commission of Minorities.
August 26, 2015
a) Braj Kishore Ravi, 1989 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS, has been appointed as adviser (security) in Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) for three years.
b) VK Singh, 1986 batch Indian Forest Service officer, has been empanelled as GoI joint secretary.
c) 1993 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS Ashutosh Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Executive Director (North East) in Food Corporation of India.
d) 1994 batch Odisha IAS and joint secretary in the commerce ministry Santosh K Sarangi has been given additional charge of Chairman, Tea Board from June 30, 2015.
e) Talleen Kumar, 1987 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer, has been given extension of deputation tenure as joint secretary for two months beyond June 18, 2015.
August 25, 2015
a) Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, 1992 batch IP&TA&FS officer has been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
b) Ajay Kumar Sharma, presently ambassador of India in Pyongyang, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.
August 24, 2015
a) Dr Sitharam Gurumurthi, 1972 batch retired Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as Planning Board Member of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli.
August 21, 2015
a) Current Air India CMD and 1982 batch IAS Rohit Nandan has been given extension for a month from August 21, 2015 or till the new incumbent (Ashwani Lohani) joins, or till further order.
b) Deputy Election Commissioner and 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Vinod Zutshi gets an extension for a month beyond August 23, 2015.
c) Avinash Kumar Srivastava, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in the department of agriculture gets an extension of one month beyond August 22, 2015.
d) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Vatsalya Saxena has been appointed as deputy director general in DG Shipping.
e) 1995 batch Railway officer (IRSME) Vishal Kapoor has been appointed as director in the ministry of power.
a) 1980 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME) Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as CMD of Air India for 3 years.
b) JS Deepak, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in commerce ministry, has been asked to continue his additional charge as CMD of ITPO for 3 more months.
c) 1982 batch Telangana IAS CBS Venkataramana's tenure as additional secretary in the department of atomic energy has been extended till September 30, 2015, the date he retires.
d) The Central deputation tenure of 1990 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Manoj Kumar, now CVO in Coal India Ltd, Kolkata, has been extended till July 2, 2017.
August 19, 2015
a) 1984 batch UT cadre IPS officer Karnal Singh has been appointed as acting ED in place of 1979 batch IAS officer Rajan Katoch who is union heavy industries secretary. Singh is currently Special Director, Central Region, Enforcement Directorate.
b) JyotiTrivedi, 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as director in Central Vigilance Commission.
c) Gujarat's suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been dismissed from service.
a) JM Hiremath is deemed to have resigned from Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
b) Tapish Chandra Nautiyal, 2003 batch UT cadre IFS officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of rural development.
August 13, 2015
a) Ms Anita Karn, 1997 batch Gujarat cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
August 12, 2015
a) Rajeev Shahare, 1986 batch IFS, presently High Commissioner of India to Maldives, has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Denmark.
b) 1988 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Maharashtra cadre Ms Shomita Biswas has been empanelled as a GoI joint secretary.
c) IRS officer Ms Shalini B Kaushal has been appointed as Director, Monitoring and Finance in Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission on a deputation basis.
August 11, 2015
a) Amrit Lugun, 1989 batch IFS officer, presently Ambassador of India in Sa'naa, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sudan.
August 7, 2015
a) Telecom secretary and 1980 batch IAS Rakesh Garg has been given additional charge of post of secretary in the department of electronics and IT in place of RS Sharma, now TRAI chief.
b) 1987 batch Indian Forest Service officer and joint secretary in school education department YSK Seshu Kumar, has been given additional charge of Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Association.
August 6, 2015
a) Dr Soumya Swaminathan from National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai has been appointed as Director General in Indian Council of Medical Research.
August 5, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Manoranjan Panigrahi has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government Tourism and Culture department on a deputation basis.
b) IRS-IT officer Ms Dr Preti Jain Das has been appointed as Sociologist in department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change at TERI University, on a deputation basis.
a) Satender Kumar, presently Consul General of India, Zanzibar, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Suriname.
b) On return from deputation, Som Dutt Sharma, a director-ranked CSS officer is now posted to Cabinet Secretariat.
August 3, 2015
a) No Change in ED: The ACC has approved the continuation of additional charge of the post of Enforcement Director by Rajan S Katoch, 1979 batch MP cadre IAS for three more months beyond July 31, 2015.
b) 1986 batch Himachal cadre IAS Dr AJV Prasad has been placed on "compulsory wait" in the department of chemicals and petrochemical.
c) Dvijendra K Sharma, 1988 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj.
d) Ms Sumita Mukherjee, an Indian Railway Accounts Service officer of 1987 batch, has been appointed as joint secretary and financial adviser in the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
e) 1986 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer Manoj Pant has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health research under the ministry of health.
f) 1998 batch Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer Ms Rosy Sharma has been appointed as DDG in CAPART.
g) 1993 batch Odisha cadre IAS AK Meena has been appointed as joint secretary in defence ministry.
h) 1990 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Samir K Biswas who till recently was Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) has been appointed as joint secretary in the department if chemicals and petrochemicals.
j) 1987 batch IRS-IT officer Amitabh Kumar has been appointed as joint DG (joint secretary level) in the ministry of shipping, Mumbai.
k) Diplomat Rajiv Kumar Nagpal, now director in MEA, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Iceland.
l) Santosh Kumar Sarangi, 1994 batch Odisha cadre IAS, now joint secretary in commerce ministry, has been entrusted additional charge of post of chairman, APEDA.
July 30, 2015
a) In a mid-night senior bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre announced appointment of 36 officers, all ranked additional secretaries to Government of India. FULL LIST
a) IRS officer Amitav has been appointed as Commissioner Income-Tax (OSD) (Investigation) in CBDT, North Block.
b) Sanjay Rana, 1996 batch IFS, presently deputy High Commissioner of India in Male, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Azerbaijan.
c) The government has approved appointment of Anshul Mishra, 2004 batch Tamil Nadu IAS, as private secretary to MoS (finance) Jayant Sinha in the department of revenue.
d) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2014 batch IAS Manisha Khatri from Karnataka to Maharashtra cadre on ground of marriage to Jalaj Sharma, 2014 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS.
July 28, 2015
a) KP Venkateshwar Rao, 1995 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer, gets extension as CVO in Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), Singrauli upto May 30, 2017.
b) IRS officer Ramesha G has been appointed in the grade of joint commissioner of Income Tax purely on "ad-hoc basis".
July 27, 2015
a) Ram Sewak Sharma, 1978 batch IAS and IT Secretary, has been appointed as TRAI chief for 3 years. He was Nandan Nilekani's key bureaucrat in setting up UIDAI.
b) Ashish Bahuguna, 1978 batch Rajasthan IAS and ex-agriculture secretary, has been appointed as chairman of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
c) The Centre has transferred 2013 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS Anand Sharma to Bihar cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) policy.
July 25, 2015
a) The government has approved premature cessation of assignment of 1996 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS Binita Thakur as private secretary to HRD minister Smriti Irani.
b) 2002 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Ms M Imkongla Jamir, now in commerce ministry, has been appointed as private secretary to HRD minister Smriti Irani.
c) 1980 batch IFS officer R Swaminathan, currently secretary, consular and passport in MEA, has been promoted as union secretary by upgrading his post.
d) 1987 batch Odisha cadre IAS Tuhin Kanta Pandey's tenure as joint secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat has been extended by one year from August 27, 2015.
July 24, 2015
a) IRS officer Venigalla Nagaprasad, currently Principal CIT (Central), Vishakapatnam, is taking voluntary retirement with effect from August 1, 2015.
b) Biraja Prasad, 1988 batch IFS, presently Counsellor, Embassy of India, Moscow, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Tajikistan.
c) Manoj Kumar Bharti, 1988 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ukraine.
a) IRS-IT officer Keshave Saxena has been appointed as Commissioner Income Tax (Vigilance) in CBDT on a deputation basis.
July 16, 2015
a) Tenure of 1994 batch Indian Statistical Service officer KB Surwade as CVO of Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd, Pune, has been extended till March 13, 2017.
b) Pankaj Saxena, presently director in MEA, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus.
c) IRS-IT officer Manoj Kumar Gupta, now CIT(OSD), Lucknow, has been appointed as ADG(RTI), Lucknow.
July 15, 2015
a) Sushil Kumar Singhal, now deputy high commissioner of India in Nairobi, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to Angola.
a) IRS-IT officer R Laxman has been appointed as special secretary, Finance and Planning, in Government of Telangana.
b) In partial modification of DoPT circular, Central deputation tenure of 1991 batch Haryana cadre IAS G Anupama will now be till November 26, 2016.
July 13, 2015
a) IRS-IT officer Om Prakash Kant has been appointed as Member in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), New Delhi.
b) RP Aggarwal, the CBI officer who will head the team probing Vyapam Scam of Madhya Pradesh is a 1986 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer.
c) 1984 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in urban development ministry Durga Shanker Mishra has been given additional charge of the post of DDA Vice Chairman.
a) Saravasan Pathakkam Mannai, 2000 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as Assistant DG in UIDAI, Bengaluru.
July 9, 2015
a) Ashit Bhushan, joint director (translation) in the Lok Sabha secretariat, has been appointed as OSD to MoS for drinking water and sanitation Ram Kripal Yadav.
b) Rakesh Tyagi, 2000 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of corporate affairs.
July 8, 2015
a) ACC has approved appointment of Arun Narendhranath N, a private person as OSD to minister Nitin Gadkari in the department of shipping on a "contract basis".
July 7, 2015
a) A Jayathilak, 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS, now chairman of Spice Board, has been entrusted additional charge of post of chairman in Rubber Board for three months.
July 6, 2015
a) 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ramesh Abhishek's tenure as chairman of Forward Market Commission has been extended for 3 months or till merger of Forward Commission with SEBI.
b) Additional secretary in ministry of women and child development and 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Ms Preeti Sudan's tenure has been extended till April 30, 2016.
June 30, 2015
a) 1981 batch Karnataka cadre IPS officer Rupak Kumar Dutta, currently additional director in CBI, has been elevated as Special Director in CBI.
b) 1984 batch Assam cadre IPS YC Modi has been appointed as additional director in CBI.
c) 1987 batch IRS-IT officer Mohanish Verma has been appointed as Protector General of Emigrants (JS level) in Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
d) 1988 batch UP cadre IAS Rajan Shukla has been appointed as joint secretary in department of consumer affairs.
e) 1986 batch IRS-IT officer Shri Krishna has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI (JS level).
f) 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Ms V Vidyawathi has been appointed as joint secretary in DoPT.
g) Indian Postal Service officer Ms Smita Kumar has been appointed as joint secretary in department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
h) 1988 batch Odisha cadre IAS Parag Gupta has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of food processing industries.
i) 1989 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service officer Amitabh Gautam has been appointed as joint secretary in department of agriculture.
j) 1996 batch Odisha cadre IAS Usha Padhee has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of civil aviation.
h) 1996 batch IAS of Odisha cadre Arvinda K Padhee has been appointed as joint secretary in department of fertiliser.
June 29, 2015
a) 1992 batch IRS officer Ram Chandra Meena, now additional commissioner of Income-Tax, has been appointed as OSD to minister Ram Vilas Paswan in food and public distribution department.
b) Rajasthan Administrative Service officer Lala Ram Gurarwal has been appointed as OSD to MoS of Union water resources minister Prof Sanwar Lal Jat.
c) Ms Aswathy S, 2003 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as deputy director (deputy secretary level) at LBSNAA, Musoorie.
d) Nagma Mohamed Mallick, 1991 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, presently Indian envoy in Tunisia, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Brunei Darussalam.
June 25, 2015
a) DoPT Corrigendum: 1999 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Sunil Kumar Sharma's tenure as director in the department of chemicals will be for 5 years, not 7 years.
June 24, 2015
a) Qualifications, current posts and date of retirement of 51 IAS of 1985 batch, empanelled as GoI additional secretaries. Full List
June 23, 2015
a) 28 IAS officers of 1982 batch including Air India CMD Rohit Nandan have been empanelled as GOI secretaries; eight others empanelled as Secretary Equivalent. Full List
b) After the Yoga Day, AYUSH secretary N Sanyal takes leave for a week. Health secretary and 1981 batch IAS BP Sharma is given additional charge of AYUSH.
c) 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Sushil Kamlakar Satpute has been appointed as director in DIPP.
d) Kumar Tuhin, a 1991 batch IFS, now a joint secretary, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Namibia
June 19, 2015
a) Vinod Pal, 1994 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, has been appointed as director in the defence ministry.
June 18, 2015
a) Nagendra Kumar Saxena, 1982 batch lFS, now MEA joint secretary, has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Papua New Guinea.
b) Harmeet Singh, 1992 batch Assam cadre IPS officer, has been empanelled as Government of India joint secretary.
June 17, 2015
a) CBI's additional director and Tamil Nadu cadre IPS Ms Archana Ramasundaram has been appointed as director, National Crime Records Bureau. The government has prematurely curtailed her tenure as additional director in CBI.
b) 1997 batch Indian Forest Service officer of UP cadre Shiv Pal Singh has been appointed as director in urban development ministry.
c) 1982 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ms Leela Nair has been given additional charge of the post of chairman, Coffee Board, Bengaluru.
d) G Gurucharan, 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, now additional Secretary, department of food, has been assigned additional charge as DG, Bureau of Indian Standard.
June 13, 2015
a) Devendra Choudhary, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as special secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). He will take over as DARPG secretary once incumbent Alok Rawat retires.
June 12, 2015
a) 69 officers belonging to 1983 to 1989 batches have been empanelled as GoI joint secretaries. Full List
June 11, 2015
a) The government has approved the appointment of 2005 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Pawan Kumar Sain as private secretary to minister of state (information and broadcasting) Col Rajyavardhan Rathore.
b) The government has transferred Mr Girisha P.S., 2012 batch Assam cadre IAS to Andhra Pradesh cadre on the basis of PH (Physically Handicapped) policy.
June 10, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Swetika Sachan,2014 batch IAS, has been transferred from Manipur to AGMUT cadre on the grounds of marriage to Indian Forest Service officer of AGMUT cadre Abhinav Kumar.
b) Alok Rawat, 1977 batch IAS officer, has been given additional charge of post of secretary, DONER during leave of secretary R Vijaykumar.
c) 2000 batch AGMUT cadre IPS Meenu Choudhary has been appointed as private secretary to minister Sushma Swaraj in the ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
June 9, 2015
a) MSME secretary and 1980 batch IAS Anup K Pujari has been given additional charge of post of secretary, steel, during the period of secretary Rakesh Singh's leave.
b) The government has approved the premature repatriation of 2005 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Pallakonda Ramesh from Telangana to his parent cadre, Rajasthan.
c) Sajeev Babu Kurup, presently Counsellor, Bogota, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to Guatemala.
d) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Adusumilli V Rajamouli, 2003 batch UP IAS from UP to Andhra cadre for 3 years on personal grounds.
June 8, 2015
a) New Black Cat Chief: 1980 batch Assam cadre IPS RC Tayal has been appointed as DG of National Security Guard (NSG), popularly called Black Cats.
b) Ms Jaspreet Talwar, 1995 batch Punjab cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary (JS level) in LBSNAA, Mussorie.
c) Former secretary of social justice ministry and 1979 batch retired IAS Sudhir Bhargava has been appointed as an information commissioner in CIC.
d) Newly-appointed Chief Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma is IAS batch-mate (1974 batch) of outgoing cabinet secretary Ajit Seth and ex-principal secretary to PM Pulok Chatterji.
e) The government has allowed inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch Assam cadre IAS Akash Deep to UP cadre on "personal grounds" for 5 years.
f) Babu Marriage: 2014 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Afsana Perween has been transferred to Kelara on the grounds of marriage to 2013 batch Kerala cadre IAS Jafar Malik.
g) CMD of Indian Bank TM Bhasin has been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in CVC. He is given a tenure of 4 years or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
h) Ex-CBDT chairman and former IRS KV Chowdary has been appointed as new Central Vigilance Commissioner. The government has decided to ignore concerns raised by lawyers, Prashant Bhushan and Ram Jethmalanin
June 6, 2015
a) Ex-IB chief Asif Ibrahim, a retired IPS of 1977 batch, has been appointed as Special Envoy for Counter Terrorism and Extremism in National Security Council Secretariat.
June 2, 2015
a) 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Rita A Teaotia has been appointed as new commerce secretary.
b) Pradeep Kumar Pujari, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as power secretary in place of Pradeep Kumar Sinha who has joined the cabinet secretariat as OSD before taking charge as cabinet secretary on June 13.
c) Ameising Luikham, 1981 batch IAS and secretary in North Eastern Council, has been appointed as secretary, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE).
d) Rajiv Nayan Choubey, 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as new civil aviation secretary.
e) Current civil aviation secretary and 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of women and child development.
f) Secretary, mines and 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Dr Anup K Pujari has been shifted as secretary, MSME ministry.
g) Balvender Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS and vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority, has been appointed as secretary, mines.
h) Vinay Sheel Oberoi, 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of higher education under human resource development ministry.
i) Shashi Shekhar, 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of water resources.
j) Anuj Kumar Bishnoi, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of fertilizer.
k) Dr Subhas Chandra Khuntia, 1981 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of school education and literacy under HRD ministry.
l) Ms Vrinda Sarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, department of food and public distribution.
m) Devendra Chaudhary, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
n) Sunil Soni, 1981 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and secretary in the ministry of overseas Indian affairs, has been appointed as secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat.
o) Anil Kumar Agarwal, 1981 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of overseas Indian affairs.
p) Satyanarayan Mohanty, 1980 batch Telangana cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary general, National Human Rights Commission.
q) CR Viswanath, 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, currently CMD of Food Corporation of India, has been appointed as secretary in the department of consumer affairs.
June 1, 2015
a) The ministry of new and renewable energy secretary and 1980 batch cadre IAS Upendra Tripathy has been given additional charge of post of power secretary after PK Sinha had moved to the cabinet secretariat, first as ODS before taking over as the cabinet secretary.
b) Babu Marriage: Swati Srivastava, 2012 batch Chhattisgarh IAS, has been transferred to Uttarakhand on ground of marriage to 2011 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Nitin S Bhadauria.
May 29, 2015
a) DRDO is no longer headless. S Christopher, a distinguished scientist, has been appointed as DRDO's new Director General for two years.
b) Dr GS Reddy, distinguished scientist in DRDO, has been appointed as Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri for a period of two years.
a) A Gitesh Sarma, 1986 batch IFS, presently Indian High Commissioner Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as High Commissioner of India to Tuvalu.
b) Babu Marriage: Kadambari Bhagat, 2010 batch Nagaland IAS, has been transferred to Maharashtra on ground of marriage to Maharashtra IPS BS Unmesh.
c) Babu Marriage: Himanshu Aggarwal, 2014 batch UP IAS, has been transferred to Punjab cadre on the ground of marriage to Komal Mittal of Punjab cadre.
May 22, 2015
a) 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS and defence production secretary G Mohan Kumar has been appointed as new defence secretary for a fixed tenure of 2 years.
b) 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ashok Kumar Gupta, now special secretary in defence production, has been elevated as secretary in defence production department.
c) The government's
May 21, 2015
a) Ravi Shankar Aisola, 1986 batch IFS officer, has been appointed as the next Ambassador to Lao People's Democratic Republic.
May 20, 2015
a) Shlok Bhardwaj, 1995 batch Indian Inspection Service officer, has been appointed as director in the agriculture department.
b) IFS officer Srikumar Menon has been appointed as Ambassador of India to South Sudan, the world's youngest nation.
May 19, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Ms Medha Roopam, 2014 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred to UP cadre on the ground of marriage to UP cadre IAS of 2014 batch, Manish Bansal.
May 15, 2015
a) MJ Joseph, 1979 batch ICAS officer, has been appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the ministry of finance. Prior to this appointment, he was the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
b) ACC has approved appointment of 1994 batch UP cadre IPS Binod Kumar Singh as OSD to union home minister Rajnath Singh. He will be at the rank of director.
c) Pankaj Rag, 1990 batch MP cadre IAS and JS in culture ministry, has been entrusted additional charge of post of member secretary, National Monument Authority.
d) Manoj Pant, 1986 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer, gets extension of his deputation tenure as CVO in BPCL for 2 years.
e) Ritu Pande, 1997 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in the department of heavy industries.
f) Rahul Gosain, 1994 IRSME officer, has been appointed as director in the department of electronics and information technology.
g) 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS Ms Anita Agnihotri, secretary of department of social justice and empowerment, has been entrusted the additional charge of post of secretary, department of empowerment of person with disabilities during the leave of Lov Verma, 1978 batch UP cadre IAS from May 23, 2015 to June 14, 2015.
May 12, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: Jaspreet Singh, 2014 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred to Punjab on the grounds of marriage to Kanwardeep Kaur, a Punjab cadre IPS officer.
May 11, 2015
a) Expenditure secretary Ratan P Watal will hold additional charge as secretary, department of financial services from May 23 to June 7 when secretary Husmukh Adhia is on leave.
b) KK Tripathy, 1999 batch IES officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, Agriculture, Mohanbhai Kundariya in the department of animal husbandry.
c) Neerav Kumar Mallick, 1995 batch IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer, has been appointed as the director in textile ministry.
May 8, 2015
a) Smita Purushottam, 1980 batch IFS officer, presently Ambassador of India to Venezuela, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Switzerland.
b) 5 Indian Economic Service(IES) officers of 1992 batch have been empanelled as GoI joint secretary. They are Anna Roy, Bidisha Chaudury, Praveen Mahto, Devajeet Khound and Alok Chandra
c) Nigar Fatima Husain, 1996 Indian Defence Estate Service officer, has been appointed as director in the department of school education.
d) Alok Chaturvedi, 1985 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI.
e) Aviation Research Centre's director and ex-officio special secretary Arvind Saxena has been appointed as UPSC Member.
f) Central deputation tenure of Sanjeev Chopra, 1985 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and joint secretary to GoI, has been extended till September 29, 2015.
May 7, 2015
a) Former Gujarat chief secretary AK Jyoti,62, has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India. He is an ex-IAS officer.
b) A Gitesh Sarma, 1986 batch IFS, now High Commissioner of India to Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as next High Commissioner to Tonga.
c) 1980 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS Navneet Rajan Wasan has been appointed as DG, Bureau of Police Research and Development.
d) Environment ministry's additional secretary and 1982 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Hem Kumar Pande's tenure has been extended for six months beyond May 7
e) Department of food's additional secretary and 1982 batch UP cadre IAS Prabhas Kumar Jha's tenure has been extended by 6 months beyond May 25.
f) Director General of NIA and 1979 batch Haryana cadre IPS Sharad Kumar has been given apex scale (pay of a GoI secretary). The ACC has approved it.
g) Director General of BSF and 1979 batch IPS officer Devendra Kumar Pathak has been given apex scale (pay of a GoI secretary). The ACC has approved it.
May 6, 2015
a) 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Ms Nandini Paliwal will be deputy secretary, DoPT.
b) A Jayathilak,1991 batch Kerala IAS and chairman of Spice Board has been assigned additional charge of the post of chairman, Rubber Board till May 27, 2015.
c) CAPART's deputy DG Madan Lal Meena, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been elevated as DG, CAPART in rank of additional secretary, GoI.
d) Commerce ministry's Jitendra Kumar Dadoo, 1983 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been promoted as additional secretary on in-situ basis
e) Heavy industry secretary Rajan Katoch will continue holding additional charge of Enforcement Director till end of July.
May 2, 2015
a) Newly appointed petroleum secretary and 1980 batch IAS Kapil Dev Tripathi will continue as DPE secretary for 3 months or until further order.
b) 2002 Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer Birendra Pratap has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of telecommunications (DoT).
c) 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IPS Surender Singh has been appointed as DG in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
d) Deputation tenure of 1998 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS Santosh Rastogi, now DIG in CBI, has been extended for a year till May 2, 2016.
May 1, 2015
a) DPE secretary and 1980 batch Assam cadre IAS Kapil Dev Tripathi has been appointed as new petroleum secretary.
b) Shyam S Agarwal, 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in National Commission for Schedule Tribes.
c) Anoop Kumar Srivastava, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, border management under the ministry of home affairs.
d) 1980 batch Bihar cadre IAS Narendra Kumar Sinha has been appointed as secretary, culture in place of Ravindra Singh who has retired.
e) 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS Arun Jha has been appointed as secretary, tribal affairs in place of Hrusikesh Panda who has retired.
April 30, 2015
a) 19 new joint secretaries appointed in ministries of defence, home, commerce etc. Full List
April 28, 2015
a) The government has rejected twice the inter-cadre transfer/deputation request of 2011 batch IAS Lalit Jain from Himachal Pradesh cadre to Haryana cadre on grounds of "medical hardship"
b) The government has asked for fresh IB report to determine whether Mohan Lal Meena, 2001 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre who was transferred to Madhya Pradesh cadre on "threat perception", can be sent back to North-East again.
c) The government has rejected the proposal of inter-cadre transfer of 2008 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Sridhar Babu Addanki to Andhra Pradesh cadre as Andhra Pradesh is his home state.
d) The government has rejected the proposal of inter-cadre transfer of Vijay Amruta Kulange from Odisha cadre to Maharashtra cadre as Maharashtra is his home state.
April 22, 2015
a) B Pradhan, 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as Adviser, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in relaxation of "cooling off" period.
a) Selvakumar, 1997 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and director in PMO, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA).
b) IRS officer Ravi Kant Gupta has been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax on ad-hoc basis.
c) K Venkata Ramana Murty, 1991 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in cooperate affairs ministry.
a) Delhi government has prematurely repatriated Indian Post and Telcom Accounts service officer Ashish Joshi.
b) Sanjay Bhattacharyya, 1987 batch IFS, now joint secretary in MEA,
April 18, 2015
a) Delhi government has prematurely repatriated Indian Post and Telcom Accounts service officer Ashish Joshi.
b) Sanjay Bhattacharyya, 1987 batch IFS, now joint secretary in MEA, has been appointed as India's ambassador to Egypt.
c) Rahul Shrivastava, 1999 batch IFS, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Venezuela.
d) 2002 batch Telangana cadre IAS C Sudharsan Reddy has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in labour ministry, Bandaru Dattatraya.
April 17, 2015
a) Venkata Dharma Reddy Alla, a 1991 batch Indian Defence Estate Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
b) Vinish Chaudhary, 2001 batch IRS(Customs and Central Excise) officer has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of expenditure under finance ministry.
c) Harish Kumar Vashisth, 2001 batch IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of disinvestment under finance ministry.
d) Preet Pal Singh, 2000 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as director in defence ministry.
e) Sudeep Shrivastava, 2001 batch Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of health and family welfare.
April 15, 2015
a) Dr Mohan Kumar, 1981 batch IFS, presently Ambassador to Bahrain, appointed as Indian Ambassador to France.
b) The tenure of 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ramesh Abhishek as Chairman of Forward Markets Commission has been extended for a period of three months beyond April 8, 2015 or till merger of FMC with SEBI or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
c) Tenure of 1988 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Sanjay Bandopadhaya as road transport and highway ministry's joint secretary has been extended for 3 months beyond June 1, 2015.
d) IRS officer Ram Mohan Singh has been appointed as Assessor and Collector in South Delhi Municipal Corporation on deputation basis.
April 11, 2015
a) Former banking professional Siddharth Jhawar has been appointed as OSD to MoS, Finance, Jayant Sinha at the rank of a Director, Government of India. The ACC has approved his appointment.
b) SK Satapathy, 1986 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
c) Sanjiv Swarup, 1982 batch Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineer (IRSEE) officer, has been appointed as CVO in NBCC.
d) 1991 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Shailesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of SAIL.
e) Ms Lata Shukla, 1986 batch Indian Trade Service officer, now development commissioner in Adani port SEZ, has been entrusted additional charge as development commissioner in Navi Mumbai SEZ till June 18, 2015.
f) Three IRSSE officers of 1984 batch -- Shrikant Singh, SK Biswas and R Bhaskaran -- have been empanelled as GOI joint secretary.
g) 1985 batch Indian Economic Service (IES) officer Arun Kumar Jha has been appointed as CEO of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai.
h) Two officers of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers of 1983 batch -- Sunil Gupta and Mohan Chalamalasetty -- have been empanelled as GOI joint secretary.
i) Rajalakshmi Devaraj, 1988 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service, now director NATGRID, has been shifted as director, EMC under expenditure department, finance ministry.
j) Sibabrata Tripathi, 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, will now be Secretary (Special Assignment) until May 31, 2015.
April 10, 2015
a) Health secretary and 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS Bhanu Pratap Sharma has been given additional charge of the post of Chairman, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India for three months beyond April 3, 2015.
b) 1982 batch IAS from UP cadre and additional secretary in the department of commerce JS Deepak's deputation tenure has been extended from April 9, 2015 to October 8, 2015.
c) The ACC has approved the appointment of Sushma Suri, additional secretary in the department of legal affairs for one year on a contract basis beyond her retirement.
April 9, 2015
a) Dr N Rajamarthandan, 2006 batch Assam cadre IPS, now SP in CBI has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
b) Braja Kishore Singh, 2004 batch AGMU cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
April 8, 2015
a) The deputation tenure of Ghanshyam Upadhyay, 1999 batch Odisha cadre IPS and DIG in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to August 24, 2015.
b) The deputation tenure of AS Dhillon, 1997 batch Haryana cadre IPS and DIG in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to November 18, 2016.
c) The deputation tenure of S Sengathir, 1997 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS and DIG in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2014 to August 5, 2016.
d) The deputation tenure of Dr Atul Fulzele, 2001 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016.
e) The deputation tenure of Pradip Kumar, 2003 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been extended from April 1, 2015 to February 13, 2016.
f) The deputation tenure of Ms PC Thenmozhi, 2002 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS and SP in CBI, has been extended from January 6, 2015 to January 5, 2017.
g) Umesh Chander Datta, 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till December12, 2018.
h) Ashwani Kumar Chand, 2000 batch Sikkim cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till October 30, 2016.
i) Ms Manoj Kumar Lata, 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till December 12, 2018.
j) Navajyoti Gogoi, 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till October 30, 2017.
k) Yatindra Koyal, 2000 batch Odisha cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till March 1, 2016.
l) V Chandrasekhar, 2000 batch Gujarat cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till September 9, 2017.
m) Ms Meenu Choudhary, 2000 batch AGMU cadre IPS, currently SP in CBI, will now be DIG in CBI till June 3, 2017.
April 7, 2015
a) 1998 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Saurabh Vijay has been appointed as Adviser to Executive Director in the World Bank.
b) SK Bhagat, 1982 batch Uttarakhand cadre IPS, has been appointed as Additional Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) till June 30, 2017.
c) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, 1983 batch UP cadre IPS, has been appointed as Additional Director General in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
d) Nilam Sawhney, 1984 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary Central Vigilance Commission in the rank of additional secretary.
e) Alok Kumar, 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS, now secretary in CVC, has been appointed as additional secretary in NITI Aayog till December 13, 2016.
f) Amarjeet Sinha, 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been shifted laterally from HRD to rural development ministry as additional secretary.
g) Anuradha Mitra, 1982 batch Indian P and T Finance and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as Financial Adviser (Acquisition) and additional secretary in defence ministry.
h) R Buhril, 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, now serving in the ministry of Overseas Indian affairs, has been appointed as adviser, inter state council secretariat.
i) Ashok MR Dalawai, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IAS, now DDG, UIDAI, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of agriculture in place of DK Jain.
April 2, 2015
a) Umang Narula, 1989 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as CMD of Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).
b) Rajesh Sinha, 1994 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of coal.
c) RP Gupta, 1987 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of coal.
d) Sharmila Mary Joseph, 1997 batch Kerala cadre IAS, now director in PMO, has been appointed as Member Secretary in National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
e) 1985 batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer Sunil Sharma has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health.
f) Raj Kumar, 1987 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA) in place of Tarun Bajaj.
g) Selva Kumar, 1997 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, now director on PMO, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA).
h) Manish Singh, 1997 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, now director in DEA, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of disinvestment.
i) Humum Singh Meena, 1992 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of land resources.
j) PK Sarangi, 1986 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of rural development.
k) Ms Achla Sinha, 1982 batch IRTS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary (at joint secretary level) in Central Information Commission.
l) Krishan Kumar, 1997 batch Punjab cadre IAS, now director in PMO, has been appointed as chairman (at joint secretary level) in APEDA under the department of commerce.
m) Suresh Kumar, 1986 batch J and K cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence.
n) Praveen Kumar, 1987 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of higher education under HRD ministry.
o) Peeyush Kumar, 1997 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS
p) GC Murmu, 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of expenditure under finance ministry
q) Venkata Ramana Murthy, 1991 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of corporate affairs.
r) Subhashish Panda, 1997 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of food and public distribution
s) Raja Sekhar Vundru, 1990 batch Haryana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in animal husbandry department, has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI.
t) DoPT director and 1989 batch Indian Forest Service officer Aditya Joshi has been appointed as joint secretary in animal husbandry department.
u) Sasidhar K Srinivas, 1997 batch Kerala IAS, now director in agriculture ministry, has been elevated as joint secretary in the same ministry.
v) Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, 1997 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, now PS to MSME minister, has been appointed as joint secretary in food processing ministry.
w) Rashmi Saxena Sahni, 1984 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of women and child development.
x) Ms Alka Tiwari, 1988 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as adviser to NITI Aayog.
y) PMO joint secretary and 1991 batch Odisha cadre IAS Ms Anu Garg has been shifted as joint secretary to the ministry of textiles.
z) Debashri Mukherjee, 1991 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, now DoPT joint secretary, has been shifted as joint secretary, PMO.
zi) Tarun Bajaj, 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in DEA, has been shifted as joint secretary, PMO..
a) 2001 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi has been appointed as deputy secretary in PMO.
b) 2003 batch UP cadre IAS Mayur Maheshwari has been appointed as deputy secretary in PMO.
c) 1999 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Gulzar Natrajan, now director in DoPT, has been laterally shifted as director in PMO.
d) 2004 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Brijesh Pandey has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of economic affairs under finance ministry.
e) UP DGP and 1979 batch IPS Arvind Kumar Jain's tenure has been extended by three months. The ACC has approved the extension for "public interest".
f) 2002 batch Kerala cadre Indian Forest Service officer Sanjayan Kumar gets approval to take up posting in GOI-GEF-UNDP project in Kerala.
March 28, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: 2013 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Kritika Batra has been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh on ground of marriage to 2013 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Himangshu Shukla.
March 27, 2015
a) Anil Bhatia, 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director, UIDAI, Chandigarh under NITI Aayog.
b) Deepu Salim Nediyara, 1990 batch Indian Telecom Service officer has been appointed as director in UIDAI, Hyderabad under NITI Aayog for 5 years.
March 25, 2015
a) Retired UP cadre IAS of 1973 batch and former industry secretary Ajay Shankar has been appointed as head of an Indian Railway panel to make Railway Board's PPP cell "effective".
March 20, 2015
a) 1978 batch RAS officer Rajinder Khanna, presently Secretary (R) in cabinet secretariat, will hold charge concurrently as Director General (Security).
b) C Sridhar, 2001 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy director in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.
c) 1994 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Ms Roli Singh has been empanelled as joint secretary to Govt of India at the first review.
March 19, 2015
a) CAPART Director General and 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer T Vijay Kumar has been "prematurely" repatriated to home cadre.
a) Rishikesh Singh, 2000 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as director in department of economic affairs (DEA) under finance ministry.
b) 2000 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Dinesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as director, food and public distribution department.
c) The ACC has approved that 1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Ms Sneh Lata Kumar will continue to hold additional charge of secretary, department of official languages for two more months.
March 16, 2015
a) The government gets BVR Subrahmanyam's replacement in PMO. Dr TV Somanathan, 1987 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in PMO in place of BVR.
b) 2000 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Rahul Singh has been appointed as director, UPSC.
c) Ashwini Kumar Mishra, 2000 batch IOFS officer, has been appointed as director in UPSC under Central Staffing Scheme.
d) Paramjeet Singh, 1992 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVO) in Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), Mumbai.
March 13, 2015
a) Sasanka Sarmah, 2001 batch IRPS officer, now on deputation to Delhi Metro (DMRC), has been transferred back to the Indian Railways. Will now be posted in NF Railways.
March 12, 2015
a) 1988 batch Odisha cadre IPS M Akhaya has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in department of telecommunications, Delhi.
March 11, 2015
a) Shiv Ratan Agarwal, 1988 batch IDSE officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of defence.
b) Pramod Kumar Gupta, Senior Manager (C and P), Engineers India Ltd has been appointed as OSD to MoS (Independent Charge) for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar at the rank of a director.
c) 1986 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS U Venkateswarlu, now a joint secretary, has been appointed as Financial Commissioner in Employees State Insurance Corp (ESIC).
d) 1991 batch ITS officer Pabitra Sarkar has been appointed as director of Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi, till December 18, 2016.
a) Rajiv Kumar, 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, now additional secretary in expenditure department, has been appointed as Establishment Officer under DoPT in the vacancy of 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS BP Sharma.
b) Jaideep Govind, 1984 batch MP cadre IAS, now in cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in MHA in vacancy of Rajiv Gauba, 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS.
c) Ms Sanjeevanee Kutty, 1983 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and CVO of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser of the ministry of home affairs in vacancy of SC Panda, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS.
d) Ms Bharti S Sihag, 1983 batch Himachal cadre IAS and additional secretary in information and broadcasting ministry has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in ministry of steel.
e) Vinod Kumar Thakral, 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS and additional secretary in steel ministry has been shifted as additional secretary and financial adviser in information and broadcasting ministry in place of Ms Bharti S Sihag.
f) AP Sawhney, 1984 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, now in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of petroleum and natural gas in vacancy of Rajive Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS.
g) BK Tripathi, 1983 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as member secretary in NCR Planning Board under the ministry of urban development in the vacancy of Ms Naini Jayaseelan, 1980 batch UT cadre IAS.
h) Pritam Singh, 1984 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, now in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs in place of MJ Joseph, 1979 batch ICAS officer.
i) Injeti Srinivas, 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS and chairman of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has been appointed as Director General of Sports Authority of India (SAI) in place of Jiji Thomson. Srinivas will continue to hold additional charge of NPPA till the appointment of the new chairman is made.
j) T Vijay Kumar, 1983 batch IAS of Andhra Pradesh cadre, now DG in CAPART, has been appointed as additional secretary in women and child development ministry in the vacancy of 1984 batch Karnataka cadre IAS DV Prasad.
k) The government has approved lateral shift of 1999 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Ms Anshu Sinha from director, DoPT to director, Information and Broadcasting ministry.
l) 1999 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS Sudhir Kumar has been appointed as director in DoPT.
March 5, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: The Centre has given nod to 2012 batch Assam cadre IAS for inter-cadre transfer from Assam-Meghalaya to Haryana cadre on the grounds of marriage to 2013 batch IAS Sangeeta Tetarwal.
b) Rajbir Singh Panwar, 1991 batch Gujrat cadre IFS officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, tribal affairs Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava.
c) 1989 batch UP cadre Indian Forest Service officer SP Yadav has been appointed as assistant Secretary General in Global Tiger Forum, Noida.
d) 1982 batch MP cadre Indian Forest Service officer BMS Rathore has been appointed as Chief Policy Adviser in Kathmandu's mountain development center.
e) Saurabh Gaur, 2002 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to Parliamentary Affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu.
March 4, 2015
a) Dr Unnat Pandit, formerly with Cadila Pharmaceuticals, has been appointed as OSD to commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman on a contract basis at the rank of a director, GoI.
b) Seema Gupta, 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in department of pension and pensioners welfare.
February 27, 2015
a) Siraj Hussain, 1979 batch UP cadre IAS officer, presently secretary in the ministry of food processing industries, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of agriculture in place of Ashish Bahuguna, 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre officer who is retiring on February 28, 2015.
b) Rangalal Jamuda, 1981 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, now special secretary in ministry of agriculture, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of food processing industries in place Siraj Hussain.
c) Ashok Kumar Angurana, 1980 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer, now secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been appointed as secretary in department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries in place of Arup Kumar Thakur, 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS officer who is retiring on February 28, 2015.
d) SM Vijayanand, 1981 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, now special secretary in department of rural development, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj in place of Ashok Kumar Angurana.
e) Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, 1979 batch Odisha cadre cadre IAS, now secretary in ministry of chemicals and fertilizer, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of rural development in the vacancy of R Goyal, 1979 batch Kerala cadre who was appointed as home secretary.
f) Jiwesh Nandan, 1987 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence in place of Ram Suhag Singh, 1987 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS.
February 25, 2015
a) The government has approved the appointment of 2004 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Gargi Sharma Goel as private secretary to MoS, Rural Development Ministry, Sudarshan Bhagat.
b) Vijay Kumar Singh, 1995 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in expenditure management commission (EMC) under department of expenditure.
February 24, 2015
a) Rajiv Aggarwal, 1993 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) in place of DV Prasad, 1984 batch IAS who has been elevated as additional secretary in the ministry of woman and child development.
b) Ms K Damayanti, 1993 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of ex-servicemen welfare in place of Ms AS Laksmi, 1987 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer who has been prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre.
c) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, 1987 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer, now joint secretary in the ministry of water resources, river development, Ganga rejuvenation, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of housing and poverty alleviation (HUPA) in place of 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Dr Sameer Sharma.
d) B Rajendar, 1995 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation in place of TVSN Prasad, 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS, who has been laterally shifted as joint secretary and Mission Director of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
e) S Ramaswamy, 1986 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) in place of K Damayanti, a 1993 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS.
f) Ms Manisha Prasad Panwar, 1990 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health and family welfare in place of SK Nayak, 1988 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer.
g) Dr Rajesh Kumar, 1988 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of woman and child development in place of Manisha Prasad Panwar, 1990 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, now appointed as joint secretary in department of health and family welfare.
h) RP Meena, 1993 batch Assam cadre IPS, now director in the department of health and family welfare, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of health research in place of Maninder Singh,1989 batch Assam cadre IAS officer on his inter-cadre deputation.
i) Ms Gargi Kaul, 1984 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary and financial advisor in the ministry of civil aviation M Sathiyavathy, a 1982 batch UT cadre IAS who was earlier appointed as Director general, DGCA.
j) Madhukar Gupta,1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of public enterprise (DPE) in place of Ashok Pawadia, 1981 batch IRTS, who has been appointed as advisor in the inter state council secretariat.
k) Ms Ishita Roy, 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, presently member secretary in Central Silk Board, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of higher education in place of Praveen Prakash, 1994 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS who was laterally shifted to ministry of urban development.
l) Ms Debashri Mukherjee, 1991 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT) in place of M Devaraj, 1996 batch IAS who was laterally shifted to cabinet secretariat.
m) TVSN Prasad, 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS, now joint secretary in ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation has been appointed as joint secretary and mission director of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in the ministry of water resources, river development, Ganga rejuvenation in place of Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, 1987 batch IAS, who was laterally shifted to ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA).
February 23, 2015
a) The government has extended deputation period of Alok Srivastava, 1989 batch IOFS and director in defence ministry for three months till May 31, 2015.
b) Dr BVRC Purushottam, 2004 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS and private secretary to urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu, has been shifted as private secretary to tourism minister Mahesh Sharma.
c) The government has extended Central deputation tenure of S Raghavan, 1983 batch Indian Forest Service officer and joint secretary in biotech department till August 31, 2015.
d) The government today published a new empanelment list of 16 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service. All those IFS officers, belonging to 1989 batch, have been empanelled as union joint secretaries. Here is the full list:
1. MD Sinha (Haryana cadre)
2. ML Srivastava (Sikkim cadre)
3. Satya Prakas Yadav (UP cadre)
4. Vineet Kumar Garg (Haryana cadre)
5. Visharam Sagar Sharma (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
6. Prashant A Jadhav (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
7. Sudhanshu Gupta (Tamil Nadu cadre)
8. Aditya Kumar Joshi (Manipur-Tripura cadre)
9. Amitabh Gautam (Himachal Pradesh cadre)
10. Biswajit Kumar Singh (Jammu and Kashmir cadre)
11. Pankaj Goel (Haryana cadre)
12. Soumitra Das Gupta (West Bengal cadre)
13. KS Thakur (Himachal Pradesh cadre)
14. Monoj Bhaik (Himachal Pradesh cadre)
15. Alok Das (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
16. Om Praksh Choudhary (Madhya Pradesh cadre)
February 17, 2015
a) Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has roped in 1989 batch IAS Rajendra Kumar as his secretary.
b) Delhi CM's newly-appointed additional secretary Vasantha Kumar N is a doctor-turned 2004 batch IAS. He is an MD in medicine.
a) Noted marketing professional Akhilesh Mishra has joined the Central government as Director, MyGov. Mishra was a volunteer in BJP's 2014 campaign.
b) The Centre has requested UP government to relieve 2000 batch IAS officer Sorabh Babu so that he can join the department of atomic energy as its director.
c) Rovilato Mor and L Akato Sema, both belonging to state civil services of Nagaland, have been promoted as Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.
February 13, 2015
a) Centre has asked Bihar Govt to relieve 2004 batch IAS Ms Palka Sahni so that she can join as deputy secretary in DIPP. A letter has been sent to Bihar chief secretary regarding this.
b) Indian Revenue Service officer Bhuvnesh Kulshrestha has been appointed as private secretary to Minister of State for Panchayati Raj.
February 12, 2015
a) Gujarat cadre IPS of 1986 batch Keshav Kumar has been given extension as CBI joint director till March 31, 2015.
b) Ngachan Zimik, 2002 batch IOFS officer, has been appointed as regional director (deputy secretary level) of Staff Selection Commission.
c) The government has approved the extension of central deputation tenure of Prabodh Kumar, 1988 batch Punjab cadre IPS and CBI joint director till March 31, 2015.
February 11, 2015
a) Extension for SPG Officer: Deputation tenure of Peeyush Pandey, 1989 batch West Bengal cadre IPS, now serving as IG in SPG, has been extended from March 15, 2015 to December 17, 2016.
b) Big relief to former defence secretary and 1976 batch IAS Shashikant Sharma. Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL challenging his appointment as CAG.
c) Chhattisgarh state civil servants--Topeshwar Verma, Neelam Namdev Ekka, Kumari Jineviva Kindo, Janak Prasad Pathak-- all have been promoted to IAS.
d) Vijayalakshmi Prasanna Bidari, 2001 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as regional director (deputy secretary rank) of Staff Selection Commission.
February 6, 2015
a) Karmvir Singh, 2002 batch IRS officer (C and CE) has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
b) Simerjit Kaur, 1999 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
February 5, 2015
a) Government has curtailed the tenure of union home secretary and Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Anil Goswami for reportedly influencing the CBI not to arrest former Congress minister Matang Sinh, an accused in multi-crore Saradha scam.
b) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS and rural development secretary LC Goyal has been appointed as India’s new home secretary for two years from the date of taking over his new charge.
c) Land resources department secretary and 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS Vandana Kumari Jena has been assigned additional charge of the post of rural development secretary.
February 4, 2015
a) Lateral Shift: Deputy secretary in cabinet secretariat Nipun Vinayak, a 2001 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been shifted to the ministry of drinking water and sanitation.
February 3, 2015
a) Roopam Garg, 1995 batch ITS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA).
February 2, 2015
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, 2005 batch Sikkim cadre lAS, from Sikkim to Uttar Pradesh cadre, for 5 years.
b) KK Dayani, 1990 batch Gujrat cadre IAS officer, has been empanelled for appointment as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
c) APM Hanish, 1996 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
d) PN Ranjeet Kumar, Lalitendu Pradhan, Syed Fazil Hussain Rizvi, MK Khan, Anil Kumar, Ambesh Upamanyu -- all 1993 batch IPoS officers have been empanelled as joint secretary at the Centre.
e) GS Negi, a 1985 batch Indian Economic Service (IES) officer, has been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
f) Ms Meera Ranjan Tshering, a 1988 batch IPoS officer, has been empanelled as joint secretary to Government of India.
g) Under secretary BK Ray's ad-hoc promotion as deputy secretary to NATGRID has been cancelled. He is now posted as deputy secretary in skill development ministry.
h) Posting of Dr Parvinder Kaur, director to ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, has been cancelled. Now, he is placed in compulsory wait.
i) 1985 batch Indian Forest Service officers -- Bipin Behari (AGMUT) CH Murlidhar Rao, (AGMUT), Kanwarjit Singh (AP cadre)-- all empanelled as joint secretary to Government of India.
j) Asha Agarwal, 1983 batch IRS officer, has been empanelled for appointment as Government of India joint secretary.
k) Sonali Arora and Krishan Mohan Prasad, both 1984 batch IRS officers, have been empanelled for appointment at joint secretaries at the Centre.
January 31, 2015
a) Labour secretary and 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Gauri Kumar has been appointed as secretary, co-ordination in cabinet secretariat.
b) Urban development secretary and 1980 batch IAS Shankar Agarwal has been appointed as secretary, ministry of labour and employment.
c) Commerce ministry's special secretary and 1981 batch Haryana cadre IAS Madhusudhan Prasad has been appointed as urban development secretary.
d) Anita Agnihotri, 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS and HUPA secretary, has been appointed as secretary, department of social justice and empowerment.
e) Nandita Chatterjee, 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA).
f) Health secretary Lov Verma has been appointed as secretary in department of empowerment of persons with disabilities.
g) DoPT's establishment officer and special secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma, a 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed health secretary.
h) Ex-financial services secretary and 1977 batch retired IAS DK Mittal has been appointed as Mission Director, Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme for 3 months.
January 30, 2015
a) RK Mathur, defence secretary and 1977 batch IAS has been assigned additional charge of the post of secretary, department of defence research and development in place of Avinash Chander.
b) Reena Ray, 1984 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary, department of school education and literacy.
c) Jaipal Singh, 1991 batch Gujarat cadre Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary.
January 29, 2015
a) India's ambassador to US Dr S Jaishankar has been appointed as India's foreign secretary. He will get a 2 years tenure under provisions of FR 56(d).
b) 1976 batch IFS Sujatha Singh's tenure as foreign secretary has been curtailed with immediate effect.
January 28, 2015
a) 1994 batch Himachal cadre Indian Forest Service officer Sushil Kumar Singla has been appointed as private secretary to MoS, Agriculture Sanjeev Kumar Balyan.
b) Sanjeev Nandwani, Development Commissioner, FALTA SEZ, Kolkata has been given additional charge of the post of Development Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) till April 1, 2015.
c) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 1995 batch IAS B Kalyan Chakravarthy from Assam cadre to Telangana cadre for a period of 2 years.
a) 1979 batch IPS and IB officer Divya Prakash Sinha has been appointed as Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat.
b) K Durga Prasad, 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS, has been appointed as Special Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
c) The government has granted 1981 batch Andhra Pradesh IPS Vivek Dube the rank of Special Director General (SDG).
d) The government has granted ARK Kini, 1981 batch Bihar cadre IPS, now Additional Director General, BPR and D, the rank of Special Director General (SDG).
January 24, 2015
a) Government has extended tenure of Dr Atul Fulzele, 2001 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS, as SP in CBI till March 31, 2015.
b) Government has extended tenure of Ghanshyam Upadhyay,1999 batch Odisha cadre IPS as DIG, CBI till March 31, 2015.
c) Government has extended tenure of AS Dhillon,1997 batch Haryana cadre IPS as DIG, CBI till March 31, 2015.
d) Government has extended tenure of S Sengathir,1997 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS, as DIG, CBI till March 31, 2015.
e) Government has extended tenure of Ashok Tewari, 1993 batch Himachal cadre IPS officer, as Joint Director, CBI till January 31, 2015.
January 23, 2015
a) Ashok Kumar Pavadia, 1980 batch IRTS presently joint secretary in department of public enterprise, has been appointed as adviser, Inter State Council secretariat, under ministry of home affairs.
b) Gyanesh Bharti, 1998 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of power.
c) Ganesh A Bakade, 1998 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in the warehousing development and regulatory authority under department of food and public distribution.
d) Sanjay Kumar,1990 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been given inter cadre deputation to Jharkhand cadre initially for three years.
e) Government has accepted senior Income Tax official (DCIT) Ms Loden Tshomo Bhutia's voluntary retirement notice.
f) Arvind Kumar, Commissioner Income Tax, quits IRS. CBDT has accepted his voluntary retirement notice.
g) Government has cancelled the appointment of 1980 batch IES BN Satpathy as Adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat.
h) Competition Commission of India's Joint Director (Law) Sanjay Kumar Pandey has been appointed as OSD of Arun Jaitley in information and broadcasting ministry.
January 22, 2015
Following officers have been empanelled as joint secretary or equivalent to Government of India:
1. PC Mody (1982 batch IRS-IT)
2. Ms Meeta Nambiar (1982 batch IRS-IT)
3. Dinesh Chand Gupta (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
4. Deepak Chaturvedi (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
5. Radha M Chaturvedi (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
6. Ram Shabd Yadava (1982 batch Indian Telecommunications Service, ITS)
7. Virender Singh (1984 batch Rajasthan cadre Indian Forest Service officer)
8. Mudit Kumar Singh (1984 batch Rajasthan cadre Indian Forest Service officer)
9. VM Arora (1985 batch UP cadre Indian Forests Service officer)
10. Bishnupada Sethi (1995 batch Odisha cadre IAS)
11. H Rajesh Prasad (1995 batch AGMUT cadre IAS)
12. Dr John B Ekka (1995 batch Assam cadre IAS)
13. Ms A Vani Prasad (1995 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS)
14. Ravindra Telang (1995 batch Sikkim cadre IAS)
15. D Suresh (1995 batch Haryana cadre IAS)
16. Mukesh Kumar Sahu (1996 batch Assam cadre IAS)
17. M Ravi Chandra (1996 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS)
18. B Janardhan Reddy (1996 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS)
19. Ms Vandana Dadel (1996 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS)
20. Ms Vinita Ved (1996 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS)
21. Ms Aneeta C Meshram (1996 batch UP cadre IAS)
January 20, 2015
a) Babu Marriage: The government has transferred 2009 batch IAS Vaibhav Srivastava from West Bengal to UP cadre on grounds of marriage to 2012 batch UP cadre IAS Ms Neha Prakash.
b) Centre has transferred Ashish Bhargava, 2012 batch IAS of Manipur-Tripura cadre to Madhya Pradesh cadre (against vacancies for PH category).
c) 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Rajiv Gauba, currently additional secretary in ministry of home affairs, has been repatriated to Jharkhand cadre.
d) Ram Sajiwan Singh, 1997 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation.
e) The Government has extended deputation period of Rajeev Sharma, 1983 batch Indian Statistical Service officer as national account expert in Department of Economics Statistics and National Accounts, Doha, Qatar.
a) Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, 1991 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in UPSC.
b) Kumar Vaibhav Gaur, 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in UPSC.
January 16, 2015
a) Vrinda Sarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, presently secretary in department of school education and literacy, has been assigned additional charge of post of secretary, department of education during leave of 1980 batch IAS cadre Satya N Mohanty till January 25, 2015.
b) 1991 batch ITS officer Prasanth Kumar Ponugoti, now on "compulsory wait" in road ministry, has been appointed as director in department of justice.
January 15, 2015
a) 2004 batch Bihar cadre IAS Kundan Kumar has been appointed as private secretary to Rajiv Pratap Rudy, minister for skill development and entrepreneurship.
b) Sajeesh Kumar N has been appointed as deputy secretary in the urban development ministry.
c) 1996 batch Bihar cadre IPS Sudhanshu Kumar has been appointed as private secretary to Giriraj Singh, MOS in MSME at the rank of a director.
January 14, 2015
a) HS Brahma is new Chief Election Commissioner. A former IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh cadre, Brahma originally hails from Assam.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2002 batch AGMUT cadre IAS WVR Murthy from AGMUT to Andhra Pradesh for 3 years on the grounds of medical problem of one of his family members.
c) The government has approved the extension of tenure of Ashok Tewari,1993 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS, as CBI joint director till January 31, 2015.
January 13, 2015
a) PM-headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has terminated contract of Avinash Chander, DRDO chief and scientific adviser to defence minister with effect from January 31, 2015.
b) Hemant Kumar has been appointed as Member, Mechanical and ex-officio secretary in Railway Board.
c) Mukesh Kumar, 1995 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director, Central Vigilance Commission.
d) AS Kiran Kumar, director of Space Application Centre, has been appointed as secretary in the department of space and chairman of Space Commission.
January 12, 2015
a) The government has approved extension of 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ramesh Abhishek as Chairman of Forward Markets Commission for three months beyond January 8, 2015.
January 10, 2015
a) Ashutosh Jindal, 1995 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
b) Rajesh Aggarwal,1989 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed for the post of joint secretary in the department of financial services.
c) Rajiv Sadanandan, 1985 batch Kerala cadre IAS
d) Arun Kumar Mehta, 1988 batch Jammu and Kashmir IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change.
e) Anurag Srivastava, 1992 batch UP cadre IAS presently joint secretary in information and broadcasting ministry has been shifted as Joint secretary in the ministry of AYUSH.
f) Mihir Kumar Singh, 1993 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
g) Dr Bipin Bihari Mallick,1986 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of labour and employment.
h) Ms Aindri Anurag, 1988 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of social justice and empowerment.
i) Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, 1990 batch IAS from UT cadre, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce.
j) Dr Sameer Sharma, 1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, now joint secretary in HUPA, has been shifted as joint secretary in urban development ministry.
k) CK Khetan, 1987 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS, presently joint secretary in urban development ministry has been appointed as joint secretary and Chief Executive Officer of National Trust for the Welfare of the Person with Autism, Cerebral palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities under department of disability affairs.
January 9, 2015
a) Durga Shakti Nagpal, 2010 batch UP cadre IAS who took on sand mafia in UP and was later suspended linking her to a communal issue, has been appointed as OSD to Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh.
b) Ms Thulasi Maddineni, 2005 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy director (deputy secretary level) in LBSNAA, Mussoorie.
c) ACC has approved the extension of deputation tenure of C Chandramouli, 1985 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS as Census Commissioner of India for 3 months beyond January 8, 2015.
d) In-situ promotion: Rajiv Kumar, a 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, is now additional secretary in department of expenditure.
e) In-situ promotion: AB Pandey, a 1984 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and DDG, UIDAI in Mumbai, now gets the rank and pay of additional secretary.
f) In-situ promotion: Ashok MR Dalawai, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IAS and as DDG, UIDAI Bangalore, now gets the rank and pay of additional secretary.
g) In-situ promotion: Ajay Kumar Bhalla, 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS is now as additional secretary in the ministry of coal.
i) 1998 batch Assam cadre IAS Gyanendra Dev Tripathi has been appointed as private secretary to rural development minister Choudhary Birendra Singh.
j) 2009 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Mani Ram Sharma has been transferred to Haryana cadre.
January 8, 2015
a) Centre has approved inter-cadre deputation of 1989 batch IAS Maninder Singh from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to AGMUT cadre (Chandigarh segment) on grounds of "extreme hardship of medical nature in respect of his immediate family member" for three years.
b) Venkata Rama Raju Chelle, 1999 batch ITS officer, has been appointed as director in defence ministry.
c) 1996 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Gopinath Narayan has been appointed as director in the department of expenditure under finance ministry.
January 5, 2015
a) 1997 batch IAS P Krishnamurthy has been appointed as private secretary to defence minister Manohar Parrikar in relaxation of "cooling off" period.
b) 1993 batch ITS officer Anand Kumar Singh has been appointed as Director, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
c) Ms CK Deshmukh, 1996 batch MP cadre IAS, is the new Director, Capacity Building, National e-Governance Division, Media Lab Asia.
January 3, 2015
a) Ajit M Sharan, 1979 batch Haryana cadre IAS presently secretary, department of sports, has been assigned additional charge of the post of Director General, Sports Authority of India.
January 2, 2015
a) Commerce ministry additional secretary and 1982 batch IAS JS Deepak has been given additional charge of CMD of ITPO.
b) 1994 batch IAS and commerce ministry joint secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi has been assigned additional charge of post of chairman, APEDA.
c) The government has approved extension of inter-cadre deputation of 1991 batch IPS Joydeep Nayak from Manipur-Tripura to Odisha cadre till March 15, 2015.
d) Sports Authority of India DG and 1980 batch IAS Jiji Thomson has been prematurely repatriated to Kerala.
e) Nandita Chatterjee, 1980 batch IAS will continue to be Member Secretary, National Commission for Women, but her post has been upgraded to rank of a secretary.anay Kumar Verma, 1994 batch IFS has been empanelled as joint secretary and appointed as joint secretary in the department of Atomic Energy.
f) Nagchan Zimik, 2000 batch IOFS has been appointed as Regional Director (deputy secretary level) in SSC, Guwahati under DoPT.
g) The Centre has asked Andhra Pradesh government to relieve 1999 batch IAS Natarajan Gulzar so that he can take charge as Director in DoPT.
January 1, 2015
a) AK Mital, 1976 batch of Indian Railways Service of Stores (IRSS), has been appointed as Chairman, Railway Board.
b) Pradeep Kumar
c) General Manager of South Eastern Central Railway (SECR) Navin Tandon has been appointed as Member Electrical, Railway Board.
d) Ashok Prasad, 1979 batch Andhra cadre IPS, presently working as Special Director in Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed as special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
December 30, 2014
a) DoPT joint secretary and 1996 batch UP cadre IAS M Devaraj has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
b) 1977 batch Odisha cadre IPS and DG of CRPF Prakash Mishra will hold additional charge of DG, ITBP from January 1, 2015 until further order.
c) Ruchin Gupta, 2004 batch IRS (C and CE) officer has been appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of new and renewable energy.
December 29, 2014
a) Ms Vrinda Sarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in department of school education and literacy under HRD ministry.
b) NG Ravi Kumar, a 2000 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary of GM Siddeshwara, MoS, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
December 27, 2014
a) 1984 batch Assam cadre IAS Alok Kumar has been appointed as new secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
b) 1980 batch IRS (C and CE) Deepak Shetty is new DG (Shipping), Directorate General of Shipping in place of 1982 batch IAS Gautam Chatterjee.
c) 1984 batch Kerala cadre IAS Anand Kumar has been appointed as MD of National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation.
d) 1984 batch MP cadre IAS Ms Vijaya Shrivastava, now joint secretary in rural development ministry, has been appointed as additional secretary in health ministry.
e) Ajay Narayan Jha, 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as OSD in Finance Commission in place of Anjuly Chib Duggal.
f) 1979 batch ICAS officer MJ Joseph has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards.
g) Joint secretary in DIPP DV Prasad and 1984 batch Karnataka cadre IAS has been appointed as additional secretary in women and child development ministry.
h) T Vijayakumar, 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as Director General of CAPART in rank of an additional secretary.
i) Alok Shrivastava, 1984 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of shipping.
j) Anant Kumar Singh, 1984 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) in place of 1982 batch IAS Rajiv Sharma.
k) Deepak Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS from Bihar cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of labour and employment in the vacancy of Arun Kumar Sinha, a 1983 batch IAS from UP.
l) T Jacob, a 1984 batch IAS from Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of personnel and training (DoPT).
m) Raghvendra Singh, information and broadcasting ministry's additional secretary and 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been shifted as additional secretary in agriculture ministry.
n) Sunil Kumar Singh, 1998 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to heavy industries minister Anant G Geete..
December 26, 2014
a) Anil Swarup, coal secretary and 1981 batch IAS, will continue to hold additional charge of post of mines secretary up to January 2, 2015 during the period of absence of leave of Anup K Pujari, a 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS.
b) Hasmukh Adhia, 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and secretary, department of financial services, will hold additional charge as disinvestment secretary till January 2, 2015, during the absence of leave of Ms Aradhana Johri, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS.
December 24, 2014
a) 1999 batch IRS-IT officer Dr Sunil Gautam has been appointed as private secretary to MoS in minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
b) Senthil Pandian, 2002 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for road transport and highways ministry P Radhakrishnan.
c) Central deputation tenure of 1994 batch ICAS Ms Tripti P Ghosh as director in the department of pension and pensioners' welfare, has been extended for three months till March 31, 2015.
December 22, 2014
a) Police as Diplomat: Avi Prakash, 1998 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS, has been appointed as Counsellor, Embassy of India, Bangkok, under MEA.
b) 1994 batch Indian Postal Service officer R Anand will be new ED, Handloom Export Promotion Council, Chennai.
c) Health secretary and 1978 batch UP cadre IAS Lov Verma will hold additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of AYUSH till January 2, 2015 during the absence on leave of AYUSH secretary Nilanjan Sanyal.
December 20, 2014
a) RAS wins over IPS this time. 1978 batch RAS officer Rajinder Khanna has been appointed as secretary of India's external intelligence agency, RAW for two years beginning December 30, 2014.
b) 1977 batch Odisha cadre IPS Prakash Mishra has been appointed as DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
a) Prof. Ashutosh Sharma of IIT-Kanpur has been appointed as secretary in department of science and technology for 5 years.
b) Ajay Kumar, 1999 batch IRS-IT officer, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS for social justice and empowerment Krishanpal Gurjar.
c) 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS and chairman of Spice Board Jayathilak has been entrusted additional charge of chairman, Rubber Board for 3 months since November 28, 2014 or till a regular chairman is appointed, or until further order.
d) 2 officers of Indian Postal Service of 1992 batch, Kalpana Rajsinghot and M Venkateswaralu, have been empanelled as joint secretaries or equivalent at the Centre.
e) Four IAS of 1990 batch, Ajit Kesari (MP cadre), R Venkateswaran (Rajathan cadre), TS Jawahar (Tamil Nadu cadre) and Hirdyesh Mohan (West Bengal cadre), have been empanelled as joint secretaries at the Centre.
f) The government has extended Central deputation tenure of Rakesh Ranjan, 1989 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS, for 3 months beyond November 25, 2014.
g) The ACC has approved the proposal of Office of the Registrar General of India under MHA for waiving off the condition of extended cooling-off of 1991 batch Punjab cadre IAS Ms Seema Jain in respect of her premature repatriation to her parent cadre.
December 18, 2014
a) 1994 batch IRS-IT officer Rajgopal Sharma has been appointed as OSD of minister Nitin Gadkari in the ministry of shipping.
b) The government has extended the Central deputation tenure of Naini Jayaseelan, a 1980 batch UT cadre IAS, as Member Secretary in National Capital Region Planning Board till December 31.
c) ACC has cancelled orders regarding appointment of Kewal Kumar Sharma, a 1983 batch IAS from UT as additional secretary in the ministry of woman and child welfare.
December 17, 2014
a) Pinuel Basumatary, 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, presently working as executive director (North East) in Food Cooperation of India, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
December 15, 2014
a) Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal, 1981 batch Punjab cadre IAS presently special secretary in ministry of cooperate affairs (MCA), will hold additional charge of post of secretary, MCA between December 24 and December 30, 2014 during the leave of secretary Naved Masood, 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS.
December 14, 2014
a) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IPS Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as new Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB). He will immediately act as OSD before taking charge from SA Ibrahim on December 31.
b) 1989 batch Odisha cadre IPS Ms B Radhika's tenure as additional secretary in CVC (JS level) has been extended for 3 months beyond January 7, 2015 "on personal grounds".
December 13, 2014
a) As many as 104 officers including 64 IPS, 12 IRAS and 8 IRS were empanelled as joint secretaries at the Centre at one go; Full List
b) ACC has approved extension of tenure of Sukhdev Singh Sidhu, a 1985 batch UP cadre IPS as minister (coordination) in High Commission of India, London, for 3 more months.
c) Satish Kumar Kaushik, a 1986 batch AP cadre Indian Forest Service officer has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in National Textiles Corporation at JS level.
d) Anand Kumar, a 1988 batch UP cadre IPS, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Oil India Ltd at a joint secretary level.
e) Amitabh Prasad, 2001 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, has been appointed as OSD to MoS for Coal (Piyush Goyal) at a deputy secretary level.
f) Siddharth,1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been given additional charge of post of chairman,Tea Board till December 25, 2014.
December 12, 2014
a) 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ashish Vachhani has been appointed as Executive Director in ADB, Manila for three years in place of 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS Samir Kumar Sinha.
December 11, 2014
a) Anurag Jain, 1989 batch IAS and former secretary to MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been appointed as joint secretary in PMO.
b) 1989 batch Gujarat cadre IPS Vivek Srivastava, now in Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed as IG in Special Protection Group. He will be allowed to go back to IB later, says the order.
c) The government has accepted voluntary retirement notice of IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Chauhan.
December 10, 2014
a) Secretary, ministry of mines and 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anup K Pujari is unwell. During his absence on leave, coal secretary and 1981 batch IAS Anil Swarup will hold additional charge as secretary, mines.
December 9, 2014
a) 1983 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Sudha Krishnan has been appointed as Member Secretary, Expenditure Management Committee
b) 2006 batch AGMUT cadre IAS Ms Prerna Puri has been appointed as PS to new rural development minister Birender Singh.
c) 2000 batch Karnataka cadre IAS V Ponnuraj has been appointed as private secretary to law minister DV Sadananda Gowda on a lateral shift.
d) 2000 batch Nagaland cadre IAS Abhijit Sinha has been appointed as private secretary to the minister of state for human resource development in the department of higher education on lateral shift, in place of Upendra Kushwaha.
e) ACC has approved the appoitnment of Pankaj Kumar Mehta, 1999 batch MPPCS officer as OSD to the minister for social justice and empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot at deputy secretary level.
f) V Shrinivas, a 1989 batch IAS of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as deputy director(administration) (JS level), in AIIMS under the department of health and family welfare in place of RS Shukla, a 1986 cadre IAS of West Bengal cadre.
g) ACC has approved the repatriation of Arun Kumar Sinha, a 1983 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in the ministry of labour and employment, to his parent cadre.
December 8, 2014
a) Dr MM Kutty, 1985 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change in place of 1984 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ajay Tyagi who was recently elevated as DG in Directorate of Currency under department of economic affairs.
b) Arun Kumar Yadav, 1987 batch IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of statistics and programme implementation in place of SS Badhawan, 1985 batch Jharkhand cadre officer of Indian Forest Service.
c) Chetan Bhushan Sanghi, 1988 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of women and child development in place of Vivek Joshi, 1989 batch Haryana cadre IAS who was appointed as OSD, PPD, in department of expenditure.
d) Sunil Barthwal, 1989 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of steel in place of 1993 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Lokesh Chandra who was prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
e) Madhukumar Reddy Anam, 1987 batch IRTS officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of textiles in place of Monika Sehgal Garg, 1989 batch UP cadre IAS.
f) Santosh Kumar Sarangi, 1994 batch Odisha cadre IAS and chairman of APEDA, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of commerce, in place of Rajiv Arora, 1987 batch Haryana cadre IAS, on his lateral shift as joint secretary in NATGRID.
g) Anuradha Mitra, 1984 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer and currently joint secretary in department of science and technology, has been appointed joint secretary in department of electronics and information technology in place of JB Mohapatra, 1985 batch IRS-IT officer.
h) JB Mohapatra, 1985 batch IRS-IT officer, currently joint secretary in department of electronics and information technology, has been appointed as joint secretary in department of science and technology.
December 6, 2014
a) Mansoor Hasan Khan, 2002 batch IDAS officer, has been appointed as deputy director (deputy secretary level) in LBSNAA, Mussoorie.
b) 1983 batch AP cadre IAS Dinesh Kumar has been appointed as CEO of Polavaram Project Authority under water resources ministry at the rank of additional secretary.
c) The ACC has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch UP cadre IPS Akhilesh Kumar from UP cadre to Rajasthan cadre on the ground of personal hardship.
December 5, 2014
a) 1974 batch IAS and cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth gets 6-month extension beyond December 13, 2014. He will now complete four years on June 13, 2015.
b) Ajay Kumar Lal, 1985 batch IRAS officer and joint secretary and CEO of National Trust of the Welfare of Persons with Autims, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre, Indian Railways.
c) Ashok Kumar Singh, a 1999 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in department of financial services under finance ministry.
d) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2005 batch Kerala cadre IAS Pranabjyoti Nath from Kerala to Odisha cadre on account of medical issues of a family member.
December 4, 2014
a) ACC has approved the appointment of Dr Vani S Rao, a 1994 batch IFS, as OSD in the ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
b) 1995 batch IRSS (Indian Railway Store Service) officer Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as director in the ministry of minority affairs.
December 3, 2014
a) 1979 batch Bihar cadre IPS Anil Kumar Sinha is the new director of CBI. He will have a tenure of 2 years.
b) Niranjan Kumar Sudhansu, 2000 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS has been appointed as director in the department of skill development and entrepreneurship.
c) 2001 batch IRS (IT) officer Pradeep Kumar Meel, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the ministry of labour and employment.
December 1, 2014
a) 1983 batch UP cadre IAS Raj Pratap Singh, currently joint secretary in the department of AYUSH, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
b) Border management secretary and 1979 batch MP cadre IAS Ms Snehlata Kumar has been given additional charge of the post of secretary, department of official language under MHA for three months or until further order.
November 29, 2014
a) DN Singh, 1987 batch DANICS officer has been appointed as private secretary to minister for science and technology and earth sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan on a lateral shift.
b) Dalip Singh, 1982 batch Haryana cadre IAS, currently additional secretary in agriculture department, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre.
November 27, 2014
a) Navadeep Rinwa, 1999 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS (independent charge) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik in the ministry of AYUSH.
b) Tapan Mazumder, 1991 batch Indian Trade Service officer has been appointed as director in the department of commerce.
November 25, 2014
a) Rajive Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS has been appointed as new shipping secretary in place of Vishwapati Trivedi.
b) Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal, 1981 batch Punjab cadre IAS has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs in place of Naved Masood.
c) Sunil Soni, 1981 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with effect from December 31, 2014.
November 22, 2014
a) 1982 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Gautam Chatterjee, currently DG, Shipping, has been prematurely repatriated to the cadre.
b) 1990 batch IRTS officer, currently on compulsory wait, has been appointed as director in department of agriculture research and education under agriculture ministry.
November 21, 2014
a) 1999 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Amandeep Garg has been appointed as private secretary to new health minister JP Nadda
b) Natarajan Gulzar, 1999 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in DoPT.
November 15, 2014
a) Gautam Guha, 1981 batch IAAS officer, working as additional secretary in health ministry, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre with effect from January 20, 2015, "on the ground of availing benefits of promotion in the cadre".
November 12, 2014
a) Atul Nilkantha Patne, 1999 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS, now on compulsory wait in the ministry of social justice and empowerment, has been appointed as director in agriculture ministry.
November 11, 2014
a) DEA secretary Rajiv Mehrishi has been designated as finance secretary. It was speculated that expenditure secretary Ratan Watal would get that coveted designation. There are five secretaries in the ministry of finance, and one of them is given the designation of finance secretary.
November 10, 2014
a) Sukh Ram Meena,1993 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, now on "compulsory wait", has been appointed as director in Inter-State Council Secretariat.
b) 2004 batch Kerala cadre IPS Vikramjit Singh, now on "compulsory wait" in youth affairs department, has been appointed as deputy secretary in power ministry.
November 3, 2014
a) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and financial services secretary Gurdial Singh Sandhu has been appointed as Chiarman, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention under cabinet secretary in place of Prajapati Trivedi.
b) 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Hasmukh Adhia has been appointed as financial services secretary.
c) MC Jauhari, 1987 batch Assam cadre IAS and joint secretary in shipping ministry, has been appointed as DDG in UIDAI.
d) Dheeraj Kumar, 1993 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of labour and employment.
e) Rajiv Arora, 1987 batch Haryana cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of commerce, has been shifted as joint secretary, NATGRID.
f) Joint secretary in environment ministry and 1989 batch Assam cadre IAS Maninder Singh has been shifted as JS to department of health research.
g) 1987 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ram Subhag Singh has been appointed as Managing Director of NAFED.
h) Vivek Johri, 1989 batch Haryana cadre IAS and JS in women and child development ministry, will be OSD, Procurement Policy Division in expenditure ministry.
i) 1996 batch Nagaland cadre IAS V Shashank Shekhar has been appointed as joint secretary in home ministry.
j) 1987 batch ICAS officer Dharitri Panda has been appointed as joint secretary in department of health.
k) 1984 batch Punjab cadre IFS (Indian Forest Service) and CEO of National Medicinal Plants Board, has been appointed as JS in Department of Ayush.
l) DoPT director and 1996 batch UP cadre IAS M Devaraj has been elevated to the rank of joint secretary in DoPT .
m) 1989 batch MP cadre IPS Mukesh Jain has been shifted from power ministry to department of disability affairs as joint secretary. Earlier, he was PS to the then power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
n) 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer Shashi Mohan has been appointed as director in ministry of food processing industries.
o) 1984 batch IDSE officer Avinash Chandra Patel has been appointed as director in Central Information Commission, Delhi
p) 1985 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been shifted from Planning Commission to skill development ministry as joint secretary.
q) K Sanjay Murthy, 1989 batch Himachal cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of information and broadcasting.
r) Ms R Jaya, 1995 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting.
s) Puneet Kansal, 1996 batch Sikkim cadre IAS and director in power ministry, has been appointed as joint secretary in Information and Broadcasting ministry.
t) Arun Kumar Verma, 1986 batch Gujarat cadre IFS (Indian Forest Service) has been appointed as joint secretary in power ministry.
u) Manish Kumar Gupta, 1991 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of labour and employment.
v) Dheeraj Kumar, 1993 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of labour and employment.
w) 1994 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Rajesh Agarwal has been appointed as joint secretary in skill development ministry.
x) Ms Jyotsna Sitling, 1987 batch UK cadre IFS (Indian Forest Service), has been appointed as joint secretary in skill development ministry
y) Barun Mitra, 1987 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of shipping.
z) B Suman, 1996 batch Kerala cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of tourism.
October 31, 2014
a) 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Subash Chandra Garg has been relieved from finance ministry to take up his new role as Executive Director in World Bank. He will be located in Washington DC.
b) Addition secretary in petroleum ministry Rajive Kumar will head a panel to monitor implementation of government's Make in India programme in oil and gas industry.
October 30, 2014
a) Old hand in tourism and 1979 batch IAS Lalit K Panwar has been appointed as tourism secretary.
b) Finance secretary and 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as secretary in minority affairs. A fortnight ago, it was announced that he would be tourism secretary.
c) Rajasthan chief secretary and 1978 batch IAS Rajiv Mehrishi has taken over as secretary in Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).
d) 2000 batch UP cadre IAS Anil Raj Kumar has been appointed as Joint Development Commissioner (Handlooms) under ministry of textiles.
e) 1998 batch IDES officer Ravi Shankar has been appointed as joint secretary (at director's level) in UPSC.
October 29, 2014
a) Sanjay Kumar Pandey, joint director (law) in Competition Commission of India, has been appointed as OSD to defence minister Arun Jaitley.
October 28, 2014
a) A Surya Prakash, former editor Zee News and ex-executive editor of Pioneer has been appointed as new chairman of Prasar Bharti Board.
October 22, 2014
a) Anand Lal Chaudhary, a non-government person has been appointed as OSD to union minister Maneka Gandhi on a contract basis.
b) Nilaya Mitash, 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been laterally shifted as OSD in Department of Economic Affairs under finance ministry till Public Debt Management Authority gets fully functional.
October 21, 2014
a) Satish Chander Gupta, a non-government official, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj. The upper age was "relaxed" by order.
October 17, 2014
a) 1980 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS N Ravi Shanker, secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances, has been repatriated to his cadre.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for extension of inter-cadre deputation of Wabang Jamir, 1993 batch Gujarat cadre IPS to Nagaland for a period of two years beyond November 2, 2014.
c) A new appointment in PMO: 2004 batch IFS Vivek Kumar has been appointed as a deputy secretary for three years.
d) Newly-appointed Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian will get a fixed salary of Rs 80,000 per month. The appointment has been on a contract for 3 years.
e) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal to grant apex pay scale of Rs 80,000 (fixed) to Special Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Ashok Prasad, with immediate effect.
f) 2004 batch Assam cadre IAS Shantanu P Gotmare has been appointed as private secretary to minister of power Piyush Goyal.
October 16, 2014
a) Arvind Mayaram, 1978 batch IAS and the finance secretary (in charge of DEA) has been made tourism secretary.
b) Rajiv Mehrishi, 1978 batch IAS and chief secretary of Rajasthan, has been appointed as secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA) in place of Arvind Mayaram who has relinquished the charge of the post.
c) Anil Swarup, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS and additional secretary in cabinet secretariat will be the new coal secretary on October 31, 2014 when incumbent SK Srivastava retires. Swarup will move to Shastri Bhawan immediately as Officer on Special Duty in the ministry of coal in the rank and pay of secretary, according to an order dated October 15. "The competant authority has approved the creation of a post of Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Coal in the rank and pay of Secretary with immediate effect with the direction that the Ministry may obtain approval of the Union Cabinet ex-post facto", the order said.
d) Ashok Kumar Angurana, 1980 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, currently Managing Director of TRIFED under the ministry tribal affairs, has been appointed as secretary in ministry of Panchayati Raj.
e) Vinod Agrawal, 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS and Adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat, has been appointed as Secretary in National Commission for Schedule Castes in place of VK Subburaj.
f) Prabhu Dayal Meena, special secretary in department of land resources, has been appointed as secretary in department of ex-servicemen welfare under the ministry of defence in place of Ms Sangita Gairola who is retiring on October 31, 2014.
g) Alok Rawat, 1977 batch Sikkim cadre IAS and currently water resources secretary, has been appointed as secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
h) Anuj Kumar Bisnoi, defence ministry additional secretary and 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as new secretary in the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.
October 15, 2014
a) Mrs Rajalakshmi Ravikumar, a 1977 batch officer of Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) and the one who is known for her private passions -- theatre and music, took over as the new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Indian Railways. Among other qualifications, Mrs Ravikumar studied financial management in Rothman School, Toronto, and strategic management programmes for divisional railway managers in Hec-Business School, Paris.
October 10, 2014
a) Know Your Babu: New CITCO MD and 2004 batch IAS Kavita Singh.
b) ACC has approved transfer of posts of joint secretary and ex-officio Mission Director of National Mission for Clean Ganga Rajiv Ranjan Mishra (1987 batch AP cadre IAS) and Director NGRBA Puskal Upadhyay, 1988 batch IDAS, along with incumbent officers, under Central Staffing Scheme from the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.
October 8, 2014
a) Minister Arun Jaitley to have the same officer (1988 batch IRS-IT Simanchala Dash) as private secretary for finance and defence ministries.
September 23, 2014
a) Super Tuesday: 38 officers appointed as union joint secretaries. Full List
September 20, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: Ms Namrata Vrishni, 2013 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred from AGMUT to Rajasthan cadre on the grounds of marriage to Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav, 2011 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS.
b) The government has giveb nod for inter-cadre deputation of Zubair All Hashmi, 2008 batch IAS, from Manipur-Tripura to UP cadre for 3 years on grounds of "extreme hardship of medical nature".
September 19, 2014
a) Ex-chairman of McKinsey India Adil Zainulbhai has been appointed as chairman of Quality Council of India. DIPP Secretary was holding temporary charge of the council after former Planning Commission member Arun Maira demitted office.
b) Centre has allowed inter-cadre deputation of 2006 batch IAS Ms Vipra Bhal from Gujarat cadre to Jammu and Kashmir cadre.
September 18, 2014
a) Bandana Preyashi, 2003 batch Bihar cadre IAS has been appointed as private secretary to minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in the department of legal affairs.
b) Suresh Kumar Vashishth, 1998 batch Odisha cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to tribal affairs minister Jual Oram.
September 17, 2014
a) HRD minister Smriti Irani gets a police officer as her private secretary. 1996 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS Ms Binita Thakur has been appointed as her private secretary.
September 16 , 2014
a) Vijay Laxmi Joshi, 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, will be the new secretary in the ministry of drinking water and sanitation. She has now been appointed as OSD till she assumes charge on September 30, 2014.
b) Anand Kumar, 1984 batch Kerala cadre IAS and JS in ministry of tourism, has been appointed as MD of National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation, a newly created post.
c) Alok Shrivastava, 1984 batch MP cadre IAS, now JS in the ministry of new and renewable energy, has been shifted to the ministry of shipping as joint secretary.
d) Nirmaljeet Kalsi, 1984 batch Punjab cadre IAS, currently a joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs, has been appointed as adviser in Inter State Council Secretariat.
e) Yudhvir Singh Malik, 1983 batch Haryana cadre IAS, is the new CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under department of health.
f) Amarjeet Sinha, 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS, now in cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of higher education.
g) Neeraj Kumar Gupta, 1982 batch UP cadre IAS, presently in cadre, has been appointed as secretary in Board of Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprise.
h) Aruna Sundararajan, 1982 batch Kerala cadre IAS, appointed as Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under DoT.
i) Tapan Ray, 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, presently in cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of electronics..
August 29, 2014
a) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS and ex-CMD of Indian Airlines Sunil Arora has been appointed as secretary in the newly created department of skill development and entrepreneurship.
b) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran has been appointed as the new civil aviation secretary.
c) Steel secretary and 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS G Mohan Kumar has been appointed as secretary in the department of defence.
d) 1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS Rakesh Singh has been appointed as new steel secretary.
e) Current civil aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of environment and forest.
August 28, 2014
a) Government approves inter-cadre deputation of MT Reju, 2005 batch IAS from Karnataka to Kerala for 3 years on "grounds of hardship of medical nature".
b) Government approves inter-cadre deputation of Shankar Lal Kumawat, 2010 batch IAS from Tamil Nadu to Rajasthan for 3 years on "personal grounds".
August 26, 2014
a) 50 Income-Tax officers have been empanelled as GoI joint secretaries; Full List
b) CEO of Food Safety and Standard Authority and 1982 batch IAS DK Samantaray has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre, Madhya Pradesh.
August 25, 2014
a) S Suresh Kumar, 1988 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, gets one year extension as joint secretary in ministry of home affairs (MHA).
b) Centre prematurely repatriates 1991 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in pharmaceutical department Shambhu Kallolikar to his parent cadre.
c) Former Intelligence Bureau Special Director RN Ravi has been appointed as Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, at the rank of secretary for 3 years.
August 20, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: Government approves inter-cadre transfer of Girish Dayalan, 2011 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS from Jammu and Kashmir to cadre to Punjab cadre on grounds of marriage to Ms Amneet Kondal, 2012 batch IPS.
b) Central deputation tenure of 1981 batch UP cadre IAS Anuj Kumar Bishnoi, additional secretary in the ministry of defence, has been extended for 3 months beyond September 24, 2014.
c) 1989 batch UP cadre IPS Ashish Gupta has been appointed as joint secretary at NATGRID under ministry of home affairs in relaxation of cooling off requirement in the cadre.
d) 2002 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Richa Gaharwar has been appointed as deputy secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances..
August 13, 2014
a) The ACC headed by PM refuses to approve the proposal to appoint 1993 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Sandeep Verma as Adviser in Planning Commission.
b) 1994 batch IFS Pranay K Verma has been appointed as OSD in Department of Atomic Energy in place of Rahul Kulsherhth.
c) 1995 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS RD Nazeem has been appointed as Executive Director (South) at JS level in Food Corporation of India (FCI), Chennai
d) Ms Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, 1995 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS, has been appointed as Executive Director (Transport) at JS level in FCI
e) BSF's Additional DG and 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Banshidhar Sharma is new DG of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
f) PM-headed ACC refuses to extend the deputation tenure of 1983 batch IDES officer Rahul Dua as JS (Security) in cabinet secretariat.
August 12, 2014
a) 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Vinod Agrawal, currently adviser in Inter State Council secretariat under MHA, has been elevated to the rank of a secretary.
b) 1985 batch MP cadre IAS Iqbal Singh Bains, joint secretary in Overseas Indian Affairs ministry, has been prematurely repatriated to his cadre.
c) Transport minister Nitin Gadkari gets a private person (non-governmental) Vaibhav Dange as his private secretary at the rank of a Government of India Director.
August 7, 2014
a) Sanjay Singh, additional secretary in Legislative Department has been appointed as Secretary of Legislative Department. He will continue for 1 more year on contract after his retirement on September 30, 2014.
August 5, 2014
a) 1999 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi has been appointed as director in cabinet secretariat.
b) 1979 batch IFS and DG of think tank IDSA Dr Arvind Gupta has been appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser.
August 1, 2014
a) 1980 batch IFS Navtej Singh Sarna has been appointed as secretary (west) in ministry of external affairs (MEA). He has the distinction of being the longest serving MEA spokesperson.
b) 1989 batch IPS officer and adviser in Planning Commission Rakesh Ranjan's Central deputation tenure has been extended by three months beyond August 25, 2014.
c) 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS and defence secretary RK Mathur will hold additional charge of defence production secretary's post, for now.
d) 1977 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre Prakash Mishra has been appointed as special secretary (internal security) in ministry of home affairs.
e) 1978 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Ajanta Dayalan, now additional secretary in cabinet secretariat, has been repatriated to her cadre.
July 29, 2014
a) 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Ms Manju Rajpal, now deputy secretary in rural development ministry, has become director.
b) 2000 batch ICAS officer Pankaj Sharma, now deputy secretary in department of economic affair (DEA), has got a new designation -- director.
c) 2000 batch ICAS officer Dhruva Kumar Singh, now deputy secretary in rural development ministry, has got a new designation -- director.
d) 2000 batch IRTS officer Prithul Kumar, now deputy secretary in ministry of mines, has got a new designation -- director.
July 22, 2014
a) Vinay Srivastava, a 1992 batch IRSME (Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers) officer, currently a director in Cabinet Secretariat, has been appointed as private secretary to Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar.July 21, 2014
July 18, 2014
b) Minister Gen (retired) VK Singh gets an IPS officer as his PS. He is JP Singh, 2000 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS who is now with SFIO under the ministry of corporate affairs.
c) Hardeep Singh, an Indian Trade Service officer of 1990 batch, has been appointed as PS to Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
d) S Suresh Kumar, 2000 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu.
e) Inspector General of Police in NIA and 1987 batch MP cadre IPS Sanjeev Kumar Singh gets two years of extension beyond July 5, 2014.
f) 1991 batch Indian Ordance Factory Service (IOFS) officer and UPSC joint secretary (director level) Rajiv Srivastava gets one year extension till July 3, 2015.
g) The government prematurely repatriates 2001 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Raj Kumar Bhagat, currently Director, Census Operations, Jammu and Kashmir to his parent cadre.
July 16, 2014
July 15, 2014
b) 1986 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Dr RS Shukla, currently Deputy Director (Administration) in AIIMS has been "prematurely" repatriated.
July 14, 2014
a) Enforcement Director and 1979 batch MP cadre IAS Rajan S Katoch has been appointed as secretary, department of heavy industry. He will continue to take additional charge as ED too for six months or until further orders.
c) Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary, department of fertilizers in place of Shaktikanta Das, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS.
d) Rakesh Garg, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary in department of telecommunications in the vacancy of MF Farooqui.
e) Hara Krushna Das, 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary in inter-state council secretariat under ministry of home affairs in the vacancy of Tabom Bam, 1977 batch IAS who had retired.
f) Shankar Agarwal, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS, now secretary in ministry of women and child development, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of urban development in place of Sudhir Krishna who retired.
g) Vinay Sheel Oberoi, 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of women and child development.
h) Archana Ranjan, 1979 batch IRS(IT), has been appointed as special secretary-cum-Director General of Central Economic Intelligence Bureau under department of revenue.
July 11, 2014
a) 1988 batch Haryana cadre IAS Tarun has been appointed as joint secretary in department of economic affairs (DEA).
July 10, 2014
a) Rajiv Gauba, 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS and additional secretary in department of electronics and information technology has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of home affairs.
b) Bhaskar Chandra Khulbe, 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary in department of personnel and training (DoPT).
c) Durga Shanker Mishra, 1984 batch UP cadre IAS and joint secretary in ministry of mines, has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of urban development.
d) Arun Kumar Panda, 1984 batch Odisha cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of health and family welfare has been appointed as additional secretary in department of health and family welfare.
e) Ravi Kant, 1984 batch Bihar cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of defence has been appointed as additional secretary in ministry of defence.
July 8, 2014
a) Former Dy Chairman, Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia's private secretary and 1992 batch Bihar cadre IAS Arunish Chawla has been appointed as joint secretary in department of expenditure.
b) DoPT joint secretary and 1993 batch Haryana cadre IAS Deepti Umashankar has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
c) Cabinet Secretariat joint secretary KL Sharma, CSS, has been transferred as JS in health ministry.
d) Planning Commission joint secretary and 1987 batch Odisha cadre IAS Tuhin Kant Pandey has been appointed as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat. Also, his Central deputation tenure has been extended for one year till August 2015.
e) 1991 batch Odisha cadre IAS Saurabh Garg, presently working as joint secretary in expenditure department, has been shifted to department of economic affairs.
f) Ajai Das Mehrotra, 1984 batch Indian Revenue Service (IT) officer, has been appointed as joint secretary in corporate affairs ministry.
July 5, 2014
a) 1999 batch Indian Information Service officer Sharat Chander has been appointed as Information Officer for PMO under prime minister's personal staff.
b) Vikas Anand, 2002 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, presently deputy secretary in power ministry, has been appointed as private secretary to MoS (MHA) Kiren Rijiju.
c) Manu Tentiwal, 2002 batch IRS (IT), now a joint development commissioner in Noida SEZ, has been appointed as PS to MoS (Independent Charge), Textiles, Santosh Gangwar.
d) 1999 batch MP cadre IAS E Ramesh Kumar has been appointed as private secretary to social justice minister Thhaawar Chand Gehlot.
July 1, 2014
a) 2002 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Binay Srikanta Pradhan has been appointed as private secretary to minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan.
b) Central deputation tenure of Ms Supriya Sahu, a 1991 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in information and broadcasting ministry, has been extended for 3 months beyond July 22, 2014.
c) The ACC has approved premature repatriation of Jagmohan Singh Raju, 1985 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of higher education, to his parent cadre -- Tamil Nadu..
June 29, 2014
a) S Kumaraswamy, 1991 batch UT cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary (administration) in department of space.
June 28, 2014
a) 1987 batch IFS and India’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO Ruchira Kamboj have been unanimously selected as chairperson of UNESCO Commonwealth Group for 2014-15.
June 27, 2014
a) Gujarat cadre IAS of 1980 batch, Rajesh Kishore, has been appointed as Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
b) NG Ravi Kumar, 2004 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of state for civil aviation GM Siddeshwara.
June 26, 2014
a) 1997 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and current MD of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd S Selvakumar has been appointed as director in PMO.
b) Central deputation tenure of Suresh Chandra Panda, 1981 batch Assam cadre IAS as additional secretary and financial adviser in ministry of home affairs (MHA), has been extended for eight months beyond June 30, 2014.
June 24, 2014
a) Tenure of 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Nilaya Mitash currently joint secretary in department of economic affairs extended for three months with effect from June 1, 2014.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has not approved the proposal regarding the appointment of Dr Maninder Kaur Dwidevi, 1995 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS, presently director in department of school education and literacy, as joint secretary in the same department.
c) 1996 batch UP cadre IAS, Nitishwar Kumar, has been appointed as private secretary to minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha.
June 23, 2014
a) Central government tenure of 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Shashi Shekhar who is now an additional secretary in the ministry of environment and forests has been extended for 6 months beyond June 28, 2014.
June 20, 2014
a) Brajendra Navnit, 1999 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS has been appointed as Director in Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
June 19, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in tenure of R Ramanujam, 1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary in PMO "in public interest", on contract basis for a period of three months beyond the date of his superannuation, i.e. upto September 30, 2014.
b) Manoj Kumar Tripathy, 2000 batch Karnataka cadre Indian Forest Service officer currently working as deputy secretary in urban development ministry, has been appointed as private secretary to the minister for housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA) M Venkaiah Naidu.
June 18, 2014
a) Rajeev Topno, 1996 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and PMO director, has been appointed as private secretary to Prime Minister.
b) Government repatriates 1981 batch UP cadre IAS D Diptivilasa, now additional secretary in urban development ministry, to his cadre.
c) In a major U-turn, govt cancels appointment of Rajiv Nayan Choubey, 1981 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS as additional secretary in PMO.
June 17, 2014
a) Minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation Ms Uma Bharti gets 2002 batch UP cadre IAS Sameer Verma as her private secretary.
b) Urban development and parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu gets 2004 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS BVRC Purushottam as his private secretary.
June 16, 2014
a) 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and current fertilizer secretary Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as new revenue secretary.
b) Gujarat cadre IAS of 1979 batch and revenue secretary Rajiv Takru has been appointed as secretary, Department of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
c) 2002 batch Odisha cadre IAS Debjani Chakrabarti, who is now on compulsory wait in urban development ministry, appointed as deputy secretary in ministry of road transport and highways ministry.
d) 1992 batch IRSSE officer Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as Director in health ministry.
e) 1977 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Indrajit Pal, currently working as secretary in the department of chemicals is given additional charge as fertilizer secretary.
June 14, 2014
a) 1997 batch Bihar cadre IAS Santosh Kumar Mall has been appointed as private secretary to agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh.
b) Ashish Chatterjee, 1999 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and director in the department of commerce, has been appointed as PS to MoS Commerce, Nirmala Sitharaman.
c) ACC has approved premature repatriation of joint secretary in power ministry and 1991 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS GS Prasad "without extended cooling off".
d) Pallavi Jain Govil, 1994 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and PMO director, has been prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre.
June 11, 2014
a) Shubha Sarma, 1999 batch Odisha cadre IAS, joins as Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
June 6, 2014
a) Water resources secretary Alok Rawat will head Committee of Secretaries (CoS) to prepare plan on cleaning and rejuvenation of the Ganga river.
b) Jayant Narlikar, 2003 batch Assam cadre IAS who was PS to DONER minister PS Ghatowar, appointed as deputy secretary in capital market division of DEA.
c) 1988 batch West Bengal cadre IAS S Suresh Kumar, currently joint secretary in ministry of home affairs, gets 2 months extension.
d) Prabhat Kumar Mishra, 1993 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and joint secretary in DEA, gets 3 months' extension till August 23.
June 3, 2014
a) Petroleum ministry joint secretary and 1988 batch IAS A Giridhar repatriated to Andhra Pradesh (to successor state).
June 2, 2014
a) Incumbent cabinet secretary and 1974 batch IAS Ajit K Seth gets 6 month extension beyond June 14.
May 31, 2014
a) Akhilseh Yadav govt in UP removes chief secretary Javed Usmani (1978 batch IAS) and appoints his batch-mate Alok Ranjan in his place.
May 28, 2014
a) Govt appoints 1967 batch retired IAS Nripendra Misra as principal secretary to PM. He is ex-TRAI chairman and ex-DoT secretary.
May 20, 2014
a) Ms V Vidyavarthi, 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances.
b) RP Sisodia, 1991 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS and joint secretary in department of higher education gets three months extension beyond July 12, 2014.
May 14, 2014
a) Alok Tandon, 1986 batch UP cadre IAS, presently working as joint secretary in department of disinvestment, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of financial services.
b) 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS Samir Kumar Sinha, who is returning from Manila where he is adviser to executive director of Asian Development Bank, has been appointed as joint secretary in the 7th Central Pay Commission under the department of expenditure.
c) Ms Kiran Soni Gupta, 1985 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS, has been appointed as Textile Commissioner, Mumbai under the ministry of textiles.
d) VK Gupta, Indian Railway Services of Engineering officer of 1976 batch, has taken over as new Member Engineering, Railway Board. Prior to joining this post, Gupta was General Manager, Northern Railway.
May 5, 2014
a) Dr Shreeranjan, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as deputy director general in Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
b) Shakil P Ahamed, 1995 batch Assam cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in agriculture ministry.
May 3, 2014
a) Shankar Agarwal, 1980 batch UP cadre IAS and special secretary in defence ministry has been appointed as secretary, ministry of women and child development in place of Arun Kumar Jain, 1977 batch Nagaland cadre IAS who has retired.
b) Smt Vijay Laxmi Joshi, 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, ministry of Panchayati Raj in place of Smt Loretta Mary Vas, 1977 batch UP cadre IAS who has retired.
c) Additional charge of post of secretary, ministry of DONER has been given to 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Naved Masood who is currently secretary in the ministry of corporate affairs.
April 30, 2014
a) Surjit Kumar Chaudhary, 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as secretary, National Commission for Minorities in the rank and pay of a secretary on in-situ basis by temporarily upgrading the post.
b) Biotechnology secretary K Vijayraghavan has been given additional charge of post of secretary, science and technology department.
c) The ACC has approved proposal for premature cessation of tenure of 2000 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Debashish Prusty, private secretary to MoS, finance ministry, Namo Narain Meena, consequent upon his selection as deputy secretary in the ministry of environment and forests.
April 22, 2014
a) 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Surjit Kumar Chaudhary has been empanelled as secretary or secretary equivalent to government of India.
b) 45 IAS of 1984 batch empanelled as additional secretary or equivalent. Full List
April 21, 2014
a) 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Amarjit Singh, additional secretary in department of school education, has been shifted as additional secretary in the ministry of water resources.
April 18, 2014
a) The government has accorded its nod for inter-cadre deputation of Ms Gauri Parashar, 2009 batch Odisha cadre IAS from Odisha cadre to Haryana cadre, for a period of three years, on personal grounds, in relaxation of the guidelines.
April 17, 2014
a) Prime Minister has approved the extension of tenure of 1999 batch Indian Foreign Service officer and director in PMO Gourangalal Das for three months beyond three years , i.e. up to August 10, 2014.
April 16, 2014
a) Babu Marriage: The government transfers 2010 batch Bihar cadre IAS Krishna Bajpai from Bihar cadre to Karnataka cadre on the ground of marriage to Mrs Dipika Bajpai, a 2010 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Karnataka cadre.
b) The government has approved inter-cadre transfer of Smt Gurneet Tej, 2006 batch Karnataka cadre IAS from Karnataka cadre to Punjab cadre, for a period of three years, on personal grounds, in relaxation of the extant guidelines.
c) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of Ms Swarnamala Rawla, 1980 batch MP cadre IAS and secretary of Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises under Department of Public Enterprises for a period of three months beyond April 10, 2014.
d) 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IAS and current joint secretary Raghvendra Singh has been promoted to additional secretary in Information and Broadcasting ministry..
April 12, 2014
a) Arvind Mayaram, 1978 batch IAS and DEA secretary has been re-designated as Finance Secretary on an expected line.
April 11, 2014
a) Dr Medithi Ravi Kanth, a 1986 batch Kerala cadre IAS, takes over as CMD of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO).
April 1, 2014
a) The ACC has approved the proposal for extension of Central deputation tenure of Dr Swaraj Bir Singh, 1986 batch Assam cadre IPS as IG in CISF for six months beyond April 19, 2014.
b) Government has appointed 1990 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer Ms Smita Shailendra Chaudhri, as joint secretary in National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Delhi under the ministry of social justice and empowerment in place of her senior in the service T Theethan who is completing his tenure on April 14, 2014.
March 24, 2014
a) 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Rajiv Takru, currently secretary in the department of financial services, has been appointed as revenue secretary in place of 1976 batch MP cadre IAS Sumit Bose who is retiring on March 31, 2014.
b) 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Gurdial Singh Sandhu has been appointed as new secretary in the department of financial services under the ministry of finance.
March 18, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cancels 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Devendra Bhushan Gupta's appointment as UPSC secretary. His batch-mate from Gujarat cadre, Ashim Khurana has been appointed as new UPSC secretary now. Also, the government has decided to debar Gupta for Central deputation for two years with effect from October 26, 2013.
b) 1989 batch Haryana cadre IAS Arun Kumar has been appointed as joint secretary in civil aviation ministry in place of Prabhat Kumar, who is now the civil aviation regulator, Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA).
c) The ACC has approved extension of inter-cadre deputation of 2001 batch IAS, Sanjay M Kaul from Kerala to Gujarat cadre for two years on personal grounds.
d) The government has extended the tenure of 1985 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, Jagmohan Singh Raju as joint secretary in the department of higher education for one year.
March 12, 2014
a) 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS Amitabh Kant has been appointed as secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP).
March 11, 2014
a) 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anup K Pujari has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of mines.
b) 1983 batch Kerala cadre IAS Dinesh Sharma has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA) under the ministry of finance in place of 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Shaktikanta Das.
c) 1987 batch IPoS officer Alka Jha has been appointed as CVO in Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) under the ministry of labour and employment.
d) The ACC has approved recommendation of the CSB for waiver of normal/extended "cooling off" period on compassionate ground for considering 1989 batch UP cadre IAS Manoj Singh's name for central deputation at joint secretary or equivalent level.
March 5, 2014
a) 1995 batch Assam cadre IAS Archana Varma has been elevated to the post of joint secretary in DoPT.
b) 1993 batch MP cadre IAS Neeraj Mandloi has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of urban development.
c) The deputation tenure of 1992 batch MP cadre IAS Ashish Srivastava as DG (training) of Election Commission of India has been extended for two years beyond March 18, 2014.
d) 1994 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS Nidhi Chibber has been appointed as joint secretary in the defence ministry.
e) 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS Sailesh has been appointed as joint secretary in ministry of home affairs.
March 3, 2014
a) 1979 batch Bihar cadre IPS Krishna Chaudhary has been appointed as DG, Railway Protection Force till his retirement on June 30, 2017.
b) 1980 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS and fertilizers secretary Shaktikanta Das has been given additional charge of the post of mines secretary till May 31, 2014.
c) Coal secretary SK Srivastava has been on leave till March 9, 2014. Corporate affairs secretary Naved Masood has been given additional charge for the post of coal secretary.
March 1, 2014
a) Relatively young IPS officer of 1985 batch (55-year-old) AN Upadhyay takes over as Director General of Police (DGP) of Chhattisgarh.
February 27, 2014
a) DK Pathak, 1979 batch Assam cadre IPS, presently special DG of Border Security Force (BSF) will look after the duties of Director General, BSF, with effect from March 1, 2014 and till an officer is appointed to the post of Director General, BSF on a regular basis.
February 26, 2014
a) 1978 batch UP cadre IAS and AIDS control secretary Lov Verma has been appointed as the new health secretary in place of K Desiraju.
b) 1980 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Satyanarayan Mohanty has been appointed as secretary, National Disaster Management Authority.
c) 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS Anita Agnihotri has been appointed as secretary, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry.
d) 1980 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Sujata Mehta has been appointed as secretary (ER) in the ministry of external affairs.
e) 1981 batch Indian Audit and Account Service officer Gautam Guha has been appointed as additional secretary in health ministry.
February 25, 2014
a) Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for extension of tenure of 1995 batch ICAS officer Nitesh Kumar Mishra as Internal Financial Adviser (IFA), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) till June 30, 2014.
b) Jeetendra Singh, 1993 batch IRSEE officer of Indian Railways, has been appointed as Director in Planning Commission for five years.
February 20, 2014
a) Government has accorded approval of inter-cadre deputation of 2006 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Ms Tanusree Deb Barma from Manipur-Tripura cadre to Karnataka cadre, for a period of three years, on personal ground.
February 6, 2014
a) The government has approved the proposal of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for inter-cadre deputation of 1992 batch Punjab cadre IAS Sarvjit Singh from Punjab cadre to AGMUT cadre (Chandigarh administration), for appointment as finance secretary, Chandigarh administration, for three years.
b) Central government has accorded approval for inter-cadre deputation of 2008 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Ashish Singhmar from Himachal Pradesh cadre to Jharkhand cadre for a period of three years.
c) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of 2004 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Pandurang Kondbarao Pole from Jammu and Kashmir cadre to Maharashtra cadre on personal grounds for a period of three years.
d) 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Braj Kishore Prasad has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
February 4, 2014
a) Subhashish Panda, 1997 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as director in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
b) Prabhat Ranjan Deo, 1986 batch Haryana cadre IPS officer, has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in Gurgaon-headquartered railway PSU -- Rail India Technical Economic Services (RITES). The officer has an option to draw pay and scale of a joint secretary in Government of India plus deputation allowance, if admissible, of pay of the post, according to the order. He will initially be appointed for three years, which is extendable for another two years.
February 3, 2014
a) R Rajagopal, 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, has been appointed as Managing Director of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED).
b) Krishna Ballabh Agarwal, 1985 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of AIDS control under the ministry of health and family welfare.
February 1, 2014
a) 1990 batch Kerala cadre IAS Ms Sarada Muraleedharan has been empaneled as joint secretary or equivalent at the Central government.
b) Ms M Sathiyavathy, 1982 batch UT cadre IAS, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the ministry of civil aviation in the vacancy of S Machendranathan.
c) SK Bahri, 1981 batch IAAS officer, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) in place of Ms Kusumjit Sidhu, 1979 batch Punjab cadre IAS who is now DEA secretary.
d) The government has approved the proposal of the department of agriculture and cooperation for premature repatriation of Sanjay Sharan, 1995 batch IRS (C and CE) officer and director in the department of agriculture and cooperation on personal grounds.
January 30, 2014
a) Ram Singh, 1994 batch Punjab cadre IPS officer, who was recommended for central deputation by the ministry of home affairs, has been selected for appointment as director in the ministry of textiles, Delhi, under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of five years.
b) Priya Ranjan, 1998 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been selected for appointment as director in the department of rural development.
c) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the ministry of textiles for the curtailment of tenure of Ms Prerna Sood, 1989 batch IRAS and director of the ministry of textiles (a Central Staffing Scheme post) on her selection to the post of Additional Director General (Programmes) in Prasar Bharati (a non-Central Staffing Scheme post) on deputation basis for the balance period of her five years central deputation tenure i.e., up to October 17, 2016.
January 28, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for extension in central deputation tenure of Ms Alka Sharma, 1988 batch IDAS and Registrar of University of Delhi (a non-Central Staffing Scheme post) for a period beyond January 21, 2014 and up to June 4, 2015, i.e. till the date Ms Sharma completes three years as Registrar.
January 27, 2014
a) Dinesh Kumar, 1983 batch Andhra cadre IAS, currently an ED in FCI, has been appointed as Development Commissioner (Handlooms).
b) 1983 Assam cadre IAS, JP Meena, has been elevated as additional secretary in the ministry of food processing industries.
c) Arun Kumar Chaturvedi, 1994 batch Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE), has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in four public sector undertakings, viz. Instrumentation Limited, Kota (ILK), Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited, Jaipur (REIL), Hindustan Salts Limited (HSL) and Sambhar Salts Limited, Jaipur (SSL).
January 24, 2014
a) 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS and DG of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Dr Anup K Pujari has been empanelled as Secretary, Government of India.
b) Four IAS officers of 1980 batch -- Anup K Pujari (Karnataka), Shyann S Agarwal (Rajasthan), Shankar Agarwal (UP) and Vijay Laxmi Joshi (Gujarat) -- have been empaneled as Secretary or Secretary-equivalent to Government of India.
c) Two 1983 batch IAS officers, Kewal Kumar Sharma of Uttarakhand cadre and Tara Dutt of Odisha cadre have been empanelled as additional secretaries of Government of India.
January 23, 2014
a) Ms A Shainamol, 2007 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS and the one who dragged the government of India to a legal battle over not getting the cadre of her choice, finally managed an inter-cadre deputation from Himachal Pradesh to Kerala for three years “in relaxation of extant guidelines on compassionate grounds”.
b) Two IAS officers of 1994 batch, Rajeev Chandra Joshi of Assam cadre and Ms Sonia Sethi Bali of Maharashtra cadre, have been empanelled as joint secretaries.
January 21, 2014
a) 1979 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer Ms Aruna M Bahuguna has been appointed as Director in SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Ms Bahuguna is currently working as Special Director General, CRPF.
b) Kumar Sanjay Krishna, 1985 batch Assam cadre IAS, is likely to join the disinvestment department of the ministry of finance as a joint secretary. Krishna, formerly a director in the PMO and joint secretary in DEA, may take up the new assignment in March.
January 20, 2014
a) HC Meena, 1976 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer, currently in the cadre, has been appointed as secretary (security) in the Cabinet Secretariat in the vacancy of Yashovardhan Azad, his IPS batch-mate of Madhya Pradesh cadre who has retired.
January 18, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Balvender Kumar, 1981 batch UP cadre IAS, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), ministry of textiles as vice-chairman, Delhi Development Authority under the ministry of urban development in the rank and pay of additional secretary against the existing vacancy.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for extension of Central deputation tenure of Nitin Agarwal, 1989 batch Kerala cadre IPS and Inspector General (Training), ITBP Force, for a period of six months beyond January 1, 2014.
January 17, 2014
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment 1989 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer Sushovan Banerjee as the Chief Vigilance Officer in the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai, under the ministry of shipping. The officer will have the option to draw his pay in the pay scale of joint secretary to the Government of India plus deputation allowance, if admissible, or pay of the post. He will now be entitled for a combined tenure of seven years i.e. up to February 17, 2016.
b) Shailendra Singh, 1988 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) for five years in place of Ms Anjali Prasad, 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS who was recently elevated to the post of additional secretary in the same department.
c) The ACC has approved the appointment of Smt Sundari Subramaniam Pujari, 1980 batch IDES officer as the Chief Vigilance Officer in Air India, Delhi. The officer will have the option to draw her pay in the pay scale of joint secretary to Government of India plus deputation allowance, if admissible, or pay of the post. On her appointment as CVO, Air India, Smt. Pujari will be entitled for tenure upto May 31, 2016 i.e. the date of her superannuation.
January 15, 2014
a) 1980 batch UP cadre IAS Rajeev Kher has been appointed as the new Union Commerce Secretary. He will take over from Gujarat cadre IAS SR Rao on January 31, 2014. Kher is post-graduate both in chemistry and development economics, and is also an LLB. Will retire on June 30, 2015.
b) Nandan Nilekani's key deputy and DG and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of India VS Madan gets an extension for a period of one year beyond March 28, 2014. Madan is a 1981 batch UT cadre IAS.
c) SS Garbyal, a 1977 batch Indian Forest Service officer, has been appointed as Director General (Forests) and special secretary in the ministry of environment and forests.
d) Sudarsanam Srinivasan, a 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS and special secretary and financial adviser in the department of space, has been appointed as Member(Finance) in Atomic Energy/Space/Earth Commissions in the rank and pay of secretary in place of AP Joshi, 1978 batch Karnataka cadre IAS who retires.
e) A Vijayanand, 1980 batch IRS (Central Customs and Excise) officer, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of space.
f) J Sathyanarayana, 1977 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, will reamin as Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology till the date of his superannuation, i.e. upto April 30, 2014.
January 10, 2014
a) Centre has approved inter-cadre deputation of Gitte Kiran Kumar Dinkar Rao, a 2005 batch IAS, from Manipur-Tripura cadre to Maharashtra cadre for three years on personal grounds, in relaxation of the norm stipulating completion of 9 years of service before proceeding on inter-cadre deputation.
January 7, 2014
a) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been repatriated to his cadre from the Union health ministry where he is currently a special secretary. Srivastava is likely to be the new chief secretary of Delhi.
b) Jai Priye Prakash, a 1982 batch Assam cadre IAS and additional secretary in DoPT, has been appointed as additional secretary in the cabinet secretariat in place of Rajasthan cadre IAS SC Garg.
January 3, 2014
a) Swapping Roles: Ms Nita Chowdhury, 1977 batch UP cadre IAS and secretary of the ministry of women and child development has been appointed as secretary in the department of official language in the ministry of home affairs. And AK Jain, 1977 batch Nagaland cadre IAS who is secretary in the department of official language has been shifted to the ministry of women and child development as its secretary.
January 2, 2014
a) Former IAS officer K Ashok Vardhan Shetty assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor of Indian Maritime University, Chennai.
b) 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Vinod Agarwal has been appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat at the rank of additional secretary.
December 31, 2013
a) Babu Marriage: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ravi Jha, a 2011 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS from Uttarakhand cadre to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to Ms Isha Khosla, 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS.
b) The government approved inter-cadre deputation of Lalrinliana Fanal, a 1997 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS, from Uttarakhand cadre to Mizoram Segment of AGMUT cadre for a period of three years on “personal grounds”.
c) The ACC has also approved the proposal for inter-cadre deputation of Gitte Kiran Kumar Dinkar Rao, 2005 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS, from Manipur-Tripura cadre to Maharashtra cadre for a period of three years on personal grounds. The order issued on December 31 said the approval was “in relaxation of the norm stipulating completion of nine years of service before proceeding on inter-cadre deputation”.
d) The ACC approved inter-cadre deputation of Dr Joram Beda, 2008 batch Punjab cadre IAS from Punjab cadre to Arunachal Pradesh segment of AGMUT cadre for a period of three years on personal grounds.
e) The Government has approved the appointment of SP Singh Parihar, a 1986 batch MP cadre IAS, as joint secretary in Cabinet Secretariat.
December 27, 2013
a) Babu Marriage: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ms Surabhi Malik, a 2012 batch Gujarat cadre IAS from Gujarat to Punjab cadre on the ground of marriage to Sandeep Kumar Garg, a 2012 batch Punjab cadre IPS officer.
b) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for inter-cadre deputation of DV Swamy, a 2001 batch Odisha cadre IAS, from Odisha cadre to Karnataka cadre for a period of three years on personal grounds.
December 26, 2013
a)The ACC has approved the proposal of the ministry of shipping for extension in deputation tenure of Ms Geetu Joshi, a 1996 batch Indian Economic Service officer and director, ministry of shipping, up to March 31, 2014.
December 24, 2013
a) Arvind Ranjan, a 1977 batch Kerala cadre IPS presently serving as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG), has been shifted to the post of Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
b) 1978 batch Assam cadre IPS Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, presently serving as Assam Police's DGP, has been appointed as Director General of National Security Guard (NSG).
c) Ms Nandita Chatterjee, a 1980 batch West Bengal cadre IAS, has been appointed as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women.
December 23, 2013
a) Ex-home secretary VK Duggal, who played a key role in managing post-Uttarakhand tragedy, has been appointed as Governor of Manipur. Duggal is a 1968 batch retired IAS.
b) Hrusikesh Panda, a 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS and additional secretary in the ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of tribal affairs in place of Ms Vibha Puri Das, a 1976 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS who is retiring on December 31, 2013.
c) Ms Kusumjit Sidhu, a 1979 batch Punjab cadre IAS, has been
appointed as secretary, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in place of OP
Rawat, a 1977 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre who is retiring on December 31, 2013.
d) Ashok Lavasa, a 1980 batch Haryana cadre IAS and special
secretary in the ministry of power, has been appointed as the civil aviation
secretary in place of KN Srivastava, 1978 batch Karnataka cadre IAS who is
retiring on December 31, 2013.
December 19, 2013
a) 1981 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer H Pradeep Rao has been elevated as additional secretary in the department of expenditure under ministry of finance.
b) The government has approved the proposal for regularizing the period of overstay from July 22, 2012 to January 24, 2013 beyond the approved tenure of inter-cadre deputation of 1999 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Hirdesh Kumar from Jammu and Kashmir cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre.
December 18, 2013
a) 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre Ms Shobha Ohatker has been empanelled as joint secretary.
b) 1983 batch AGMU cadre IAS has been empanelled as joint secretary.
c) 1986 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Ms Vandita Sharma has been appointed as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
d) 1985 batch Haryana cadre IAS Ms Surina Rajan has been appointed as joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
December 11, 2013
a) Sumit Bose, 1976 batch MP cadre IAS and secretary in the department of revenue has been designated as finance secretary. He is the senior most among the five secretaries in the ministry of finance.
b) Sadasivam, a 1981 batch IDAS officer, has been promoted as additional secretary (finance), department of atomic energy, on in-situ basis, by temporary up-gradation of the post held by the officer.
December 10, 2013
a) Who are the new special secretaries? List of 14 IAS officers of 1980 batch here: LIST
December 9, 2013
a) Jivesh Nandan, a 1987 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry of defence.
December 2, 2013
a) 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS Ms Vandana Kumari Jena has been appointed as secretary, department of land resources.
b) 1983 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Binoy Kumar has been appointed as additional secretary and FA in the ministry of external affairs (MEA).
November 29, 2013
a) 1980 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Vinod Agarwal has been appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council under the ministry of home affairs in the rank and pay of additional secretary in the vacancy of AK Jain of 1977 batch.
b) 1979 batch Assam cadre IAS and animal husbandry secretary AK Thakur will take additional charge of the post of agriculture secretary during the absence on leave of agriculture secretary Ashish Bahuguna till December 6.
November 26, 2013
a) 1980 batch UP cadre IAS Ms Aradhana Johri on Monday assumed charge as secretary in the department of pharmaceutical.
b) 1983 batch Assam cadre IAS Jatinder Bir Singh has been appointed as additional secretary in water resources ministry.
c) 1983 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS Asha Ram Sihag has been appointed as DG (Acquisition) under defence ministry.
d) 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS G Gurucharan has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of consumer affairs.
November 25, 2013
a) 1983 batch UT cadre IAS Ms Nutan Guha Biswas has been empanelled as additional secretary or equivalent at the Centre.
November 21, 2013
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal to appoint Alok Chaturvedi, a 1985 batch IDAS officer, as Deputy Director General in Unique Identification Authority of India at a joint secretary level. He will take the place of Ms K Ganga, a 1981 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, who was prematurely reverted to her parent cadre.
b) The government has accorded approval for extension of tenure of Alok Bhatnagar, a 1977 batch CSS officer as additional secretary (joint secretary level) in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for the period beyond November 9, 2013 and up to June 30, 2014 i.e. the date of his retirement.
November 20, 2013
a) 1979 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS S Machendranathan is the new Secretary (Coordination), in the Cabinet Secretariat.
b) 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS Satish B Agnihotri has been appointed as Secretary, New and Renewable Energy ministry. All 1980 batch IAS officers will be special secretaries.
c) 1980 batch UP cadre IAS Ms Aradhana Johri has been appointed as new pharmaceutical secretary. Meanwhile, the government has cancelled earlier order of appointing 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran as pharmaceutical secretary.
November 19, 2013
a) The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of A Sreenivas, 2004 batch Haryana cadre IAS, from Haryana cadre to Andhra Pradesh cadre, for a period of three years.
November 11, 2013
a) 1978 batch Andhra cadre IAS Ratan P Watal has been appointed as secretary of department of expenditure in place of RS Gujral, on his retirement on November 30, 2013. Watal, who is secretary to new and renewable energy ministry, is joining as the OSD to expenditure department in the rank and pay of secretary with immediate effect.
b) 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS V Somasundaran has been appointed as new secretary of the department of pharmaceutical.
November 8, 2013
a) Income-Tax officer and CBDT Member Ms Parvinder Sohi Behuria has been appointed as the new Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
November 6, 2013
a) 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Rajiv Mehrishi has been shifted from ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is now appointed as Secretary, Fertilizers.b) 1978 batch UP cadre IAS Prem Narain has been appointed as new secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
c) MP cadre IAS of 1979 batch Ms Snehlata Kumar will replace Ms Gauri Kumar as secretary, Border Management in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).
November 5, 2013
a) Alok Johri: The engineer who revived a "dead project" in Raebareli has been appointed as Member (Mechanical) in Railway Board.
November 4, 2013
a) Govind Jaiswal, a 2007 batch Nagaland cadre IAS, has been transferred from Nagaland cadre to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to Ms Chandan Chowdhary, a 2010 batch Kerala cadre IPS.
b) Central government has accorded approval for extension of inter-cadre deputation of Har Sahay Meena, a 1997 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, from Tamil Nadu cadre to Rajasthan cadre for a period of six months beyond August 17, 2013.
October 31, 2013
a) The government has approved premature cessation of the tenure of P Anand Kumar, a 1997 batch IRS (Central Customs and Excise) officer, as private secretary to minister of state for road transport and highways S Sathyanarayana. Kumar is now on "compulsory wait" in the ministry of road transport and highways.
October 28, 2013
a) Rajiv Ranjan Verma, 1978 batch Bihar cadre IPS, will be the new Director of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB).
b) 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Devendra Bhushan Gupta will be the new secretary of UPSC. He will hold the rank of an additional secretary of Government of India.
c) The ACC has cancelled the appointment of 1982 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Dr Amarjit Singh as Secretary, UPSC.
October 26, 2013
a) Ms Kimbuong Kipgen, a director level officer in DoPT, has been posted as Director (SR & RR). She will also function as First Appellate Authority with regard to RTI matters concerning her charge, an office order dated October 25 said.
b) Radhakrishna Sreepada, a 1989 batch IRS-IT officer, who failed to join as assistant director in the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), has been debarred from deputation for a posting under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of five years with effect from October 10, 2012.
c) Jagannath Srinivasan, a 2002 batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been appointed as a deputy secretary in DoPT.
d) Sanjay Bisariya, a 1999 batch IRAS officer, has been appointed as Joint Development Commissioner (director level) in the Office of Development Commissioner under the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises.
October 22, 2013
a) Two more 1980 batch IAS, Amita Paul of Bihar cadre and Kapil Dev Tripathi of Assam cadre, got empanelled as Secretary, Govt of India, in a latter dated October 21, 2013. Read: 1980 batch empanelment.
b) 1980 batch UT cadre IAS Girija Shankar Patnaik who is secretary to Vice President of India, has been repatriated to the cadre to avail of the apex scale.
c) 1974 batch retired IFS offcier Swashpawan Singh has been appointed as Secretary to Vice President of India on a contract basis. Singh will get a secretary rank.
d) PG Dhar Chakrabarti, 1980 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS and Adviser to Inter State Council Secretariat, has been repatriated to his cadre.
Rajendra Kashyap, an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of 1977 batch, has been appointed as Financial Commissioner (Railways). An MBA from University of Strathclyde, UK, Kashyap had earlier served as MD of Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC).
October 18, 2013
Harbhajan Singh, a 1983 batch UP cadre IAS, has been appointed as Director General of National Productivity Council under the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) in the pay of additional secretary. Singh's name was cleared after orders of appointing 1982 batch UT cadre IAS, B Vijayan, for the same post was cancelled. Vijayan is debarred from Central deputation till his date of retirement, i.e. till September, 2014.
October 14, 2013
Acting railway board chairman Arunendra Kumar has been appointed as its permanent chairman, ending three months long uncertainty of who would become the top rail babu.
October 14, 2013
MCX-SX, the stock exchange currently under watch by multiple agencies, has roped in ex-home secretary and 1972 batch retired IAS, GK Pillai as its Public Interest Director.
October 12, 2013
BC Tripathi who became GAIL chairman at the age of 49, in 2009, gets an extension for another 5 years.
October 11, 2013
a) PS Raghavan, a 1979 batch IFS and special secretary in the MEA, has been appointed as Secretary (ER) in the MEA in place of Pinak Rajan Chakravarty who retired recently.
b) Dinkar Khullar, a 1978 batch IFS and ambassador of India in Brussels, has been appointed as Secretary (West) in the ministry of external affairs in place of Sudhir Vyas, a 1977 batch IFS, who had retired.
c) Anil Wadhwa, a 1979 batch IFS and ambassador of India in Bangkok, has been appointed as Secretary (East) in the ministry of external affairs (MEA) in place of Ashok K Kanta, a 1977 batch IFS who is becoming ambassador to China.
October 7, 2013
1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Ms Gauri Kumar has been appointed as secretary in ministry of labour and employment. Currently, she is secretary (border management) under ministry of home affairs (MHA). Earlier, she had worked as a special secretary in the ministry of mines.
October 3, 2013
a) Retired IPS and former DG of CRPF Amarjot Singh Gill has been appointed as Chancellor of Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior.
b) Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Judge of High Court of Himachal Pradesh. Currently, he is an additional judge in the same court.
October 1, 2013
a) 1980 batch Odisha cadre IAS and additional secretary in the department of space S Srinivasan has been given additional charge of Member (Finance) in Atomic Energy Commission.
b) Water resources secretary and 1977 batch IAS, Alok Rawat has been given additional charge of post of labour secretary.
c) Youth affairs secretary and 1979 batch IAS Rajiv Gupta has been given additional charge of post of secretary of department of sports from October 1, 2013.
September 26, 2013
a) 1987 batch IFS officer Ms Ruchira Kamboj, now JS in MEA, is India's new Permanent Representative to UNESCO. To be located in Paris. She will replace IAS officer VS Oberoi.
b) 1983 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Ambuj Sharma has been elevated as additional secretary in deptt of heavy industries.
c) Director General of Foreign Trade Dr Anup K Pujari's (1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS) tenure has been extended till March 31, 2014.
September 25, 2013
a) Nitish Kumar, a 2001 batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has been appointed as deputy secretary in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
b) Dr AVS Ramesh Chandra, 1989 batch IFS & Deputy Chief of Mission in Indian embassy of Ankara, appointed as Indian High Commissioner to Uganda.
c) Vijay Keshav Gokhale, 1981 batch IFS, currently High Commissioner of India to Malaysia, has been appointed as Ambassador of India to Germany.
d) The government has appointed Ravi Bangar, a 1982 batch IFS officer, currently additional secretary in ministry of external affairs, as India’s next high commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus.
September 24, 2013
a) The tenure of Rohit Kansal, 1995 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS and private secretary to New and Renewable Energy minister Farooq Abdullah, has been extended beyond October 12, 2013, on co-terminus basis.
b) Aditya Joshi, a 1995 batch IRAS officer, has been appointed as director in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances and pension.
b) Govt reappoints legislative department secretary PK Malhotra for one year on “functional grounds”. Read More
September 23, 2013
The ACC has approved the proposal for extension of Central deputation tenure of 1986 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ravi Mittal as Adviser (Plan Co-ordination) for a period of nine months beyond October 15, 2013.
September 20, 2013
Sanjeev Kumar Jindal, a Central Secretariat Service officer, has been appointed as Director (Training) in DoPT. Jindal will also function as First Appellate Authority with regard to RTI matters.
September 13, 2013
The government has approved inter-cadre deputation of Dr Rathan U Kelkar, a 2003 batch Kerala cadre IAS, from Kerala cadre to Karnataka cadre for a period of three years.
September 5, 2013
a) Chhatar Singh, a 1980 batch retired IAS and former principal secretary to Haryana CM BS Hooda, has been appointed as an UPSC Member with effect from afternoon of September 2, 2013.
b) Anand Katosh, a 1994 batch Indian Telecom Service officer, has been appointed as director in the ministry of social justice and empowerment.
August 30, 2013
1981 batch IPS officer Dr Mahboob Alam, currently Additional DG of ITBP, will take temporary charge as ITBP's Director General.
August 23, 2013
a) 1987 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS Lalit Kumar Gupta has been appointed as joint secretary in the department of youth affairs.
b) The ACC in an order dated August 21, 2013, approved the extension of Central deputation tenure of 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS Arun Jha, additional secretary in the department of administrative reforms and public grievances, for a period of six months.Member.
August 22, 2013
Dr (Mrs) P Kilemsungla has been appointed as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) with effect from the forenoon of 19th August, 2013, for a period of six years or until she attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The order was issued on August 21, 2013. Kilemsungla, who had earlier served as acting chief of Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC), will be the first Naga to become UPSC Member.
August 21, 2013
1999 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS V Sheshadri is the new director in PMO. An LLB before joining as IAS, he was Joint Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam and then collector of Rangareddy district.
August 20, 2013
a) The ACC has given assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary, department of disinvestment to finance secretary RS Gujral during the absence on leave of disinvestment secretary Ravi Mathur.
b) Amitabh Verma, 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been appointed as Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India under the ministry of shipping in the rank and pay of additional secretary in place of Vishwapati Trivedi.
c) Dinesh Kumar Jain, A 1983 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS and joint secretary in the department of rural development, has been appointed as additional secretary in the department of agriculture and cooperation.
d) R Sridharan, a 1983 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been appointed as additional secretary in the ministry of mines in place of Ms Gauri Kumar.
August 19, 2013
Noted theatre personality from Manipur, Ratan Thiyam has been appointed as the chairperson of the National School of Drama Society. Thiyam has been appointed for a period of four years.
August 17, 2013 (Updated at 6 pm)
Former Union home secretary and 1975 batch ex-IAS RK Singh is likely to be Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's adviser on infrastructure. The formal announcement is expected anytime soon.August 14, 2013 (Updated at 7 pm)
Eight officers of 1988 batch of Indian Postal Service (IPoS) have been empanelled for appointment to the posts of joint secretary or equivalent at the Centre. They are:
1. PD Tshering
2. Ms Aindri Anurag
3. VP Singh
4. V Rajarajan
5. HC Aggarwal
6. Ms Anju Nigam
7. Ms Sharda Sampath
8. Sanjay Sharan
2. Ms Aindri Anurag
3. VP Singh
4. V Rajarajan
5. HC Aggarwal
6. Ms Anju Nigam
7. Ms Sharda Sampath
8. Sanjay Sharan
August 14, 2013
The following officers have been empanelled for appointment to secretary level posts in the Centre:
1 AK Malhotra, IFoS (1977 batch Jharkhand cadre)
2 Ms PS Behuria IRS (IT) (1977 batch)
3 Rajendra Kashyap IRAS (1977 batch)
4 Ms P Gopinath, IPoS (1977 batch)
August 12, 2013
The following officers have been empanelled for appointment to additional secretary level posts in the Centre.1 Ravi Kant Chopra IDES(1978 batch)
2 Amarendra Kumar Tewary IRS-IT (1979 batch)
3 AB Joshi IPoS (1979 batch)
4 Ms Aditi S Ray IES (1979 batch)
5 Ms. Chandralekha Malviya IES (1979 batch)
6 Deepak Shetty IRS, C and CE (1980 batch)
7 A Vijayanand C and CE (1980 batch)
8 Prasenjit Mukherjee IAAS (1980 batch)
9 Ms. Revathy lyer IAAS (1980 batch)
10 AK Goyal IFoS (1981 batch Kerala cadre)
11 Dr Savita Anand IFoS (1981 batch Rajasthan cadre)
12 Rakesh Jain IAAS (1981 batch)
13 H Pradeep IAAS (1981 batch)
14 SK Bahri IAAS (1981 batch)
15 Gautam Guha IAAS (1981 batch)
16 Ashutosh Tripathi IPoS (1981 batch)
Additional Secretary Equivalent
1. HS Kingra IFoS (1980 batch Himachal cadre)