India appoints 21 joint secretaries along with Odia IAS officer in central government departments

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following:nn1. Shri Anil Srivastava, IAS (MP:1985), as Advisor (JS level), NITI Aayog, on lateral shift basis, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a combined tenure of seven years of central deputation upto 14.02.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ms. Alka Tiwari, IAS (JH: 1988);nn2. Shri Jatindra Nath Swain, IAS (TN:1988), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Santosh D Vaidya, IAS (UT: 1998);nn3. Ms. Upma Srivastava, IAS (SK:1988), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Anil Srivastava, IAS (MP: 1985);nn4. Shri K. Vinayak Rao, IRAS (1987) as Member (Finance) (JS level), DDA, Ministry of Urban Development from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Venkatesh Mohan, IA&AS (1983);nn5. Shri Madhu Ranjan Kumar, IRSS (1984), Secretary (JS level), NCMEI, as Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto his superannuation on 30.06.2021 or until further orders, by temporarily upgrading a Director level post (vice Shri Alok Mishra, I Info S (1998)) for a period of two years or till a regular JS level vacancy arises, whichever is earlier;nn6. Shri Pramod Kumar Pathak, IFoS (KL:1986), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri A.K. Ganeriwala, IFoS (SK:1986);nn7. Shri Kamlesh Chaturvedi, IFoS (MP:1988), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Rohit Kumar Singh, IAS (RJ: 1989);nn8. Shri P.K. Borthakur, IAS (AM:1989), as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Rajesh K. Singh, IAS (KL: 1989);nn9. Shri K. Rajaraman, IAS(TN:1989), as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Vivek Joshi, IAS (HY: 1989) against a Director level upgraded post existing till 17.03.2018 or till a regular JS level vacancy arises, whichever is earlier;nn10. Shri Srinivas Ramaswamy Katikithala, IAS (GJ:1989), as Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by temporarily downgrading an Additional Secretary level post for 2 years or until a regular JS level vacancy arises, whichever is earliernn11. Shri Shantmanu, IAS (JK: 1991), as Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) (JS level), M/o. Textiles, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri K. Gopal, IAS (TN: 1992);nn12. Shri Pramod Kumar Tiwari, IAS (AM:1991), as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Deepak Kumar, IAS (UP: 1990);nn13. Ms. Nidhi Chhibber, IAS (CG: 1994), as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Suresh Kumar, IAS (JK:1986);nn14. Ms. Meera Ranjan Tshering, IPoS (1988), as Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Women & Child Development, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ms. Sarita Mittal, CSS; (the officer shall assume charge on completion of tenure of the present incumbent.)nn15. Shri D.K. Sekar, IAAS (1995), as Additional DGFT (JS level), Chennai, DGFT, under Department of Commerce, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri M. Sai Kumar, IAS (TN: 1980);nn16. Ms. Sarita Mittal, CSS, as Joint Secretary, Department of Health Research, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period upto her superannuation on 31.05.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Manoj Pant, IFoS (JK:1986); (the officer shall assume charge on completion of tenure of the present incumbent.)nn17. Shri Alok Saxena, IPoS (1989), as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri K.B. Agarwal, IAS (JK:1985);nn18. Premature repatriation of Ms. Vandana Gupta, IP&TA&FS (1990), Joint Secretary, NCW, under Ministry of Women & Child Development, with immediate effect, to her cadre with imposition of extended cooling off;nn19. Ms. Chhavi Jha, IRAS (1990), as Joint Secretary, NCW under Ministry of Women & Child Development, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ms. Vandana Gupta, IP&TA&FS (1990);nn20. Ms. Aastha Saxena Khatwani, ICAS (1991), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ms. Rashmi Saxena Sahni, IRS (IT :1984);nn21. Shri Murugan Arumugam Inbarasu, IRSME (1985), as Joint Secretary, Mumbai, Department of Atomic Energy, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period upto his superannuation on 31.10.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Sanjeev Sood, IRSEE (1985); (the officer shall assume charge on completion of tenure of the present incumbent.)nn22. Shri Shishir Sinha, IOFS (1988), as DDG (JS level), UIDAI, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Harish Chand Agarwal, IPoS (1988).