Senior-Level Administrative Changes Announced Across Central Ministries

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved a series of senior-level administrative changes across central ministries, clearing a major bureaucratic reshuffle involving 40 officers from different services, batches, and cadres. The decisions include appointments and postings at the levels of Special Secretary, Director General, and Additional Secretary, along with in-situ upgradations and empanelment-cum-postings across key ministries and departments of the Government of India.

Key Appointments: Special Secretary & Director General Level

• Suchindra Misra (IDAS: 1992) – Appointed Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, with temporary upgradation of a vacant Additional Secretary post to Secretary rank.

• Lav Aggarwal (IAS: 1996: AP) – Appointed Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

• Srikant Nagulapalli (IAS: 1998: AP) – Appointed Director General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

Appointments at Additional Secretary Level

• Rabindra Kumar Agarwal (IAS: 1997: KL) – Appointed Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Food Corporation of India (FCI).

• Ashutosh Agnihotri (IAS: 1999: AM) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.

• Aneeta C. Meshram (IAS: 1996: UP) – Appointed Additional Secretary, President’s Secretariat.

• Rakesh Gupta (IAS: 1997: HY) – Shifted to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

• Solomon Arokiaraj (IAS: 2000: AP) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.

• Shyamal Misra (IAS: 1996: HY) – Appointed Administrator (Digital Bharat Nidhi), Department of Telecommunications.

• Sonal Mishra (IAS: 1997: GJ) – Appointed Chief Labour Commissioner (Central).

In-Situ Upgradations: Secretary & Additional Secretary Rank

• Asit Gopal (IFoS: 1990: MP) – Upgraded as Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Textiles.

• Ramesh Krishnamurthi (IRS IT: 1992) – Upgraded as Central Provident Fund Commissioner (EPFO).

In-Situ Upgradation to Additional Secretary Rank (13 Officers)

• Mukesh Mangal (ITS: 1992) – Ministry of Shipping

• Meenaxi Rawat (IES: 1993) – BPCL

• Archana Sharma Awasthi (IRS IT: 1994) – Department of School Education

• Nitesh Kumar Mishra (ICAS: 1995) – Department of Youth Affairs

Other Notable Appointments & Elevations

• Ajoy Sharma (IAS: 1999: PB) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment.

• Niranjan Kr Sudhansu (IAS: 2000: MH) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

• Vandana Jain (CSS: 1991) – Appointed Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Culture.

• Nidhi Pandey (ILS: 1991) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.

• D. Saibaba (IRSNIE: 1992) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power.

• Satinder Kumar Bhalla (ITS: 1992) – Appointed Secretary, North Eastern Council Secretariat, Ministry of DoNER, in AS rank.

• Ateesh Kumar Singh (IRTS: 1994) – Appointed Additional Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

• Rakesh Mittal (IDES: 1995) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

• D. Sai Amutha Devi (IP&TA&FS: 1995) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (SR).

• Vedveer Arya (IDAS: 1997) – Appointed Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

• Manoj Kumar (IRS IT: 1994) – Appointed Additional Secretary, DIPAM, Ministry of Finance.

• Anupam Mishra (IES: 1995) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs.

• Anu Nagar (IFoS: 1995: HP) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Health Research.

• Alok Prem Nagar (IFoS: 1995: HP) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

• Chetan Prakash Jain (IRPS: 1995) – Appointed Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, CSIR.

• Ballepu Radhika Chakravarthy (IPoS: 1996) – Appointed Additional Secretary, National Commission for Women.

• Anita Karn (IFoS: 1997: GJ) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution.

• Debolina Thakur (IA&AS: 1998) – Appointed Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

• Manish Tripathi (IDAS: 1998) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

• Dilip Kumar (IAS: 1995: PB) – Appointed Director General (Training), Ministry of Skill Development.

• Caralyn Khongwar Deshmukh (IAS: 1996: MP) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development.

• Anandrao Vishnu Patil (IAS: 1998: TN) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education.

• Dinesh Mahur (ITS: 1992) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production.

• Mayank Tiwari (IRSME: 1993) – Appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.