The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet effected a major Joint Secretary level reshuffle by appointing seventeen officers from various services, batches and cadres to Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary equivalent level posts. The appointment of a regular CEO of the National Land Monetisation Corporation draws attention.
The list of newly appointed joint secretaries goes as follows:
- Shri Praveer Kumar, IA&AS (1999), has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, replacing Deepak Agarwal, IAS (UP:2000).
- Shri M N Ajay Nagabhushan Mn, IAS (KN:2004), has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. His post has been temporarily upgraded from Director to Joint Secretary level for two years.
- Shri Sanjay Chilwarwar, IRSSE (1997), has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, replacing Lalit Bohra, IRTS (1998).
- Ms Madhu Rani Teotia, IAS (UT:2008), has been appointed as Additional CEO (JS level) of National Health Authority (NHA), under the Department of Health & Family Welfare, for a combined tenure of seven years until October 4, 2027, replacing Basant Garg, IAS (PB:2005).
- Shri Rajesh Lakhani (IAS: 1992: TN) was appointed as Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) under the Department of School Education & Literacy, for a tenure up to the date of his superannuation on 31.05.2029 vice Vinayak Garg (IRSEE: 1995).
- Shri Manish Thakur (IAS: 1998: AM) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, for a tenure of five years vice R Jaya (IAS: 1995: TN).
- Shri D Anandan (IAS: 2000: SK) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure, for a tenure of five years vice Amit Singh Negi (IAS: 1999: UD).
- Shri Vijay Nehra (IAS: 2001: GJ) as appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, for an overall tenure of five years up to 31.10.2028 vice P Ashok Babu (IAS: 2003: AM).
- Shri Vikas Anand (IAS: 2002: UT) was appointed as CEO, National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) under the Department of Public Enterprises, for an overall tenure of five years up to 16.02.2028. Currently, Vasundhara Upamanyu (IRS IT: 1992) holds the additional charge of CEO, NLMC.
- Shri Petal Dhillon (IRTS: 2002) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, for a tenure of five years vice Anant Swarup (IRPS: 1992).
- Shri Abhinav Gupta (IRS C&IT: 2004) was appointed as Additional DG, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Department of Commerce, for a tenure of five years. He replaces S C Agarwal (IRS C&IT: 1994).
- Shri Santosh Kumar Verma (IRSS: 1995) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, for a tenure of five years by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Director in the Department. He replaces Vineet Mathur (IPoS: 1994)
- Shri Samar Nanda (IRS C&IT: 2004) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, for a tenure of five years vice Mugdha Sinha (IAS: 1999: RJ).
- Shri Sanjay Mehrishi (IOFS: 1991) was appointed as Joint Secretary, National Health Authority (NHA) till his superannuation on 30.06.2027.
- Shri Udit Agrawal (IAS: 2008: GJ) was appointed as Joint Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, for a tenure of five years vice Radhika Rastogi (IAS: 1995: MH).
- Shri Pankaj Kumar (ITS: 1991) was appointed as Joint Secretary (Logistics), Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, for a tenure up to his superannuation on 31.10.2028 vice V Radha (IAS: 1994: MH).
- Dr Shankari Murali (lCAS: 1991) was appointed as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Department of Space, for a tenure up to her superannuation on 28.02.2027. He replaces M Maheshwar Rao (IAS: 1995: KN) by temporarily downgrading the vacant post of AS&FA.
