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ACC approves several key Appointments

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, JULY 30, 2015: THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments:

1. Mr Nikhilesh Jha, IAS (MN:1984), at present in the cadre, as Mission Director, National Water Mission under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (newly created post).

2. Ms. Preeti Madan, IES (1981), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women under the Ministry of Women and Child Development vice Ms. Nandita Chaterjee, IAS (WB:1980).

3. Mr R. Subrahmanyam, IAS (AP:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development as Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development vice Mr Amarjeet Sinha, IAS (BH:1984).

4. Mr J. Rama Krishna Rao, IAS (BH:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence vice Mr Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS (UP:1984).

5. Mr Arun Kumar, IAS (AM:1983), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines as Additional Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment vice Mr Anoop Kumar Srivastava, IAS (AM:1981).

6. Ms. Usha Sharma, IAS (RJ:1985), Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism as Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions vice Mr Arun Jha, IAS (BH:1981).

7. Ms Surina Rajan, IAS (HY:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence vice Mr Ashok Kumar Gupta, IAS (TN:1981).

8. Mr Sunil Kumar Singh, IAS (BH:1983), at present in cadre, as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture vice Mr Pradeep Kumar Pujari, IAS (GJ:1981).

9. Mr Yogendra Tripathy, IAS (KN:1985), Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resources Development as Chairman and Managing Director, Food Corporation of India under the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

10. Mr Bhagwati Prasad Pandey, IAS (UK:1983), Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Mr Rajiv Nayan Choubey, IAS (TN:1981)

11. Mr Kumar Sanjay Krishna, IAS (AM:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas vice Dr. Subash Chandra Khuntia, IAS (KN:1981).

12. Dr. M.M. Kutty, IAS (UT:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vice Mr Shashi Shekhar, IAS (TN:1981).

13. Mr Upendra Prasad Singh, IAS (OR:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

14. Mr Deepak Kumar, IAS (BH:1984), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment as Director General, Employees' State Insurance Corporation under the Ministry of Labour and Employment vice Mr Anil Kumar Agarwal, IAS (WB:1981).

15. Mr Heera Lal Samariya, IAS (TG:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment vice Mr Deepak Kumar, IAS (BH:1984).

16. Mr Sailesh, IAS (AM:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

17. Mr Sanjeev Ranjan, IAS (TR:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vice Ms. Tuk Tuk Kumar, IAS (WB:1981) consequent to her superannuation on 31.08.2015.

18. Mr J. K. Dadoo, IAS (UT:1983), Additional Secretary (in-situ), Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry vice Mr Bhagwati Prasad Pandey, IAS (UK:1983).

19. Mr Sameer Sharma, IAS (AP:1985) as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

20. Mr P.K. Dash, IRS (IT) (1982), Director General, Election Commission of India as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vice Mr S.S. Mohanty, IDAS (1979).

21. Mr Arun Goel, IAS (PB:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance as Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority under the Ministry of Urban Development vice Mr Balvender Kumar, IAS (UP:1981).

22. Mr Arvind Mehta, IAS (HP:1984), Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

23. Ms. Pushpa Subrahmanyam, IAS (TG:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles as Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles vice Mr Samir Kumar Biswas, IAS (MH:1990) by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

24. Mr Ajay Kumar, IAS (KL:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology as Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

25. Ms. Kavita Gupta, IAS (MH:1985), Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai under the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy vice Dr. C.B. Venkataramana, IAS (TG:1982) with effect from the date on which the current incumbent vacates the post.

26. Ms. Alka Panda, IAS (OR:1983), Additional Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards under the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution as Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards under the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution vice Mr M.J. Joseph, ICAS (1979).

27. Mr Ajoy Kumar, IAS (BH:1984), Joint Secretary, National Commission for Minorities under the Ministry of Minority Affairs as Additional Secretary, National Commission for Minorities under the Ministry of Minority Affairs by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

28. Mr Surendra Nath Tripathi, IAS (OR:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

29. Mr C. Chandramouli, IAS (TN:1985), Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (Additional Secretary level) under the Ministry of Home Affairs by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

30. Mr Badri Narain Sharma, IAS (RJ:1985),Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Mr Devendra Chaudhary, IAS (UP:1981).

31. Mr Krishan Ballabh Agarwal, IAS (JK:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

32. Mr Girish Chandra Murmu, IAS (GJ:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance as Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

33. Mr Madhukar Gupta, IAS (RJ:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises as Additional Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

34. Ms. Kiran Soni Gupta, IAS (RJ:1985),Textile Commissioner under the Ministry of Textiles as Textile Commissioner (Additional Secretary level) under the Ministry of Textiles  by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

35. Mr Anup Wadhawan, IAS (UK:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

36. Mr Sudhir Tripathi, IAS (JH:1985), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India as Deputy Election Commissioner (Additional Secretary level), Election Commission of India by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.


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