Major JS-level reshuffle effected at Centre

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The Modi government, on Sunday, announced the appointment of as many as 14 officers to the post of Joint Secretary in various ministries and departments.

The names of the officers and their postings as follows :

1. Ms. Geeta Narayan (CSS) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health Research, for a tenure upto her superannuation on 30 April 2023 vice V K Gauba (CSS). She is presently Member Secretary, NCPCR under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

2. Ms. Rupali Banerjee (CSS) has been appointed as Member Secretary, NCPCR under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, for a tenure of five years vice Ms Geeta Narayan(CSS)

3. Sagar Chand Mehra (CSS) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Fisheries for a tenure of five years or against a newly created post.

4. Ms. Rubina Ali (CSS) has been appointed to the post of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), for a tenure of five years vice Arun Kumar (IAS:1989:HY). She is presently posted as Director in MoCA.

5. Ms. T C A Kalyani (ICAS:1991) has been appointed to the post of Joint Secretary, Ministry of I&B for an overall tenure of five years vice Manoj Pingua (lAS :1994:CG).

6. Sanjay Pandey (ICAS:1994) has been appointed as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for a tenure of five years vice Ms T C A Kalyani (ICAS:1991).

7. Ms. P Amudha (lAS:1994:TN) has been appointed as Professor (Public Administration) in LBSNAA under the Department of Personnel and Training for a tenure of three years vice Rajesh Arya.

8. Shantanu (lAS:1997:TR) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production for a tenure of five years vice Sanjay Prasad (IAS:1995:UP) who recently repatriated to cadre state of UP.

9. Umakant (IFoS:1996:UT) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources for a tenure of five years vice Sushil Kumar Singla (IFoS:1994:HP).

10. Ajay Goyal (IRS-IT:1990) appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs for a tenure of five years against a vacant post of JS&LA.

11. Ms R Jaya (IAS:1995:TN) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, for a tenure of five years vice Shri Lok Ranjan (IAS:1989:TR).

12. Jogiranjan Panigrahi (IRS-C&CE:1990) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles for a period upto his superannuation on 30 November 2023 vice Atul Tiwari (IAS:1990:KN).

13. Ms Sandhya Venugopal Sharma (IAS:1995:TN) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Space for an overall tenure of five years vice S Kumaraswamy (IAS:1991:AGMUT) consequent to his premature repatriation w.e.f 01 April 2019.

14. Vijaylakshmi P Bidari (IAS:2001:MH) has been appointed as Controller, URSC, Department of Space for a combined tenure of seven years vice Sandhya Venugopal Sharma (lAS:1995:TN). Bidari will hold additional charge of the post of Regional Director, SSC (Bengaluru) till the appointment of the regular incumbent.