MP: Nine IAS officers shifted, Sukhbir Singh posted as Chief Election Officer

The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday (20.08.2024) implemented a significant administrative reshuffle by transferring nine IAS officers to new positions.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;

1. Anupam Rajan (IAS:1993:MP), Chief Election Officer, Madhya Pradesh and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary, Law and Legislature Department (Electoral matters), has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary for Higher Education with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Food Processing.
2. Amit Rathore (IAS:1996:MP), Principal Secretary, Commercial Tax Department with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Cottage and Rural Industries, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Finance Department with additional charge of posts of Principal Secretary, Commercial Tax Department and Principal Secretary, Cottage and Rural Industries.
3. Sukhbir Singh (IAS:1997:MP), Principal Secretary of Horticulture and Food Processing with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, has been transferred and posted as Chief Election Officer and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary, Law and Legislature Department (Electoral matters).
4. Ravindra Singh (IAS:2004:MP), Commissioner-cum-Director of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, MP government.
5. Shriman Shukla (IAS:2007:MP), Managing Director, Agriculture Marketing Board-cum-Commissioner, Mandi and Secretary, Planning, Economics & Statistics Department and Member Secretary, State Planning Aayog. Bhopal and Commissioner, Economics & Statistics, Bhopal, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Shahdol Division, Shahdol.
6. Sibi Chakravarthy M (IAS:2008:MP), MD, Metro Rail Corporation Limited with additional charge of Secretary, Transport Department, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner-cum-Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection with additional charge of MD, MP State Warehousing Corporation.
7. Rishi Garg (IAS:2013:MP), Deputy Secretary, Cottage and Rural Industries Department, has been transferred and posted as Member Secretary, State Planning Commission with additional charge of Commissioner, Economics & Statistics Department.
8. S Krishna Chaitanya (IAS:2013:MP), CEO, Employment Guarantee Council, Bhopal, has been transferred and posted as MD, Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Bhopal.
9. Avi Prasad (IAS:2014:MP), Deputy Secretary, MP government, has been transferred and posted as CEO, Employment Guarantee Council, Bhopal