Major reshuffle at Additional Secretary level; KK Pathak appointed Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat

The Modi government on Friday (18.04.2025) effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle at the Additional Secretary level. While 25 officers were appointed as Additional Secretary, another 15 were elevated in-situ to the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India.

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

1. Keshav Kumar Pathak (IAS:1990:BH), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
2. Abhishek Singh (IAS:1995:NL) has been appointed as Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary by keeping the Recruitment Rules of the post in abeyance. He will also hold the additional charge of his current post i.e. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
3. Bhuvnesh Kumar (IAS: 1995: UP), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, has been appointed as CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
4. Suman Billa (IAS:1996:KL), Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Director General (Tourism), Ministry of Tourism.
5. Vir Vikram Yadav (IAS:1996:OR), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.
6. Sanoj Kumar Jha (IAS:1997:SK), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Joint Secretary in the Ministry.
7. M S Srikar (IAS:1999:KN), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. He will replace Puneet Kansal (IAS: 1996: SK), who is set to complete his tenure on 26.04.2025.
8. Mugdha Sinha (IAS:1999:RJ) has been appointed as Managing Director, India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC) in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. Presently, she is serving as DG, Tourism.
9. Hirdesh Kumar (IAS:1999:AGMUT) has been appointed as MD, Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs vice Ashish Chatterjee (IAS:1999:TN). Presently, he is serving as Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India.
10. Ashish Chatterjee (IAS:1999:TN) has been appointed as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel. Currently, he is MD, Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
11. Jitendra Srivastava (IAS:2000:BH) has been appointed as CMD, REC Ltd, Ministry of Power in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation.
12. N Saravana Kumar (IAS:2000:BH), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
13. Solomon Arokiaraj (IAS:2000:AP) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, DEA.
14. Abhijit Sinha (IAS:2000:NL) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Home in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce.
15. Amitabh Kumar (IRS-C&IT: 1992) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. He is Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
16. Yatinder Prasad (IA&AS:1993),Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, has been appointed as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology along with the charge of Financial Advisor, Department of Biotechnology and Ministry of Earth Sciences.
17. Saurabh Kumar Tiwari (IP&TA&FS:1993), Joint Secretary, Direct Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, DBT Mission by restoring the post to Additional Secretary level.
18. Prabhat (IRPS:1993), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
19. Sanjiv Shankar (IRS-IT: 1993) has been appointed as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, Ministry of I&B.
20. Roop Rashi (IA&AS:1994) has been appointed CEO, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of MSME in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Presently, she is Textile Commissioner, Mumbai.
21. Valeti Premchand (IDES:1994), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.
22. Vinod Kotwal (IP&TA&FS:1994), Member Secretary, National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority, Department of Pharmaceuticals, has been transferred and appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of DS/Director in the Department.
23. Mihir Kumar (IDAS:1996) has been appointed as CEO, Government e-Marketplace Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs.
24. Hoveyda Abbas (IA&AS:1997), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare by curtailing the extended central deputation tenure of Jaideep Kumar Mishra (ICAS: 1993).
25. Amitesh Kumar Sinha (IRAS:1997), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology vice Bhuvnesh Kumar (IAS:1995:UP).

Additionally, The ACC has also approved in-situ upgradation of as many as fifteen officers in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India as a measure personal to them.

They are;

1. Sonal Mishra (IAS: 1997: GJ) in the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
2. Manish Thakur (IAS: 1998: AM) in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
3. Indra Mallo (IAS: 1999: MH) in National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat.
4. D. Anandan (IAS: 2000: SK) in the Department Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
5. Deepak Agarwal (IAS: 2000: UP), Managing Director, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) under the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
6. P Hemalatha (IAS: 2000: KN), Development Commissioner, Cochin Special Economic Zone, Department of Commerce.
7. Piyush Singh (IAS: 2000: MH) in the Ministry of Power.
8. Manmeet Kaur Nanda (IAS: 2000: WB) in the Department or Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
9. Aparna Sachin Sharma (CSS: 1989) in the Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers.
10. Nirupama Kotru (IRS IT: 1992) in the Ministry of Coal.
11. Amita Prasad Sarbhai (IRAS: 1993) in the Ministry of Culture.
12. Biswaranjan Sasmal (IRS IT: 1993) in the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment.
13. Amrit Raj (IPoS: 1994), Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles.
14. Rama Shankar Sinha (IFoS: 1995: AGMUT) in the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries.
15. G Madhumita Das (IPoS: 1996) in the Ministry of Labour & Employment.