Keralam govt transfers 35 IAS officers; KR Jyothilal is posted as ACS Home & Vigilance

Thiruvananthapuram: The Keralam government has transferred 35 IAS officers in a major bureaucratic reshuffle, changing key assignments in Finance, Home, Power, Health, Industries, Local Self-Government, Transport and other departments. Notably, KR Jyothilal has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary of the Home and Vigilance departments.

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

1. KR Jyothilal (IAS:1993:KL), Additional Chief Secretary of Finance, Taxes, and Public Procurement Advisory departments and Chief Executive Officer of the Rebuild Kerala Initiative in Planning and Economic Affairs department, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary of the Home and Vigilance departments. He will also hold full additional charge of the Water Resources department, Housing department and Coir (Industries) department.
2. Puneet Kumar (IAS:1993:KL), Resident Commissioner of Kerala House in New Delhi and Additional Chief Secretary of the Water Resources department (matters connected with inter-State water), has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary of the Power department with full additional charge of Officer on Special Duty in Coordination and Programme Management Division in the office of the Chief Secretary. He will continue as Resident Commissioner of Kerala House in New Delhi. Tinku Biswal (IAS:1997:KL) has been relieved from the additional charge of Officer on Special Duty in Coordination and Programme Management Division in the office of the Chief Secretary.
3. Minhaj Alam (IAS:1996:KL), Additional Chief Secretary of Home and Vigilance departments and Agriculture department, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary of the Finance department with full additional charges of Taxes and Public Procurement Advisory departments; Chief Executive Officer of the Rebuild Kerala Initiative and Chairman of the Kerala Financial Corporation.
4. Mohammed Hanisha APM (IAS:1996:KL), Additional Chief Secretary of Industries, Revenue (Waqf) and External Co-operation departments, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare department. The officer will also hold full additional charge of Ayush, General Education, Revenue (Waqf), and Minority Welfare departments.
5. Sharmila Mary Joseph (IAS:1997:KL), Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare and Ayush departments, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary of the Transport department. The officer will hold full additional charge of the Women and Child Development department.
6. M Beena (IAS:1999:KL), on return from Central deputation, has been posted as Principal Secretary of the Industries department with full additional charge of matters related to External Co-operation.
7. Prasanth N (IAS:2007:KL), Special Secretary of Sports and Youth Affairs, Zoos and Museum, and Taxes departments, has been posted as Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited. The officer will continue to hold charge as Special Secretary of the Sports and Youth Affairs department.
8. MG Rajamanickam (IAS:2008:KL), Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited and Secretary of Power and Environment departments, has been transferred and posted as Secretary of the Local Self-Government department. The officer will continue to hold additional charge of Revenue (Devaswom) department and Commissioner, Guruvayur and Koodalmanikyam Devaswoms.
9. Anupama TV (IAS:2010:KL), Secretary of Local Self-government and Transport (Aviation, Metro and Railway) departments, and Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala Transport Development Finance Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Secretary of the Finance (Expenditure) department. The officer will also hold additional charge of the Environment department. Gokul GR (IAS:2011:KL) has been relieved from the charge of Finance (Expenditure) department and Geromic George (IAS:2015:KL) from the charge of Finance (Expenditure) department.
10. Veena N Madhavan (IAS:2010:KL), Secretary of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development, Backward Classes Development and Co-operation departments, has been transferred and posted as Secretary of the Agriculture department. The officer will hold full additional charge of Agricultural Production Commissioner.
11. Gokul GR (IAS:2011:KL), Special Secretary of the Planning and Economic Affairs department, has been given full additional charge of Member Secretary, Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC).
12. PB Nooh (IAS:2012:KL), Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax department, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary of the Labour department. Sheeba George has been relieved from the charge of Labour department.
13. Suhas S (IAS:2012:KL), Special Secretary of Water Resources and Housing departments, and Managing director of the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary of the Electronics and Information Technology department. The officer will hold full additional charge of Special Secretary, Industries department. The officer shall continue to hold charge of Managing Director, CIAL.
14. Seeram Sambasiva Rao (IAS:2012:KL), Excise Commissioner and Special Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology department, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development department. The officer shall continue to hold charge of Excise Commissioner.
15. Shanavas S (IAS:2012:KL), Special Secretary of the Local Self-Government department and Managing Director of the Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala, has been given additional charge of Chief Executive Officer of the Cochin Smart Mission Limited.
16. Abdul Nasar B (IAS:2012:KL), Special Secretary of the Fisheries, Harbour Engineering and Social Justice departments, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary of the Co-operation department.
17. Haritha V Kumar (IAS:2013:KL), on return from leave, has been posted as Special Secretary of the Social Justice department.
18. Jafar Malik (IAS:2013:KL), on return from central deputation, has been posted as Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax department with additional charge of Special Secretary, Taxes department.
19. Gopalakrishnan K (IAS:2013:KL), Director, Environment and Climate Change; Director, ANERT; and Managing Director, Kerala State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary of Science and Technology, Cultural Affairs, Zoos and Museum, Archaeology and Archives departments.
20. Subhash TV (IAS:2013:KL), Special Secretary, Agriculture department, has been posted as Managing Director of the Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd (KMSCL) with full additional charge of Commissioner, Food Safety.
21. Anjana M (IAS:2013:KL), Director of Tourism and Special Secretary of the NoRKA, Culture, Science and Technology department, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary of the Disaster Management department. The officer will hold the full additional charges of Special Secretary, NoRKA and Transport (Aviation, Metro and Railway) departments.
22. Chandrasekar S (IAS:2014:KL), on return from central deputation, has been posted as Additional Secretary of the Fisheries and Harbour Engineering department with full additional charge of Secretary, Fisheries and Harbour Engineering department.
23. Afsana Perween (IAS:2014:KL), on return from leave, has been posted as Managing Director of the Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) with full additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, NoRKA Roots.
24. Devidas N (IAS-SCS:2015), Director, Minority Welfare, and Managing Director, Impact Kerala, has been posted as Director of Employment and Training. The officer will hold the full additional charges of Labour Commissioner and Director, Minority Welfare department.
25. Asif K Yusuf (IAS:2016:KL), Managing Director, Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) and Director, NORKA, and CEO, NoRKA Roots, has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary of the Higher Education department. The officer will hold the full additional charges of Director, Collegiate Education and Commissioner, Entrance Examination.
26. Arun K Vijayan (IAS:2016:KL), Director of General Education and Chief Executive Officer, Education Rejuvenation Mission, has been given additional charge of Director General, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA).
27. Snehil Kumar Singh (IAS:2016:KL), Director, Industries and Commerce, and Managing Director, KSIDC, has been transferred and posted as Investment Commissioner in the Industries department.
28. Anu Kumari (IAS:2018:KL), Special Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax department, has been transferred and posted as Director of Tourism.
29. D Dharmalashri (IAS:2019:KL), Joint Secretary, Local Self-government department, and Deputy Project Director, Kerala Solid Waste Management Project, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary and Officer on Special Duty, Revenue and Disaster Management departments.
30. Rahul Krishna Sharma (IAS:2019:KL), Additional Commissioner, Kerala State Goods and Services Tax department, has been posted as Special Commissioner, Kerala State Goods and Services Tax department. The officer will hold full additional charge of Director, Environment department, and chief executive officer, ANERT and Kerala Hydel Tourism Centre.
31. Binu Francis (IAS:2019:KL), Director, Scheduled Tribes Development department, will hold the full additional charge of Managing Director, Kerala State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank.
32. Harikumar K (IAS:2019:KL), Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department, and Director, Coir Development department, will hold full additional charge of Executive Director, Suchitwa Mission.
33. Mohammed Shafiq (IAS:2020:KL), Joint Secretary and Officer on Special Duty, Revenue department and Director, Programme Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring department, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary and Director, Programme Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring department. The officer will hold full additional charge of Additional Chief Executive Officer, KIIFB.
34. Mithun Premraj (IAS:2021:KL), Director, Mining and Geology, managing director, KEMDEL, and Member Secretary, K-DISC, will be Additional Investment Commissioner in the Industries department.
35. Sameer Kishan (IAS:2021:KL), Director, Collegiate Education, Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, and Deputy Secretary and Officer on Special Duty, Higher Education department, has been posted as Additional Commissioner, Kerala State Goods and Services Tax department.

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