The 2002 batch IOFS officer, Ms. Nivedita has been given three months extension in the central deputation tenure as Director, Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the period of three months wef 29 Oct 2017. to 28 Jan 2018.

The 1997 batch ITS officer, Raj Kumar, Director in NITI Aayog was on Thursday given premature repatriation to his parent cadre, Department of Telecommunications.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today met and interacted with over 360 Officer Trainees of the 92nd Foundation Course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. He is at LBSNAA on a two-day visit.

During the wide-ranging interaction, which lasted nearly four hours, the Prime Minister urged the Officer Trainees to express their ideas and thoughts to him frankly and without fear.

A variety of subjects such as administration, governance, technology and policy-making came up for discussion. The Prime Minister encouraged the Officer Trainees to study and research governance issues in depth, so that they could understand them well. He also stressed on the need for them to develop a national vision.

The discussions were marked by a large degree of experience-sharing.

During the four-hour interaction in four groups, a variety of subjects such as administration, governance, technology, and policy-making came up, according to the PMO statement. “Officers shared their own experiences, which were very constructive,” Modi tweeted.

PM also interacted with faculty members of the Academy, who gave him an overview of the work being done there, to train India’s civil servants.

He visited the state-of-the-art Gandhi Smriti Library at LBSNAA. He attended a short cultural programme by the Officer Trainees.

Earlier, on arrival at the Academy, the Prime Minister offered floral tributes on the statues of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Raghuraj Rajendran appointed as Deputy Director, LBSNAA

The 2004 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Raghuraj Rajendran has been appointed as Deputy Director in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration(LBSNAA), Mussorie. He has been appointed for a period of four years.

The 1983 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, C. K. Mishra, presently Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change.

His appointment comes in the wake of vacancy caused due to appointment of Ajay Narayan Jha, IAS (MN 82) as OSD, Department of Expenditure.

The 1982 batch IAS officer of MN cadre, Ajay Narayan Jha, presently Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Department of Expenditure.

AN Jha would succeed Ashok Lavasa (IAS:1980:HY) on his retirement on 31 October 2017

The 2002 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, G K Srivastava presently working as Additional Commissioner, Kendriye Vidalya Sangathan(KVS) has been appointed to the post of Director, Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) on shift basis for the period upto 17 Dec 2019.

The 2002 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, Ms. Debjani Chakrabarty presently serving as Director in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has been appointed as Director in the Central Vigilance Commission on shift basis for the period upto 18 Feb 2020.

tul Kumar Singh, 1998 batch ITS officer has been appointed as Director, Ministry of Defence has been appointed to the post of Director in the Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) on the shift basis for the period upto 31 Jul 2019.