Centre approves in-situ upgrade of the posts of 13 IAS officers of 1987 batch

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet, on Tuesday, cleared in-situ upgradation of over a dozen of IAS officers belonging to 1987 batch to the level of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary (GoI), in their respective ministries/departments presently serving in the rank of Additional Secretary.

The name of the officers and their postings are as follows :

1. Arun Singhal (IAS:1987:UP) : Special Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare.
2. V P Joy (IAS:1987:KL) : Director General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum
3. Sunil Kumar (IAS:1987:UP) : Special Secretary, Department of Commerce
4. Talleen Kumar (IAS:1987:WB) : CEO, Government e-Marketplace Special Purpose Vehicle, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
5. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra (IAS:1987:TG) : DG, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
6. Pradip Kumar Tripathi (IAS:1987:JK) : Special Secretary & Establishment Officer, DoPT.
7. Raj Kumar (IAS:1987:GJ) : DG, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, Ministry of Labour and Employment.
8. Barun Mitra (IAS:1987:MN) : Special Secretary, Department of Defence Production.
9. Praveen Kumar (IAS:1987:TN) : Special Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
10. Manoj Jhalani (IAS:1987:MP) : Special Secretary, Department of Heatth and Family Welfare.
11. Ms. Vasudha Mishra (IAS:1987:TG) : Special Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
12. Ms Leena Nandan (IAS:1987:UP) : Special Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
13. Pravir Krishna (IAS:1987:MP) : Managing Director, Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd., Ministry of Tribal Affairs.