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