Centre transfers 31 IIS officers in major reshuffle

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday (July 2, 2025) issued transfer and posting orders for 31 Indian Information Service (IIS) Group ‘A’ officers. The officers have been posted to various media units across the country with immediate effect. Here is the list of officers, along with their current and new postings:

1. Ritu Shukla, ADG (M&C), PIB, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as ADG (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
2. J. Kamaraj, Under transfer to CBC New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director, CBC, RO, Chennai
3. V. Parvathy, Director, CBC, RO, Thiruvananthapuram, has been transferred and posted as Director, CBC, New Delhi
4. Tejaswi Menda, Jt. Director (News), RNU, DDK, Chennai, has been transferred and posted as Jt. Director (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
5. Ritesh Chaudhary, Director (News), DD News, New Delhi (on strength of NSD: AIR), , has been transferred and posted as Director (News), DD News, New Delhi
6. Amit Kumar, Director, Doordarshan HQ, New Delhi (on strength of NSD: AIR), has been transferred and posted as Director, Doordarshan HQ, New Delhi (against vacant SAG level post in DD News)
7. M. Leela Meenatchi, Director, CBC, RO Chennai, has been transferred and posted as Director (News), DD News, New Delhi (against vacant SAG post)
8. Kareena B. Thengamam, Dy. Director, CBC, RO Hyderabad (Addl. charge of DPR(D)), has been transferred and posted as Dy. Director (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
9. Sapna, PRO, DPR Defence, Chandigarh (Addl. charge of Yojana, Punjabi), has been transferred and posted as Dy. Director (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
10. Gagandeep Kaur, Dy. Director (News), DDK Jalandhar (Addl. charge of DPR, Jalandhar), has been transferred and posted as Dy. Director, DPR (Def.), Jalandhar with Addl. charge of DPR (Def.) Chandigarh and Yojana, Punjabi
11. Sudha S. Namboothiry, Dy. Director, DPR (Defence), Thiruvananthapuram (Addl. charge of DPD, Thiruvananthapuram), has been transferred and posted as Dy. Director (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
12. Isha Garg, PRO, DPR (Defence), Bengaluru (Addl. charge of CBC, Bengaluru), has been transferred and posted as Dy. Director (News), DD News, New Delhi
13. Sanjay Kumar, Dy. Director, CBC, RO, Patna, has been transferred and posted as Dy. Director (News), DD News, New Delhi
14. Patel Arohiben Mukeshbhai, Dy. Director (M&C), PIB Ahmedabad, has been transferred and posted as Dy. Director (News), DDK Ahmedabad (against JAG post)
15. Manoj Roorkiwal, Under order of posting to DD News, has been transferred and posted as Asst. PRO, DPR (Def.), New Delhi
16. S. A. Machhar, AD, CBC, RO Ahmedabad, has been transferred and posted as AD (M&C), PIB, Ahmedabad with Addl. charge of CBC RO Ahmedabad
17. M. Madhu, AD, RNU, DDK, Bengaluru, has been transferred and posted as AD (M&C), PIB, Bengaluru with Addl. charge of DPR (Def.), Bengaluru
18. Biju K. Mathew, AD, CBC, FO, Kannur, has been transferred and posted as AD, DPR (Def.), Thiruvananthapuram (against STS post) with Addl. charge of DPD, Thiruvananthapuram
19. Afaque Ahmed Ehsani, AD, DPR (Defence), New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), DD News, New Delhi
20. S. Joy, AD, RNU: AIR, Chennai , has been transferred and posted as AD (News), DD News, New Delhi
21. Tapan Kumar Maharana, AD, RNU: AIR, Cuttack, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
22. Bishal Das, AD, CBC, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
23. Farhat Praveen, AD, DPD, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), DD News, New Delhi
24. Kailash Chand Meena, AD, CBC, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), DD News, New Delhi
25. Sumedha Bhardwaj, AD, CBC, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), DD News, New Delhi
26. K. Anoop Sagar, AD, DDK, Thiruvananthapuram, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
27. M. Smithy, AD, CBC, FO, Palghat, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), RNU: AIR, Thiruvananthapuram
28. Parag Kumar Mandle, AD, CBC, FO, Ajmer, has been transferred and posted as AD, CBC, RO, Bhopal with Addl. charge of CBC, FO, Indore
29. Mrinal Kanti Hait, AD, CBC, RO, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi
30. K. Devi Padmanabhan, AD, CBC, FO, Tiruchirapalli, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), RNU: AIR, Chennai
31. Koteswar Rao Gutha, AD, CBC, FO, Nalgonda, has been transferred and posted as AD (News), NSD: AIR, New Delhi