In-situ upgradation of 13 IAS officers to Additional Secretary level

The Modi government, on Tuesday, cleared in-situ upgradation of over a dozen of IAS officers to the level of Additional Secretary in their respective ministries/departments presently serving in the rank of Joint Secretary.

They are ;

1. Samir Kumar Biswas (IAS:1990:MH) : Additional Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals.
2. T K Ramachandran (IAS:1991:TN) : Chairman, V.0. Chidambaranar Port Trust (Tuticorin), Ministry of Shipping.
3. Ms. Sumita Dawra (IAS:1991:AP) : Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade.
4. Pankaj Agrawal (IAS:1992:MP) : Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
5. Rajat Kumar Mishra (IAS:1992:RJ) : Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.
6. Ashish Srivastava (IAS:1992:MP) : Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.
7. Ashish Kumar Bhutani (IAS:1992:AM) : CEO, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
8. Ms. Punya Salila Srivastava (IAS:1993:UT) : Additional Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs.
9. Amit Agrawal (IAS:1993:CG) : Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
10. Sandeep Pondrik (IAS:1993:BH) : Advisor, National Disaster Management Authority.
11. Ms. Sukriti Likhi (IAS:1993:HY) : Additional Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
12. Alok (IAS:1993:RJ) : Member (Admn.), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
13. Nagaraju Maddirala (IAS:1993:TR) : Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal.