Kerala : Major bureaucratic reshuffle effected

The Kerala government on Tuesday (24.01.2023) effected a major reshuffling of the bureaucratic top brass.

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

1. Rani George (IAS:1996:KL), Principal Secretary of Cultural Affairs Department, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary of the Social Justice Department with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Women and Child Development Department.
2. Dr. B Ashok (IAS:1998:KL), Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, will hold the full additional charge of Agricultural Production Commissioner.
3. Ashok Kumar Singh (IAS:1999:KL) has been posted as Secretary, Water Resources Department. He will hold the full additional charges of Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation Department and Managing Director, Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.
4. Mini Antony (IAS:2002:KL), Secretary, Co-operation Department, will hold the full additional charge of the Cultural Affairs Department.
5. Biju K (IAS:2006:KL) has been posted as Secretary, Public Works Department. He will hold the full additional charge of the Ports Department.
6. Ajit Kumar (IAS:2006:KL) has been posted as Secretary, Labour and Skills Department.
7. M G Rajamanickam (IAS:2008:KL), Commissioner for Rural Development will hold the full additional charge of Special Secretary, Revenue (Devaswom) Department, in addition to the existing additional charge.
8. Seeram Sambasiva Rao (IAS:2012:KL), Director, Survey and Land Records Department, has been relieved from the additional charge of Joint Secretary, Public Works Department.
9. Joshi Mrunmai Shashank (IAS:2013:KL) has been appointed as State Mission Director, National Health Mission with full additional charge of Managing Director, Kerala Medical Services Corporation Limited.
10. Gopalakrishnan K (IAS:2013:KL) has been appointed MD, Vizhinjam International Sea Port Limited.
11. Subhash T V (IAS:2013:KL) has been appointed Director, Scheduled Castes Development Department.
12. Dr. Chithra S (IAS:2014:KL) is the new District Collector, Palakkad.
13. Anju K S (IAS:2017:KL) is posted as Director, Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare Department.
14. Pranabjyoti Nath (IAS:2005:KL) will replace M Sivasankar (IAS:1995:KL) as Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Dept as he will retire from service on superannuation on January 31