Modi govt effects bureaucratic reshuffle, Amit Agrawal is new CEO, UIDAI

The Modi government on Sunday (11.06.2023) enacted a reshuffled at the level of Additional Secretary rank officers with immediate effect including in-citu upgradation of two officers.

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

1. Rashmi Chowdhary (IRPS: 1989), has been appointed as Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Presently. she is serving as Additional Secretary, DoPT, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
2. Sanjeev Kumar Chadha (IFoS:1989:OR), presently posted in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.
3. Vumlunmang Vualnam (IAS:1992:MN), presently posted in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
4. Ramesh Krishnamurthi (IRS-IT:1992), presently posted in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment.
5. Amit Agrawal (IAS:1993:CG), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
6. Richa Sharma (IAS:1994:CG) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Presently, she is serving as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. She will replace Subodh Kumar Singh (IAS:1997:CG) upon his appointment as DG, National Testing Agency.
7. L S Changsan (IAS:1994:AM) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Presently, she is serving as Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
8. R Anand (IPoS:1994), presently posted in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development.
9. Maninder Kaur Dwivedi (IAS:1995:CG) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with additional charge of the post of Managing Director, Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium. Presently, she is MD, Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium
10. Vipin Kumar (IAS:1996:BH) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Presently, he is serving as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
11. Sunil Kumar Barnwal (IAS:1997:JH), Joint Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education.
12. Shyam Jagannathan (IAS:1997:AM) has been appointed as Director General (Shipping), Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Presently, he is serving as Development Commissioner, Santa Cruz Exclusive Export Processing Zone, Special Economic Zone, Mumbai, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
13. Subodh Kumar Singh (IAS:1997:CG) has been appointed as Director General, National Testing Agency, Ministry of Education in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary by temporarily upgrading the post. Presently, he is serving as Additional Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution.

The ACC has also approved in-situ upgradation of the following officers to the level of Additional Secretary to the Government of India as a measure personal to them by temporarily upgrading the post held by them:

1. Sanjay Sethi (IAS:1992:MH), Chairman, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways was appointed as Chairman, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
2. Krishna Kumar Dwivedi (IAS:1996:AM), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.