Tamil Nadu : 13 IAS officers shifted, S Nagarajan posted as Secretary (Expenditure)

After the Lok Sabha election, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday (13.06.2024) effected significant bureaucratic reshuffle by issuing transfer orders for numerous IAS officers.

The names of the officers and their places of postings are as follows;

1. Reeta Harish Thakkar (IAS:2002:TN), Secretary, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department is transferred and posted as Secretary of Public and Rehabilitation Department.
2. K Nanthakumar (IAS:2007:TN), Secretary, Public and Rehabilitation Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary of Human Resources Management Department.
3. S Nagarajan (IAS:2005:TN), Secretary of Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department and Secretary (FAC), Human Resources Management Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary (Expenditure) in the Finance Department.
4. Sigy Thomas Vidhyan (IAS:2002:TN), formerly Secretary, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department, on return from leave is posted as Secretary of the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department.
5. E. Saravanavelraj (IAS:2008:TN), Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, has been transferred and posted as the Commissioner of Geology and Mining.
6. C. Vijayaraj Kumar (IAS:1998:TN), Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Sugar and Chairman & Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary of the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department.
7. T. Anbalagan (IAS:2011:TN), Additional Commissioner of Sugar, has been transferred and posted as the Director of Sugar. He will also continue as the Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation.
8. Brajendra Navnit (IAS:1999:TN), formerly Ambassador & Permanent Representative to India to the World Trade Organization, Geneva, on return from leave is posted as Principal Secretary of Commercial Taxes and Registration Department. He will also function as the Officer on Special Duty, 16th Finance Commission
9. G.S. Sameeran (IAS:2012:TN), Joint Commissioner (Works), Greater Chennai Corporation, is set to assume office as the Managing Director the Tamil Nadu Housing Board.
10. V. Sivakrishnamurthy (IAS:2018:TN), Commissioner, Corporation of Erode, will take over as the Deputy Commissioner (Works) in the Greater Chennai Corporation.
11. Pooja Kulkarni (IAS:2003:TN), Commissioner of Geology and Mining, will assume office as the Chief Executive Officer of the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board. She will continue to hold the post of Special Secretary in the Finance Department.
12. P. Alarmelmangai (IAS:2019:TN), Additional Collector (Development)/ Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency, Salem, is set to take over as the Executive Director of GUIDANCE Tamil Nadu.
13. Lalitaditya Neelam (IAS:2019:TN) will take over as the Additional Director (Development) of the District Rural Development Agency in Salem.