The Cabinet’s Appointments Committee has greenlit the hiring of forty-eight officers to positions at the level of Joint Secretary or an equivalent position in several ministries, including Civil Aviation, Defence, Agriculture, Home, Petrochemicals, Shipping and Ports, and the Centre’s pay matrix at Level 14.
Included in this group is Hardik Satishchandra Shah, IAS (GJ:2010), who serves as the Prime Minister’s Office’s Private Secretary (Joint Secretary level);
With the position of Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce’s Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ms. Kajal, IAS (UP:2008)
In his capacity as Joint Secretary of the Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade; Ministry of Commerce, Sumeet Kumar Jarangal, IAS (PB:2009)
As the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Priyanka Das (IAS, MP:2009) is serving.
Joining the Department of Defence as Joint Secretary is Shailesh Kumar Chourasia, IAS (MN:2007).Department of Defence
Kapil Meena, an IAS graduate from the 2010 batch, is now the head of the National Horticulture Board under the USDA.
While serving as Joint Secretary of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals within the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers (MoCF), G. Venkatesh was an ICoAS in 1997.
The Secretary level position of Chairman of the Marine Products Exports Development Authority, Department of Commerce, has been approved for Jawahar Packirisamy, IAS (J&K: 2007).
The position of Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been filled by Preeti Meena, IAS (TG:2010).
In 1998, Vinod Kumar served as IRSME’s Joint Secretary and thereafter as the MoD’s Department of Defence (MoD)
Joint Secretary and Additional Financial Adviser, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been appointed to the position by Ajeet Kumar Srivastava, IRAS (1999).
The North Eastern Region Ministry of Development has appointed Vipul Aggarwal, IPS (GJ:2001), to the position of Joint Secretary.
In her role as Joint Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Sakshi Mittal served as an IAS (JK:2010).
Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Laya Madduri, IAS (AM:2010)
To the Honourable Vikas Singh, IAS (TR:2010), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
In his role as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Girish Chandrashekhar Hosur, IFoS (HP:1996)
Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Chaudhari Uday Gaurishankar, IAS (MH:2010))
at her role as Joint Secretary of the Fertilisers Department at the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers (MoCF), Bandana Preyashi is an IAS (BH:2003) candidate.
Appointed to the position of Executive Director (General) of the Food Corporation of India by the Department of Food and Public Distribution is Venkata Nagi Reddy Kovvuri, IDES (1998).
In his role as Joint Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Muthukumar Alagumuthu, IAS (JH:2009),
On behalf of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Prabhakar, IAS (SK:2007), in his capacity as Joint Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare
In his role as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Mahatme Sandeep Namdeo served as an IAS (TR:2010).
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has appointed Rakesh Rathi, IPS (BH:2002), to the position of Joint Secretary.
Head of the Census Bureau, Karma R. Bonpo, IAS (SK:2010);
As Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE), S. Tejaswi Naik, IAS (MP:2009)
As Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Mines, Kulveer Singh Yadav served as an IOFS in 2002.
Anupam Kumar, Indrajit Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Joining the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (MoPPGP) as Joint Secretary is Harmit Singh Pahuja, IAS (MN:2010).
In his role as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Venkatesapathy S., IAS (KL:2009)
Currently serving as the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Power is Pankaj Kumar, IAS (UP:2002).
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