by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
Major shake up in the bureaucracy, dozens affected
Harish gupta
new delhi, oct 22
In a major overhaul of the bureaucracy, the NaMo administration made nearly two dozen changes at the level of the secretary and upgraded/downgraded the posts of dozen odd officers of the level of joint secretaries.
Braj Raj Sharma (IAS:1984:JK) was appointed Chairman, Staff Selection Commission and moved away as Secretary, Department of Border Management (MHA). Sanjeev Gupta (IAS:1985:HP) appointed (in-situ) as Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs while Sailesh was appointed as Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises. Presently, Sailesh is Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs. Alok Tandon, an officer of the UP cadre was appointed as Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. In his new assignment he will hold the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare. Presently, he is serving as Chairman Noida Authority. Sanjeev Nandan Sahai (IAS:1986:UT) appointed (In-situ) as Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Subhash Chandra Garg (IAS:1983:RJ) who retires on October 31. Sahai is working as Special Secretary, Ministry of Power.
Pramod Kumar Das (IAS:1986:MP) appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs. Presently, he is Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
Nagendra Nath Sinha (IAS:1987:JH) who was Chairman, NHAI under Nitin Gadkari has been sent as Secretary, Department of Border Management (MHA).
Tuhin Kanta Pandey was appointed as Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management in place of Anil Kumar Khachi who was repatriated to Himachal.
Pankaj Kumar of Nagaland cadre, is the new CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank and pay of Secretary by temporarily upgrading the post. Presently, he is Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Rajesh Bhushan was appointed (In-situ) as Secretary (Coordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat.
Pravir Krishna, MD, TRIFED in the rank and pay of Secretary.
Further, over a dozen of IAS officers belonging to 1987 batch of IAS were elevated (In-situ) as Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary (GoI), in their respective ministries/departments presently serving in the rank of Additional Secretary. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet extended the upgradation/downgradation about 12 joint secretaries.
