New Delhi: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, senior IAS officers Rakesh Garg and Jugal Kishore Mohapatra have been appointed as Secretaries in Department of Telecommunications and Department of Fertilizers respectively.
Besides, the Government has approved appointment of Enforcement Director Rajan S Katoch as Secretary in Department of Heavy Industry.
Sanjay Kothari, Secretary in Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, has been appointed as Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), according to official orders.
Garg, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed in place of MF Farooqui, who has superannuated. Garg is presently serving in his UP cadre.
The appointment of Mohapatara, a 1979-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, comes in place of Shaktikanta Das. Mohapatra is presently working in his cadre state.
Das, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, was earlier appointed as Revenue Secretary.
Katoch, who is presently working as Director in Enforcement Directorate, will hold the additional charge of Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry after retirement of incumbent Sutanu Behuria on July 31.
A 1979-batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Katoch will look after the duties of the post of Enforcement Director for a period of six months or till the appointment of a regular incumbent, the government order said.
Sanjay Kothari, a 1978-batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, will take over as DoPT Secretary after retirement of incumbent Syamal Kumar Sarkar on July 31.
Kothari is also Secretary in Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare.
N Ravi Shanker, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, has been appointed as Secretary in Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare.
Shanker is presently working as Administrator, Universal Science Obligation Fund under Department of Telecommunications.
Sanjay Kumar Panda, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre, has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Textiles. He is presently serving in his cadre state.
Panda will take over from Zohra Chatterji, who superannuates on July 31.
Senior IAS officer Hara Krushna Das has been appointed as Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat under Ministry of Home Affairs.
Das, a 1980-batch IAS officer, is presently serving in his cadre state Gujarat. He is appointed in place of Tabom Bam who has superannuated.
The Government has also appointed Shankar Agarwal as Secretary in Ministry of Urban Development.
Agrawal, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is presently Secretary in Ministry of Women and Child Development.
The vacancy has necessitated following superannuation of Sudhir Krishna, a 1977-batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre. Vinay Sheel Oberoi, a 1979-batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed as Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the order said.
These appointments were approved yesterday by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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