Appointments of Secretaries in Government of India The

31st August 2015 TO ALL MEMBERS:

Appointments of Secretaries in Government of India

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments:

1. Shri Shaktikanta Das , IAS (TN:1980), Secretary, D/o Revenue, M/o Finance as Secretary, D/o Economic Affairs, M/o Finance vice Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, IAS (RJ:1978) on his superannuation on 31.08.2015.

2. Shri Hasmukh Adhia , IAS (GJ:1981), Secretary, D/o Financial Services, M/o Finance as Secretary, D/o Revenue, M/o Finance vice Shri Shaktikanta Das, IAS (TN:1980) on his relinquishing the charge of the post.

3. Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal, IAS (PB:1981), Secretary, M/o Corporate Affairs as Secretary, D/o Financial Services, M/o Finance vice Shri Hasmukh Adhia, IAS (GJ:1981) on his relinquishing the charge of the post.

4. Shri Tapan Ray, IAS (GJ:1982), Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology as Secretary, M/o Corporate Affairs vice Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal, IAS (PB:1981) on her relinquishing the charge of the post.

5. Shri J S Deepak, IAS (UP:1982), Additional Secretary, D/o Commerce, M/o Commerce and Industry as Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology vice Shri Ram Sewak Sharma, IAS (JH:1978) consequent to his appointment as Chairperson, TRAI.

6. Shri Vijay Shankar Madan, IAS (UT: 1981), Director General and Mission Director, Unique Identification Authority of India as Secretary, D/o Land Resources, M/o Rural Development vice Ms Vandana Kumari Jena, IAS (OR:1979) consequent on her superannuation on 31.07.2015.

7. Shri Vinod Zutshi, IAS (RJ:1982), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India as Secretary, M/o Tourism vice Shri Lalit K Panwar, IAS (RJ:1979) consequent on his superannuation on 31.07.2015.

8. Shri Sunil Arora, IAS (RJ:1980), Secretary, M/o Skill Development and Entrepreneurship as Secretary, M/o Information and Broadcasting vice Shri Bimal Julka, IAS (MP:1979) consequent on his superannuation on 31.08.2015.

9. Shri Rohit Nandan, IAS (UP:1982), Chairman and Managing Director, Air India as Secretary, M/o Skill Development and Entrepreneurship vice Shri Sunil Arora, IAS (RJ:1980) on his relinquishing the charge of the post.

10. Shri Ajit M Sharan, IAS (HY:1979), Secretary, D/o Sports, M/o Youth Affairs and Sports as M/o AYUSH vice Shri Nilanjan Sanyal, IAS (OR:1979) consequent on his superannuation on 31.08.2015. 11. Shri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, IAS (UT:1980), Secretary, D/o Official Language, M/o Home Affairs as Secretary, Coordination and Public Grievances, Cabinet Secretariat vice Ms Gauri Kumar, IAS (GJ:1979) consequent on her superannuation on 31.08.2015.

12. Shri Rajiv Yadav, IAS (AM:1981), Special Secretary and Financial Adviser, M/o Chemicals and Fertilizers as Secretary, D/o Sports, M/o Youth Affairs and Sports vice Ajit M Sharan, IAS (HY:1979) on his relinquishing the charge of the post.

13. Shri Girish Shankar, IAS (BH:1982), Additional Secretary, M/o Tourism as Secretary, D/o Official Language, M/o Home Affairs vice Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, IAS (UT:1980) on his relinquishing the charge of the post.

14. Shri Pravir Kumar, IAS (UP:1982), Director General of Foreign Trade under D/o Commerce, M/o Commerce and Industry as Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat vice Shri Sunil Soni, IAS (MH:1981).

15. Shri Amarendra Sinha, IAS (UK:1981), Development Commissioner, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as Secretary, National Commission of Minorities vice Shri Rajiv Takru, IAS (GJ:1979) on his superannuation on 30.09.2015.

16. Shri Raghav Chandra, IAS (MP:1982), Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, D/o Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, M/o Agriculture and Farmers Welfare as Chairman, National Highways Authority of India under M/o Road Transport and Highways vice Shri R P Singh.

17. Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, IAS (RJ:78), Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of two years from the date of taking over charge as Home Secretary vice Shri L.C. Goyal.

18. The assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences to Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan , Secretary, Department of Biotechnology vice Dr. Shailesh Nayak on his relinquishing the charge of the post on 31.8.2015 for a period of three months or until the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

This is for information of the members.

Eapen Kalapurakal Secretary