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Government of India Reshuffles 41 Joint Secretary-Level Officers: Key Appointments Across Ministries, See Full List only on Dynamite News
Government of India Reshuffles 41 Joint Secretary-Level Officers
New Delhi: In a significant administrative overhaul, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the transfer and appointment of 41 Joint Secretary-level officers across various central ministries and departments, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
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| S.No. | Officer Name | Service/Cadre (Batch) | New Position | Department/Ministry | Tenure Details | Replacing Officer (Service/Cadre) | Special Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anbalagan P | IAS (CG:2004) | Joint Secretary | Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | 5 years / until further orders | Yogita Rana (IAS/TG:2003) | - |
| 2 | Sanjay Kumar Agarwal | IAS (BH:2002) | Joint Secretary | Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | 5 years / until further orders | Muktanand Agarwal (IAS/RJ:2008) | - |
| 3 | Muthukumarasamy B | IAS (UP:2007) | Joint Secretary | Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying | 5 years / until further orders | Chauhan Sarita Chand (IAS/UT:1999) | - |
| 4 | Sandeep Raj | IRS (IT:1998) | Joint Secretary & FA | Department of Atomic Energy | 5 years / until further orders | Rajeev Kumar Mital (IAS/MH:1998) | Post downgraded from AS & FA to JS level temporarily |
| 5 | Alarmelmangai D | IAS (CG:2004) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of AYUSH | 5 years / until further orders | Bhavna Saxena (IPS/AP:1996) | - |
| 6 | Nishtha Upadhyay | IDAS (1999) | Additional CEO, GeM (SPV) | Department of Commerce | 5 years / until further orders | Prakash Mirani (IRSS:1989) | - |
| 7 | Vrunda Manohar Desai | IRS (IT:2003) | Additional DGFT | DGFT, Department of Commerce | Until 12.04.2027 | Gangadhar Panda (IRS/IT:1993) | - |
| 8 | Raman Kumar | IAS (BH:2009) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Cooperation | Until 28.11.2026 | Pankaj Kumar Bansal (IAS/TN:1997) | - |
| 9 | Ishita Ganguli Tripathy | IES (1999) | Joint Secretary & Add. FA | Ministry of Defence | 5 years / until further orders | Rajesh Sharma (IDAS:1992) | - |
| 10 | Manisha Chandra | IAS (GJ:2004) | Joint Secretary | Department of Defence Production | 5 years / until further orders | Jayant Kumar (IRSME:1996) | - |
| 11 | Meera Mohanty | IAS (HP:2005) | Joint Secretary | Department of Defence Production | 5 years / until further orders | Shalabh Tyagi (IRSEE:1997) | - |
| 12 | Vyasan R | IAS (NL:2007) | Joint Secretary | Department of Economic Affairs | 5 years / until further orders | Solomon Arokiaraj (IAS/AP:2000) | - |
| 13 | Bhanu Prakash Yeturu | IAS (RJ:2003) | Deputy Election Commissioner (JS level) | Election Commission of India | 5 years / until further orders | Hirdesh Kumar (IAS/AGMUT:1999) | - |
| 14 | Ajit Kumar | IAS (KL:2006) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Electronics & IT | 5 years / until further orders | Amitesh Kumar Sinha (IRAS:1997) | - |
| 15 | Amod Kumar | IAS (UP:1995) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Electronics & IT | Until 13.12.2026 | Sanket S. Bondve (IAS/MP:2007) | - |
| 16 | Sumita Singh | CSS | Joint Secretary | Department of Empowerment of PwD | 5 years / until further orders | - | Post upgraded from DS/Director to JS level temporarily (2 years initially) |
| 17 | Chinmay P. Gotmare | IAS (AM:2009) | Joint Secretary | Department of Expenditure | Until 12.04.2028 | - | Post upgraded from Director to JS level (7-year combined tenure) |
| 18 | More Ashish Madhacrao | IAS (UT:2005) | Joint Secretary | Department of Financial Services | 5 years / until further orders | Mukesh Kumar Bansal (IAS/CG:2005) | - |
| 19 | Anshul Mishra | IAS (TN:2004) | Additional Director (Administration), AIIMS Delhi (JS level) | Ministry of Health & Family Welfare | 5 years / until further orders | Karan Singh (IRTS:1999) | - |
| 20 | Umesh Balonda | IRSSE (1997) | Secretary (JS level), NCAHP | Ministry of Health & Family Welfare | 5 years / until further orders | Arvind Kumar (CSS) | - |
| 21 | Smita Srivastava | IRSEE (1997) | Joint Secretary | Department of Higher Education | Until 29.07.2025 | - | Post upgraded from Director to JS level (7-year combined tenure) |
| 22 | S Rakesh Kumar | IFoS (UT:2003) | Advisor (JS level), NDMA | Ministry of Home Affairs | 5 years / until further orders | Sumita Singh (CSS) | - |
| 23 | Vinay Kumar Singh | IRS (C&IT:1997) | Financial Advisor (JS level), BSF | Ministry of Home Affairs | Until 16.12.2027 | Sanjay Upreti (IRAS:1990) | - |
| 24 | Saidingpuli Chhakchhuak | IAS (GJ:2008) | Joint Secretary | NHRC, Ministry of Home Affairs | 5 years / until further orders | Devendra Kumar Nim (IP&TAAFS:1993) | - |
| 25 | Krishna Kumar Nirala | IAS (GJ:2005) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | 5 years / until further orders | Sanjiv Shankar (IRS/IT:1993) | - |
| 26 | Ashutosh A.T. Pednekar | IAS (RJ:2002) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Labour & Employment | 5 years / until further orders | Rupesh Kumar Thakur (IAS/UT:2006) | - |
| 27 | Milind D. Ramteke | IAS (TR:2009) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of MSME | Until 07.01.2026 | - | Post upgraded from Director to JS level temporarily |
| 28 | Bagadi Gautham | IAS (KN:2009) | Professor (Public Administration), LBSNAA (JS level) | Department of Personnel & Training | Until 25.05.2028 | - | Non-CSS post at JS level |
| 29 | Pemba Tshering Bhutia | CSS | Additional Secretary (JS level), CIC | Department of Personnel & Training | Until superannuation (31.03.2028) | Roop Avtar Kaur (IFoS/JK:2000) | - |
| 30 | Sai Ahlladini Panda | IA&AS (2000) | Member Secretary (JS level), NPPA | Department of Pharmaceuticals | 5 years / until further orders | Vinod Kotwal (IP&TAAFS:1994) | - |
| 31 | Nidhi Kesarwani | IAS (MN:2004) | Joint Secretary | DPIIT | Until 20.05.2026 | E. Srinivas (IRSSE:1995) | - |
| 32 | Rajesh Malik | IRSME (1994) | CEO (JS level), NHLML | Ministry of Road Transport & Highways | Until 05.02.2029 | - | - |
| 33 | Swarnashree R. Rajashekar | IDAS (1997) | Joint Secretary | Department of Space | 5 years / until further orders | Subramanyam Manchikanti (IRS/C&IT:1990) | - |
| 34 | Vineel Krishna Ravella | IAS (OD:2005) | Joint Secretary | Department of Sports | 5 years / until further orders | - | - |
| 35 | Parveen Kumar Thind | IAS (PB:2007) | Joint Secretary | Department of Social Justice & Empowerment | Until 01.03.2027 | - | Post upgraded from Director to JS level (initially 2 years) |
| 36 | Latha Ganapathy | IAS (TN:2007) | Joint Secretary | Department of Social Justice & Empowerment | Until 02.10.2027 | Amit Kumar Ghosh (IAS/UP:1994) | - |
| 37 | Supreet Singh Gulati | IAS (GJ:2008) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation | 5 years / until further orders | Tanweer Qamar Mohammad (IPoS:1994) | - |
| 38 | Daya Nidhan Pandey | IAS (BH:2006) | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Steel | 5 years / until further orders | Sanjay Roy (IInfos:1997) | - |
| 39 | Sunil Kumar Ranjan | CSS | Deputy Director General (JS level) | Department of Telecommunications | 5 years / until further orders | Balachandra S. Iyer (IRPS:1994) | - |
| 40 | Gaurav Masaldan | IRS (C&IT:1998) | Joint Secretary & FA | Department of Water Resources | Until 28.05.2028 | Richa Misra (IDAS:1996) | - |
| 41 | Radhika Chakravarthy B | IPoS (1996) | Joint Secretary | NCW, Ministry of Women & Child Development | Until 21.08.2026 | A. Asholi Chalai (CSS) | - |
