By THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM| The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved several senior-level appointments, deputation extensions, repatriations and promotions involving IAS, IPS, IFS officers and scientists across key ministries, departments and national institutions.

Manish Bhardwaj
Appointed Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Home Affairs in Additional Secretary rank after serving as Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority.

Saurabh Vijay
Named Chief Executive Officer of UIDAI under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to Government of India.

Nilkanth S. Avhad
Appointed Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority in Additional Secretary rank following elevation of Manish Bhardwaj to Inter State Council Secretariat.

Priyank Bharti
Appointed Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with additional charge as Director General of National Informatics Centre.

Richa Misra
Appointed Additional Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Maninder Kaur Dwivedi
Granted two-year extension in central deputation as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, till August 31, 2028.

Archana Varma
Received one-year extension as Mission Director, National Water Mission under the Ministry of Jal Shakti till September 8, 2027.

Pankaj Yadav
Approved for repatriation to Haryana cadre from the Department of Rural Development with imposition of extended cooling-off period.

Vipin Kumar
Granted extension as Chairman, Airports Authority of India under the Ministry of Civil Aviation till June 24, 2027.

Ghanshyam Upadhyay
Received two-year extension as Joint Director in CBI from June 30, 2026, extending his total deputation tenure to seven years.

Rajiv Ranjan
Granted two-year extension as Joint Director, CBI from May 31, 2026, taking total deputation tenure to seven years.

Vinay Kumar
Promoted from Scientist ‘F’ to Scientist ‘G’ following approval by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet for scientific cadre elevation.

Mukesh Kumar Sinha
Appointed Assessor in the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal after retirement as Chairman of the Central Water Commission.

Suman Mohapatra
Appointed Deputy Director General of Forests at Regional Office Bhubaneswar following approval by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

Sandeep Kujur
Named Deputy Director General of Forests at Regional Office Dehradun under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

N. C. Saravanan
Appointed Additional Director at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun following ACC approval for senior forest administration assignments.

Department of Space Scientists
ACC approved promotions of 71 scientists to Scientist ‘G’ and Senior Professor grades, besides elevations to Outstanding and Distinguished Scientist categories.