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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments / repatriation of officers at Joint Secretary I Joint Secretary equivalent level
with pay at Level 14 of the Pay Matrix:

Appointment of Rohit Kumar, lAS (RJ:1997), as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, for an overall tenure of five years upto 24/09/2023 from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Susanta Kumar Purohit, IRSEE (1996), as Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders.

Appointment of Pankaj Kumar Bansal, lAS (TN:1997), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders.

Appointment of Ms. Anita Shah Akella, IA&AS (1996), as Joint Secretary, Ministry
of Corporate Affairs, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders.

Appointment of Mukesh Kumar Meshram, lAS (UP:1995), as Joint Secretary,Ministry of Culture, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders.

Appointment of Eddie Lairinliana Khawlhring, ICAS (1995), as Additional Financial Adviser & Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Finance), for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders.

Premature repatriation of Vishal Gagan, lAS (OD:1998), Joint Secretary, Department of Defence to his parent cadre.

Appointment of Shri Rajeev Prakash, IP&TA&FS (1995), as Joint Secretary,Department of Defence Production, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Angshuman Dey,IFoS (TR:1997), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Sushil Pal, ICAS (1999), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of K.R. Vaidheeswaran, CSS, as Joint Secretary & CEO,National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation & Multiple Disabilities, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, for a tenure upto his superannuation on 31/12/2025 from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Ms. Aneeta C Meshram, lAS (UP:1996), as Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Dheeraj Sahu, lAS (UP:1996), as Joint Secretary, Warehousing Development & Regulatory Authority (WDRA), Department of Food & Public Distribution, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of B.C. Joshi, IOFS (1992), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for a combined tenure of seven years upto 10/01/2025 from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Sanjeev Sehgal, IRSEE (1997), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the
post or until further orders.

Appointment of Senthil Rajan Chokkalingam, llnfoS (1997), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Cancellation of appointment of Vivek Bhushan Sood, IRSE (Civil) (1996) as Joint Secretary, Department of Investment & Public Asset Management vide DOPT communication No.33/4/2022- EO(SM-l) dated 24/03/2022;

Appointment of Anil Kumar Chhapolia, IRPS (1998), as Joint Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Ms. Roop Avtar Kaur, IFoS (JK : 2000), as Additional Secretary,Central Information Commission (dC), Department of Personnel & Training, for a combined tenure of seven years upto 01/04/2025 from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Sushil Kumar Singh, IRSME (1993), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, for an overall tenure upto his superannuation on 31/01/2027 from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Piyush Singh, lAS (MH:2000) , as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Naveen Kumar Shah, IFoS (JK : 2000), as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, for a combined tenure of seven years upto 11/6/2025 from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Sunil Kumar Verma, IRSSE (1995), as Joint Secretary,Department of Telecommunications, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Himansu Badoni, IRSE (Civil) (1993), as Executive Director (Projects), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.

Appointment of Vijay Bhatia, IPS ( UP:1995), as Joint Secretary (Personnel), Ministry of External Affairs, for a tenure of three years from the date of assumption of the
charge of the post.