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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointments I premature repatriation of officers at Additional Secretary / Additional Secretary equivalent level and Joint Secretary I Joint Secretary equivalent level.

Appointment of Ms. Geetha Meetina, IAS (CG:1997), as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders.

Appointment of Rajbir S. Panwar, IFoS (GJ:1991), as Managing Director (JS level), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED), Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto the date of his superannuation on 30.04.2023 or until further orders.

Appointment of Satyendra Singh, IFoS (AM:1996), as Managing Director (JS level), National Horticulture Board (NHB),Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or upto the date of his superannuation on 28.02.2027 or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Appointment of Chaitanya Murti, IFoS (TR:1995), as Joint Secretary, Department of Bio-Technology, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders,whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Srikant Nagulapalli, IAS (AP:1998), as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders,whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Puneet Kansal, IAS (SK:1996), as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat,from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 26.04.2023, extendable for additional two years upto 26.04.2025 subject to availability of cadre clearance or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Secretary level
Appointment of M. Balaji, IAS (TN:2005), as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 15.09.2024 or until further orders.

Appointment of Krishan Kumar, IAS (OD:2002), as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Inderdeep Singh Dhariwal, IA&AS (1992), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a
tenure upto the date of his superannuation on 31 .07.2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Harpreet Singh, IPoS (1992), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto the date of his superannuation on 31.12.2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Rajesh Singh, IPoS (1998), as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser,Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Ramesh Kumar Sudhanshu, lAS (UD:1997), as Chief Executive Officer (JS level), MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Abhishek Singh,lAS (NL:1995), as Chief Executive Officer, National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Appointment of Vivek Chandra Verma, IOFS (1991), as Deputy Director General (JS level), Unique Identification Authority of India (UlDAl), Headquarters, New Delhi, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, from the date of assumption of
the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Rajeev Sharma,IFoS (WB:1998), as Joint Secretary,Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Rajesh Kumar Yadav,lAS (RJ:1996), as Joint Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is
earlier.

Appointment of Amit Singh Negi, lAS (UD:1999), as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Manoj Sahay, IA&AS (1994), as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Department of Expenditure, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 29.01.2025 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Pankaj Sharma, ICAS (2000), as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a combined tenure of seven years upto 31.12.2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Sanoj K. Jha, lAS (SK:1997), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a
combined tenure of seven years upto 02.04.2024 or until further orders,whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Ghayas Uddin Ahmed, IDAS (2000), as Financial Adviser (JS level), National Health Authority, Department of Health & Family Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto the date of his superannuation on 31.10.2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of R.Ramakrishnan,lAS (NL:1998), as Senior Deputy Director General (Admn.) (JS level), Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto the date
of his superannuation on 28.02.2025 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Vijay Mittal, IOFS (1991), as Joint Secretary,Ministry of HeavyIndustries, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Harsh Gupta, lAS (KN:1997), as Project Director (JS level), National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP), National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders.

Appointment of Ms. G. Madhumita Das, IPoS (1996), as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Labour & Employment, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders.

Appointment of Ms. Tiakala Lynda Yaden, IP&TA&FS (1994), as Financial Commissioner (JS level), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Ministry of Labour & Employment, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure
of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Lalit Bohra, IRTS (1998), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Navin Agarwal, IRPS (1997), as Joint Secretary, Office of Lokpal, Department of Personnel & Training, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Ms. Vinakshi Gupta, IDAS (1992), as Additional Secretary (JS
level), Union Public Service Commission, Department of Personnel & Training, from
the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Ms. Esha Srivastava, IFS (2004), as Officer on Special Duty (JS
level), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, from the date of assumption of the charge of
the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 19.03.2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Raman Chopra, IRS (IT:1993), as Director (JS level), National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Ms. Smriti Sharan, IPoS (1993), as Joint Secretary, Department
of Rural Development, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Mahendra Kumar Gupta, IRPS (1998), as Joint Secretary, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Krishna Kumar Dwivedi, lAS (AM:1996), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Subramanyam Manchikanti, IRS(C&IT:1991), as Joint Secretary, Department of Space, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for
an overall tenure of five years upto 19.032025 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, against a newly created post;

(i) Premature repatriation of Atul Singh IPS (AP:1995), Joint Secretary, Department of Sports to his parent cadre.
(ii) Appointment of Kunal, lAS (AGMUT:2005), as Joint Secretary, Department of Sports, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Abhijit Narendra,IRTS (1993), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto the date of his
superannuation on 30.09.2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Anand Singh, lAS (KL:2000), as Joint Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Asit Gopal, IFoS (MP:1990),as Commissioner (JS level), Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), National Educational Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) (JS level), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, from the date of assumption of the
charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 25.08.2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier;

(40) Appointment of Ms. Richa Misra, IDAS (1996), as Joint Secretary & Financial
Adviser, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 25.03.2023 extendable upto the period spent in NDC course or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Satya Prakash Vashishth, IFoS (AM:1994), as Executive Director (Admin) (JS level), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto the date of his superannuation on 30.06.2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Bhaskar Dasgupta, CSS, as Executive Director (Finance) (JS level), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of Ms. Indra Mallo, lAS (MH:1999), as Joint Secretary, Department
of Women & Child Development, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for
a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.