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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments of officers at Joint Secretary / Joint Secretary equivalent level:

(1) Rajeev Singh Thakur, IAS (RJ:1995), as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Jiwesh Nandan, IAS (UP: 1987)

(2) Ravi Kant, IOFS (1986), Joint Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, on lateral shift basis, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years i.e. upto 27.11.2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Rajeev Verma, IAS (UT: 1992)

(3) Hari Prasad Pudi, IRAS (1994), as Joint Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ravi Kant, IOFS (1986)

(4) Kumar Vinay Pratap, IES (1992), as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ms. Sharmila Chavaly, IRAS (1985)

(5) Kamran Rizvi, IAS (UP:1991), 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 vice Rajesh Bhushan, IAS (BH:1987)

(6) Sachin Sinha, IAS (MP:1995), as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ajay Tirkey, IAS (MP: 1987)

(7) V. Shashank Sekhar, IAS (NL: 1996), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, on lateral shift basis, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 16.11.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Ms. Anita Karwal, IAS (GJ:1988)

(8) Pankaj Rag, IAS (MP:1990), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Sports, on lateral shift basis, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 17.03.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Rajvir Singh, IA&AS (1991)

(9) Sushil Kumar Singla, IFOS (HP:1994), as Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of combined seven years upto 11.01.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Gopal Krishna Dwivedi, IAS (AP:1993)
(10) Anuj Sharma, IDES(1991), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 24.09.2018 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice A.R. Sule, IDAS (1993)

(11) Dharma Reddy Alla, IDES (1991) as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 15.04.2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice V. Shashank Shekhar, IAS (NL: 1996);

(12) Sanjay Kumar Sinha, IFOS (JK:1993), as Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 23.08.2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Rakesh Ranjan, IAS (MN: 1992)

(13) Shravan Kumar, IRS (IT:1991), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of combined seven years upto 07.06.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Pankaj Rag, IAS (MP: 1990);

(14) Anant Swarup, IRPS (1992), 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 vice Ali Raza Rizvi, IAS (HP:1988)

(15) Jatindra Nath Swain, IAS (TN:1988), as Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (JS level) under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, on lateral shift basis, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 04.06.2022 or until further orders, whichever is earlier;

(16) Sanjay Rastogi, IAS (OD:1991), as Development Commissioner (Handlooms) (JS level), Ministry of Textiles from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Alok Kumar, IAS (UP: 1988);

(17) Sundeep Kumar Nayak, IAS (JK:1988), Managing Director, NCDCI (JS level) under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Smt. Vasudha Mishra, IAS (TG:1987);

(18) Anoop Srivastava, IDAS (1989), as Joint Secretary & FA, Department of Space, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 31.03.2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier by temporarily downgrading one post of Additional Secretary & FA under D/o Space;

(19) Keshav Chandra, IAS (UT :1995), as Joint Secretary (Logistics), Department of Commerce from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of overall five years upto 31.03.2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by temporarily upgrading a newly created post of Director, Logistics Division, Department of Commerce to Joint Secretary;

(20) P. Shakil Ahamed, IAS (AM:1995) as Sr. Executive Director/OSD in Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. (REC) under the Ministry of Power for implementation of ‘SAUBHAGYAI Scheme for a combined seven year tenure upto 24.06.2019 by treating the post as Non-CSS as a one time measure