In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Punjab Government transferred 12 IAS and 5 PCS officers with immediate effect, according to an official order, on Wednesday.
As per the official order, Senior IAS officer Ravneet Kaur has been appointed as special chief secretary, labor, with an additional charge of animal husbandry, dairy development, and fisheries, while special chief secretary V K Janjua has been posted as financial commissioner, revenue, and rehabilitation. While, IAS officer A Venu Prasad has been given the posting of additional chief secretary, parliamentary affairs, in addition to his existing charge of chairman – cum – managing director of Punjab State Power Corporation and CMD of Punjab State Transmission Corporation.
IAS officer PK Agrawal has been posted as director, social security, women, and child development. Vinay Bublani, who is the chief administrator of Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority, has been given the additional charge of director, town, and country planning. IAS officer Sanjay Popli has been appointed as chief executive officer, Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board, and B Srinivasan has been given the charge of director general, school education.
IAS officer Alok Shekhar has been given the charge of principal secretary, medical education and research, while V K Meena has been posted as secretary, defense services welfare. Whereas, IAS officer Vikas Garg is the new secretary, health and family welfare, while Arun Sekhri is the new registrar, cooperative societies, as per the order.IAS officer Uma Shankar Gupta has been posted as additional CEO, Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion, in addition to his existing charge of additional managing director, Punjab Information and Communication Technology Corporation.
Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, Jyoti Bala, Manjit Singh Cheema, Mankanwal Singh Chahal and Ravinder Singh Arora are the five PCS officers who have been transferred as a part of the bureaucratic reshuffle.
The order has been signed by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab Anirudh Tewari.
