According to an order issued, Hargunjit Kaur, Punjab cadre IAS officer of 2013 batch, has joined the Chandigarh Administration as Special Secretary, Finance. She was holding the charge of Managing Director, Punjab State Cooperative Bank, Punjab Government. She has also been given the charge of Secretary, Industries and Animal Husbandry and Fisheries; Director, Treasury and Accounts, Planning and Statistics and Local Audit Department; Special Secretary, House Allotment Committee; Director-cum-Special Secretary, Tourism; and Agriculture Census Commissioner. Previously, she had also worked in the Chandigarh Administration from 2007-2011 as Land Acquisition Officer and Assistant Estate Officer.
Nitika Pawar, IAS officer, has been given the charge of Secretary, House Allotment Committee, in addition to her existing charges.
Meanwhile, Rajiv Prashad has been posted as Director, Industries, Joint Commissioner and Secretary, Municipal Corporation, and Director, Rural Development and Panchayats. Earlier, he was posted as Joint Commissioner, Gurugram.
Before joining the Haryana Civil Services, he remained Assistant/Deputy Advocate General and Additional Advocate General in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Jagjit Singh, PCS officer, Controller, Printing and Stationery, has been assigned the charges of Director, Higher Education in addition to his existing charges.
