12 November 2026
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03 Senior IAS Officers Get Addl. Charge of Secretary; IAS Alkesh Kumar Sharma Gets Addl. charge of Secy, Department of Telecommunications

1985 batch IAS officer Ajay Kumar (KL), Secretary, Department of Defence, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
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1990 batch IAS officer Alkesh Kumar Sharma (KL), Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Telecommunications. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the competent authority has approved assignment of additional charge of the post to Mr Sharma from 01.09.2022 to 11.09.2022 during the period of absence on leave of K Rajaraman (IAS:1989:TN).

1988 batch IAS officer Anjali Bhawra (PB), Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), has been given additional charge of Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the competent authority has approved assignment of additional charge of the post to Ms Bhawra upon the superannuation of R Subrahmanyam (IAS:1985:AP) on 31.08.2022 and till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

1985 batch IAS officer Ajay Kumar (KL), Secretary, Department of Defence, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the competent authority has approved assignment of additional charge of the post to Mr Kumar upon the superannuation of B Anand (IAS:1987:TN) on 31.08.2022 and till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.


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