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68 IAS Officers Transferred and Promoted In Gujarat, Banchha Nidhi Pani Made Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad

Dr. Vinod Ramchandra Rao (2000-batch IAS officer) has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and appointed as Principal Secretary of the Labour, Skill Development & Employment Department
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In a significant administrative move coinciding with the Union Budget announcement, the Gujarat Government has implemented a major reshuffle involving the transfer and promotion of 68 IAS officers across various departments. The General Administration Department, under the directive of Additional Chief Secretary Mr. Kamal Dayani, has issued the official transfer and promotion orders.

Key Appointments & Promotions

  • Dr. Vinod Ramchandra Rao (2000-batch) has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and appointed as Principal Secretary of the Labour, Skill Development & Employment Department, with additional charge as Chief Secretary to the Government.
  • Mr. M Thennarasan (2000-batch), previously Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities Department.
  • Mr. Anupam Anand (2000-batch) will continue as Transport Commissioner.
  • Mr. Milind Shivram Torawane (2000-batch), formerly Managing Director, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (GSPC), has been appointed Managing Director, Energy & Petrochemicals Department, GSPC.
  • Mr. Banchha Nidhi Pani (2005-batch), Commissioner of Technical Education, has been transferred and appointed as Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Urban Development & Municipal Administration

  • Ms. Remya Mohan Muthadath (2007 batch) – Appointed as Commissioner of Municipalities Administration & MD, Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd.
  • Mr. Swaroop P. (2003 batch) – Industries Commissioner, Gandhinagar, replacing Mr. Sandip Janardanpant Sagale.
  • Ms. Avantika Singh Aulakh (2003 batch) – Secretary to Chief Minister, with an additional charge of MD, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd.
  • Mr. Pravinbhai K. Solanki (2003 batch) – Appointed as Director General, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad.

Sports, Education & Climate Change

  • Mr. Sandip Janardanpant Sagale (2007 batch) – Director General, Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG).
  • Mr. R.S. Ninama (2007 batch) – Secretary, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission.
  • Dr. Rahul Babulal Gupta (2004 batch) – Secretary, Climate Change Department.
  • Mr. Ranjeeth Kumar J. (2005 batch) – State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan.

Health & Labour Department

  • Dr. (Ms.) Ratankanvar H. Gadhavicharan (2009 batch) – Commissioner of Health (Rural) & Mission Director, National Health Mission.
  • Ms. Praveena D.K. (2009 batch) – Vice Chairperson & MD, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).
  • Mr. Vijaykumar Lalubhai Kharadi (2009 batch) – MD, Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd.

Transport & Infrastructure

  • Mr. Nagarajan M. (2009 batch) – Vice Chairman & MD, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), Ahmedabad.
  • Mr. Mahesh I. Patel (2009 batch) – Commissioner, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Finance Department.

Finance & Revenue

  • Mr. B.A. Shah (2009 batch) – Settlement Commissioner & Director of Land Records.
  • Mr. B.P. Chauhan (2009 batch) – Full-time Member & Member Secretary, Fourth State Finance Commission, Gandhinagar.
  • Mr. B.K. Pandya (2009 batch) – Commissioner of Land Reforms & Ex-officio Secretary, Revenue Department.

Additional Administrative Assignments

  • Mr. D.J. Jadeja (2009 batch) – Chief Town Planner, Urban Development & Urban Housing Department.

Ahmedabad Gets a New Collector

  • Mr. Sujeet Kumar, formerly Municipal Commissioner, Bhavnagar, has been appointed Collector, Ahmedabad, replacing Ms. Praveena D.K.

20 Other IAS officers get new charge:

  1. Mr. Swaroop P., IAS (RR:GJ:2003) – Transferred from Commissioner of Land Reforms, Revenue Department to Industries Commissioner, Gandhinagar.
  2. Ms. Avantika Singh Aulakh, IAS (RR:GJ:2003) – Secretary to Chief Minister; assigned additional charge of Managing Director, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd., Vadodara.
  3. Mr. Pravinbhai K. Solanki, IAS (RR:GJ:2003) – Transferred from Commissioner of Cottage & Rural Industries to Director General, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad.
  4. Dr. Rahul Babulal Gupta, IAS (RR:GJ:2004) – Transferred from Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) to Secretary to Government, Climate Change Department.
  5. Mr. Banchha Nidhi Pani, IAS (RR:GJ:2005) – Transferred from Commissioner of Technical Education to Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
  6. Mr. Ranjeeth Kumar J., IAS (RR:GJ:2005) – Transferred from Secretary, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) to State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan.
  7. Ms. Remya Mohan Muthadath, IAS (RR:GJ:2007) – Transferred from Commissioner of Health (Rural) to Commissioner of Municipalities Administration & Managing Director, Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd.
  8. Mr. Sandip Janardanpant Sagale, IAS (RR:GJ:2007) – Transferred from Industries Commissioner, Gandhinagar to Director General, Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG).
  9. Mr. R.S. Ninama, IAS (SCS:GJ:2007) – Transferred from Director General, Sports Authority of Gujarat to Secretary, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission.
  10. Dr. Kuldeep Arya, IAS (RR:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and continued as CEO of Special Project (Dholera SIR & Mandal-Becharaji SIR).
  11. Dr. Ratankanvar H. Gadhavicharan, IAS (RR:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Commissioner of Health (Rural) and Mission Director, National Health Mission.
  12. Ms. Praveena D.K., IAS (RR:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Vice Chairperson & Managing Director, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).
  13. Mr. Nagarajan M., IAS (RR:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC).
  14. Mr. Vijaykumar Lalubhai Kharadi, IAS (RR:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Managing Director, Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd.
  15. Mr. B.A. Shah, IAS (SCS:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Settlement Commissioner & Director of Land Records.
  16. Mr. Mahesh I. Patel, IAS (SCS:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Commissioner of Bureau of Public Enterprises, Finance Department.
  17. Mr. B.P. Chauhan, IAS (SCS:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Full-time Member, Fourth State Finance Commission.
  18. Mr. B.K. Pandya, IAS (SCS:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and appointed Commissioner of Land Reforms and Ex-officio Secretary to Government, Revenue Department.
  19. Mr. D.J. Jadeja, IAS (SCS:GJ:2009) – Promoted to Super Time Scale (Level 14) and continued as Chief Town Planner, Urban Development & Urban Housing Department.
  20. Mr. Sujeet Kumar, IAS, Municipal Commissioner, Bhavnagar, has been transferred and appointed as Collector, Ahmedabad.

Remaining IAS transferees:

  1. Mr. G.T. Pandya, IAS (Selection:GJ:2011) – Transferred from Collector, Devbhumi-Dwarka to Additional Secretary to Government, Education Department.
  2. Mr. Vishal Gupta, IAS (RR:GJ:2012) – Transferred from Additional Rural Development Commissioner to Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
  3. Mr. Amrutesh Kalidas Aurangabadkar, IAS (RR:GJ:2012) – Appointed as Regional Commissioner of Municipalities, Ahmedabad, holding additional charge.
  4. Mr. K.C. Sampat, IAS (SCS:GJ:2012) – Transferred from Collector, Surendranagar to Managing Director, iNDEXT-B, Industries & Mines Department.
  5. Mr. R.M. Tanna, IAS (SCS:GJ:2012) – Appointed as Collector, Devbhumi-Dwarka.
  6. Mr. V.N. Shah, IAS (SCS:GJ:2012) – Transferred from District Development Officer, Tapi-Vyara to Additional Secretary to Government, General Administration Department.
  7. Mr. S.K. Prajapati, IAS (SCS:GJ:2012) – Appointed as Collector, Mehsana.
  8. Mr. K.B. Thakkar, IAS (SCS:GJ:2014) – Transferred from District Development Officer, Porbandar to Collector, Jamnagar.
  9. Mr. S.D. Vasava, IAS (SCS:2014) – Appointed Regional Commissioner of Municipalities, Surat.
  10. Mr. B.M. Prajapati, IAS (SCS:GJ:2014) – Transferred from District Development Officer, Patan to Additional Rural Development Commissioner.
  11. Mr. Anilbhai Dhameliya, IAS (RR:GJ:2015) – Appointed as Collector, Vadodara.
  12. Mr. Lalit Narayan Singh Sandu, IAS (RR:GJ:2015) – Transferred from State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan to Collector, Sabarkantha-Himmatnagar.
  13. Dr. Rajendrakumar Mahendrabhai Patel, IAS (RR:GJ:2015) – Appointed as Collector, Surendranagar.
  14. Ms. Gargi Jain, IAS (RR:GJ:2015) – Appointed as Collector, Chhotaudepur.
  15. Mr. K.D. Lakhani, IAS (SCS:GJ:2011) – Holds additional charge as Director of Employment & Training.
  16. Mr. K.S. Yagnik, IAS (SCS:GJ:2016) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Surendranagar.
  17. Mr. B.B. Chaudhary, IAS (SCS:GJ:2017) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Porbandar.
  18. Mr. Dinesh Ramesh Gurav, IAS (RR:GJ:2017) – Holds additional charge of Director of Technical Education.
  19. Mr. Utsav Gautam, IAS (RR:GJ:2018) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Kutch-Bhuj.
  20. Mr. Chandrakant L. Patel, IAS (Selection:GJ:2018) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Patan.
  21. Mr. Deepesh Kedia, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Arvalli-Modasa.
  22. Mr. Atirag Chaplot, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Valsad.
  23. Mr. Smit Santosh Lodha, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Dahod.
  24. Mr. Hanul Choudhary, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Bhavnagar.
  25. Ms. Nidhi Siwach, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation.
  26. Ms. Harshika Jha, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Kheda-Nadiad.
  27. Mr. Krishna Gopal Tiwari, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as District Development Officer, Tapi-Vyara.
  28. Ms. Prapti Trivedi, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as Member Secretary, Gujarat State Commission for Women.
  29. Ms. Madhvi Rajendra Joshi, IAS (RR:GJ:2019) – Appointed as Resident Additional Collector, Dangs-Ahwa.
  30. Mr. Anuj Keshav, IAS (RR:GJ:2020) – Appointed as Project Administrator, Tribal Area Sub Plan, Arvalli-Modasa.
  31. Mr. Saumil Tarunbhai Bhensdadiya, IAS (RR:GJ:2020) – Appointed as Project Administrator, Tribal Area Sub Plan, Dahod.
  32. Mr. Yogesh Chandra Bhardwaj, IAS (RR:GJ:2020) – Appointed as Project Administrator, Tribal Area Sub Plan, Mandvi.
  33. Ms. Radhika Ajaykumar Patel, IAS (RR:GJ:2020) – Appointed as Project Administrator, Tribal Area Sub Plan, Rajpipla.
  34. Mr. Yash Manohar Raj, IAS (RR:GJ:2020) – Appointed as Project Administrator, Tribal Area Sub Plan, Valsad.
  35. Mr. Sumit Mehta, IAS (RR:GJ:2020) – Appointed as Project Administrator, Tribal Area Sub Plan, Morbi.
  36. Mr. Alok Pandey, IAS (RR:GJ:2020) – Appointed as Project Administrator, Tribal Area Sub Plan, Palanpur.
  37. Mr. S.K. Tiwari, IAS (SCS:GJ:2011) – Appointed as Collector, Banaskantha-Palanpur.
  38. Mr. D.R. Patel, IAS (SCS:GJ:2011) – Appointed as Additional Secretary to Government, Revenue Department.
  39. Mr. B.K. Pandya, IAS (SCS:GJ:2011) – Appointed as Additional Secretary to Government, Industries & Mines Department.
  40. Mr. B.P. Chauhan, IAS (SCS:GJ:2012) – Appointed as Collector, Bharuch.
  41. Mr. J.K. Patel, IAS (SCS:GJ:2012) – Appointed as Additional Secretary to Government, General Administration Department.
  42. Mr. Najarajan M., IAS (RR:GJ:2013) – Appointed as Additional Secretary to Government, Health & Family Welfare Department.

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These transfers and promotions underscore Gujarat’s focus on leadership and governance efficiency in key sectors, ensuring dynamic and effective administration.


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