Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has issued transfer and posting orders involving 11 IAS officers, assigning new departmental responsibilities to nine officers and full additional charge (FAC) arrangements to two others.
The orders, issued by the General Administration Department on October 12, cover key administrative positions in tourism and culture, tribal welfare, industries, youth services, social welfare and civil supplies. The changes take effect immediately.
Among the prominent appointments, 2010-batch IAS officer Amrapali Kata has been posted as Secretary of the Tourism and Culture Department, while 2002-batch officer Saurabh Gaur has been assigned as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi.
Amrapali Kata Returns to Tourism Administration
Amrapali Kata’s appointment as Secretary of the Tourism and Culture Department is one of the notable changes in the reshuffle.
A 2010-batch IAS officer of the Telangana cadre, she previously served as Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. Her latest assignment places her in a government secretariat role overseeing the tourism and culture portfolio.
She holds a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from IIT Madras and a postgraduate diploma in management from IIM Bangalore; she has also completed her Master of Business Law (MBL) qualification from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.
She will work under Shamsher Singh Rawat, Special Chief Secretary of the Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture Department.
Key IAS Transfers in Andhra Pradesh
The latest reshuffle includes the following appointments:
- Saurabh Gaur (2002: AP): Posted as Officer on Special Duty at Andhra Pradesh Bhavan, New Delhi.
- D. Muralidhar Reddy (2006: AP): Appointed Secretary of the Tribal Welfare Department, replacing M.M. Nayak, who was holding the post under full additional charge.
- Manjule Balaji Digamber (2009: AP): Posted as Additional Secretary in the Economically Weaker Sections Welfare Department.
- Amrapali Kata (2010: Telangana): Appointed Secretary of the Tourism and Culture Department. She will report to Shamsher Singh Rawat, Special Chief Secretary for Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture.
- K. Neelakanta Reddy (2017: AP): Appointed Director of Youth Services, relieving S. Bharani of the additional charge.
- B. Anil Kumar Reddy (2017: AP): Posted as Joint Secretary in the Industries and MSMEs wing of the Industries and Commerce Department.
- N. Tej Bharath (2018: AP): Assigned as Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (APSWREIS).
- Gedela Srinu Kumar (IAS, Andhra Pradesh cadre): Posted as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Village and Ward Secretariats.
- M. Vara Prasad (IAS, Andhra Pradesh cadre): Appointed Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation, replacing K. Kanna Babu in the role.
Two IAS Officers Given Full Additional Charge
The government has also assigned additional responsibilities to two officers:
- K. Srinivasulu: Director of Horticulture and Sericulture, given full additional charge as Director of Agricultural Marketing. Pattanshetti Ravi Subash has been relieved of this responsibility.
- Shubham Bansal (2020: AP): Director of Industries, given full additional charge as Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh State Finance Corporation, relieving N. Yuvaraj of the charge.
Administrative Responsibilities Across Key Departments
The reshuffle distributes responsibilities across several areas of state administration, including tribal welfare, tourism, industrial development, youth services, social welfare institutions and public distribution-related operations.
The additional-charge arrangements also address leadership responsibilities in agricultural marketing and the Andhra Pradesh State Finance Corporation.
The government has directed the changes to take effect immediately as part of its latest administrative reorganisation.
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