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18 IAS Promoted in Himachal; Gopal Chand Becomes Director, Urban Development, Shimla

Officers from 2011, 2015, and 2020 batches have received the promotions
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The Himachal Pradesh government has recently issued promotion orders for 18 IAS officers, promoting them to different grades.

These officers are –

2011 batch IAS officers promoted to Selection Grade:

  1. Ruged Milind Thakur, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi. (Proforma Promotion)
  2. Lalit Jain, Director, Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Haryana, Chandigarh.
    (Proforma Promotion)
  3. Vivek Bhatia, Principal Private Secretary-cum-Special Secretary to Chief Minister, Shimla.
  4. Dorje Chhering Negi, Settlement Officer, Shimla Division at Shimla.
  5. Gopal Chand, Director, Urban Development, Shimla.

2015 batch IAS officers promoted to Junior Administrative Grade:

  • Apoorv Devgan, Deputy Commissioner, Chamba.
  • Priyanka Verma, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Shimla
  • Mukesh Repaswal, Director, Information Technology, Shimla.
  • Kumad Singh, Director, Agriculture, Shimla.
  • Vinay Singh, Director, Ayush, Shimla.
  • Harbans Singh Brascon, Special Secretary, PWD.
  • Rima Kashyap, Managing Director, HP Agro Industries Corporation Ltd. Shimla.
  • Shubh Karan Singh, CEO, Himurja, Shimla.
  • Sumit Khimta, Deputy Commissioner, Nehan

2020 batch IAS officers promoted to Super Time Scale:

  • Divyanshu Singal, Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Nalagarh, District Solan, H.P.
  • Om Kant Thakur, Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Mandi, District Mandi, H.P.
  • Abhishek Kumar Garg, Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P.
  • Gursimar Singh, Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Nurpur, District Kangra, H.P.

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