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Major Reshuffle at Centre, Senior IAS Indra Mallo Made Joint Secy, NACWC

Krishan Kumar (IAS: 2002: OD) was appointed as MD, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Friday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle. The names of the officers transferred and their new postings are –

  • Indra Mallo (IAS: 1999: MH) was appointed as Joint Secretary, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) for an overall tenure of five years upto 27.02.2027 vice Sudhanshu Gupta (IFoS: 1989: TN).
  • Krishan Kumar (IAS: 2002: OD) was appointed as MD, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for an overall tenure of five years ending 08.03.2027. He replaces Chanchal Kumar (IAS: 1992: BH).
  • Apparao Veerelli (IRSS: 1993) was appointed as CEO, Development & Welfare Board for Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNCs) under the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment for a tenure upto the date of his superannuation on 31.08.2028.
  • Akhilesh Misra (IRSME: 1995) was appointed as ED (Personnel), Food Corporation of India (Hqrs) for a tenure of five years vice Bijay Kumar Singh (IPS: 1996: KN).
  • Anand Kumar Jha (IFoS: 1992: AP) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation for a tenure of five years vice Abhay Kumar Singh (IAS: 2004: BH).
  • Bhavna Saxena (IPS: 1996: AP) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH for an overall tenure of five years ending 15. 02.202. She replaces Rahul Sharma (IAS: 1998: JH).
  • Madhukar Kumar Bhagat (IRS IT: 1995) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare for a tenure of five years vice Sachin Mittal (IPoS: 2000).
  • Meera Srivastava (IRS IT: 1999) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare for a tenure of five years vice Gayatri Mishra (CSS).
  • Shreeshail Malge (IRAS: 2002) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship for a tenure of five years Krishna Kumar Dwivedi (IAS: 1996: AM).
  • Anjali Sinha (IRSME: 1997) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy for a tenure of five years. She replaces Sanjay Kumar (IRAS: 1989).
  • Binod Kumar (ICAS: 1993) was appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) under the Ministry of AYUSH till superannuation i.e. 31.01.2025.
  • Krishan Kumar Singh (IRSSE: 1997) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology for a tenure of five years. He replaces Amit Agrawal (IAS: 1993: CG).
  • Arvind Kumar (CSS) was appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Allied & Healthcare Profession (NCAHP) under the Department of Health & Family Welfare till superannuation i.e. 30.04.2025.
  • Sreyasi Chaudhuri (CSS) was appointed as Financial Adviser (FA), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under MHA till her superannuation on 30.11.2026. She replaces Ravinesh Kumar (IDAS: 1994).
  • Sumita Singh (CSS) was appointed as Advisor, NDMA for a tenure of five years vice Sreyasi Chaudhuri (CSS).
  • Dhrubajyoti Sengupta (IRAS: 1999) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare for a tenure of five years vice Sanjiv Narain Mathur (IRAS: 1992).
  • Yashashri Shukla (IP&TA&FS: 1996) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for a tenure of five years. She replaces Ms M Janaki (lAS: 2005: AP).
  • Kumar Sanjay Bariar (IP&TA&FS: 1993) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) under the Department of Personnel & Training for an overall tenure of five years ending 18.08.2024. He replaces Vinakshi Gupta (IDAS: 1992).
  • Shailendra Kumar (ICAS: 1999) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Inquiry Commission (into whether Dalit converts to religions other than Sikhism or Budhhism should get SC status) under the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment for a tenure of five years by temporarily upgrading the post of Director (Research) to JS level.
  • Rajeev Kumar Tiwari (IFoS: 1993: JK) was appointed as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) for an overall tenure of five years ending 01.12.2024 vice Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh (IP&TA&FS: 1992).
  • Devendra Kumar Rai (IDAS: 2000) was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Telecommunications for a tenure of five years vice Anand Singh (IAS: 2000: KL).

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