Srinagar: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has posted seven Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of the 2024 batch to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir after the successful completion of their on-the-job training. The officers, belonging to the AGMUT cadre, have been assigned to different segments of the cadre with immediate effect.
The postings were notified through an office order issued by the Ministry on July 6, marking the first field assignments of the newly inducted officers.
Seven Officers Posted to Jammu & Kashmir
As per the Ministry’s order, the following 2024-batch AGMUT cadre IFS officers have been posted to Jammu & Kashmir:
- Anubhav Jain
- Anusha Koli
- Aseem
- Chandrabhushan
- Navdeep Singh
- Sana Fayaz
- Shubham Kanoujia
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These officers will now begin their field assignments in the Union Territory following the completion of their mandatory training.
Other Officers Posted Across AGMUT Segments
Apart from Jammu & Kashmir, the remaining officers of the 2024 AGMUT batch have been posted to other constituent segments of the AGMUT cadre.
The postings are as follows:
Nagabhushana S – Andaman & Nicobar Islands
S. Sreeshan – Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Chetak Dipak Sawant – Arunachal Pradesh
Haobijam Devshree Devi – Arunachal Pradesh
Keyur Bhoj – Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
Atul Tiwari – Goa
Immediate Joining Directed
The Ministry has directed all the officers to join their respective places of posting immediately.
They have also been instructed to submit their joining reports to the concerned authorities, with a copy to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Strengthening Forest Administration
The deployment of the newly trained officers is expected to strengthen forest administration, biodiversity conservation, wildlife management and environmental governance across the AGMUT cadre regions.
The induction of seven young IFS officers into Jammu & Kashmir is also expected to bolster the Union Territory’s forest management framework, where conservation of forests, wildlife and fragile Himalayan ecosystems remains a key administrative priority.
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