Thiruvananthapuram: The Keralam (Kerala) government has transferred 35 IAS officers in a major bureaucratic reshuffle, bringing changes to several important departments, including Home, Vigilance, Finance, Power, Health, Industries, Transport and Local Self-Government.
Among the key appointments, Prasanth N. has been posted as Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), while Anupama T.V. has been appointed Secretary of the Finance (Expenditure) Department.
The reshuffle also sees senior officers K.R. Jyothilal, Puneet Kumar, Minhaj Alam and Mohammed Hanish A.P.M. taking up new responsibilities. Several officers returning from central deputation or leave have also been assigned fresh postings.
Major Changes in Home, Finance and Power Departments
K.R. Jyothilal, who was serving as Additional Chief Secretary of the Finance, Taxes and Public Procurement Advisory departments and Chief Executive Officer of the Rebuild Kerala Initiative under the Planning and Economic Affairs Department, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary of the Home and Vigilance departments. He will also hold full additional charge of the Water Resources, Housing and Coir (Industries) departments.
Puneet Kumar, who was serving as Resident Commissioner of Kerala House in New Delhi and Additional Chief Secretary of the Water Resources Department for matters connected with inter-State water, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary of the Power Department. He will also hold full additional charge as Officer on Special Duty in the Coordination and Programme Management Division in the office of the Chief Secretary. He will continue as Resident Commissioner of Kerala House in New Delhi.
Minhaj Alam, who was Additional Chief Secretary of the Home and Vigilance departments as well as the Agriculture Department, has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary of the Finance Department. He will also hold full additional charge of the Taxes and Public Procurement Advisory departments, Chief Executive Officer of the Rebuild Kerala Initiative and Chairman of the Kerala Financial Corporation.
Mohammed Hanish A.P.M., Additional Chief Secretary of the Industries, Revenue (Waqf) and External Co-operation departments, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department. He will also hold full additional charge of the Ayush, General Education, Revenue (Waqf) and Minority Welfare departments.
Prasanth N. Appointed KSEB Chairman, Anupama T.V. Gets Finance Posting
Prasanth N., who was serving as Special Secretary of the Sports and Youth Affairs, Zoos and Museum, and Taxes departments, has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited. He will continue to hold charge as Special Secretary of the Sports and Youth Affairs Department.
M.G. Rajamanickam, who was serving as Chairman and Managing Director of KSEB and Secretary of the Power and Environment departments, has been posted as Secretary of the Local Self-Government Department. He will continue to hold additional charge of the Revenue (Devaswom) Department and Commissioner of Guruvayur and Koodalmanikyam Devaswoms.
Anupama T.V., who was Secretary of the Local Self-Government and Transport departments (Aviation, Metro and Railway), besides serving as Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala Transport Development Finance Corporation, has been posted as Secretary of the Finance (Expenditure) Department. She will also hold additional charge of the Environment Department.
Meanwhile, Gokul G.R. and Geromic George have been relieved of their respective charges in the Finance (Expenditure) Department.
Changes in Health, Industries, Agriculture and Other Departments
Sharmila Mary Joseph, Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare and Ayush departments, has been posted as Principal Secretary of the Transport Department. She will also hold full additional charge of the Women and Child Development Department.
M. Beena, who has returned from central deputation, has been appointed Principal Secretary of the Industries Department. She will also hold full additional charge of matters related to External Co-operation.
Veena N. Madhavan, Secretary of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development, Backward Classes Development and Co-operation departments, has been posted as Secretary of the Agriculture Department. She will also hold full additional charge as Agricultural Production Commissioner.
Gokul G.R., Special Secretary of the Planning and Economic Affairs Department, will hold full additional charge as Member Secretary of the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC), in addition to his existing additional responsibilities.
P.B. Nooh, Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Department, has been posted as Special Secretary of the Labour Department. Sheeba George has been relieved of the Labour Department charge.
Balamurali D., Special Secretary of the Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, has been relieved of the additional charge of the Transport Department.
Suhas S. and Seeram Sambasiva Rao Get New Responsibilities
Suhas S., Special Secretary of the Water Resources and Housing departments and Managing Director of Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), has been posted as Special Secretary of the Electronics and Information Technology Department. He will also hold full additional charge as Special Secretary of the Industries Department and continue as Managing Director of CIAL.
Seeram Sambasiva Rao, Excise Commissioner and Special Secretary of the Electronics and Information Technology Department, has been posted as Special Secretary of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Department. He will continue to hold charge as Excise Commissioner.
Shanavas S., Special Secretary of the Local Self-Government Department and Managing Director of the Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala, will additionally serve as Chief Executive Officer of Cochin Smart Mission Limited.
Abdul Nasar B., Special Secretary of the Fisheries, Harbour Engineering and Social Justice departments, has been posted as Special Secretary of the Co-operation Department.
Haritha V. Kumar, on return from leave, has been appointed Special Secretary of the Social Justice Department.
Officers Returning from Deputation and Leave Receive Fresh Postings
Jafar Malik, who has returned from central deputation, has been posted as Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Department. He will also hold additional charge as Special Secretary of the Taxes Department.
Gopalakrishnan K., who was Director of Environment and Climate Change, Director of ANERT and Managing Director of the Kerala State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, has been posted as Special Secretary of the Science and Technology, Cultural Affairs, Zoos and Museum, Archaeology and Archives departments.
Subhash T.V., Special Secretary of the Agriculture Department, has been appointed Managing Director of the Kerala Medical Services Corporation Limited (KMSCL). He will also hold full additional charge as Commissioner of Food Safety.
Anjana M., Director of Tourism and Special Secretary of the NoRKA, Culture, Science and Technology departments, has been transferred as Special Secretary of the Disaster Management Department. She will also hold full additional charge as Special Secretary of NoRKA and the Transport Department (Aviation, Metro and Railway).
Chandrasekar S., who has returned from central deputation, has been appointed Additional Secretary of the Fisheries and Harbour Engineering Department. He will also hold full additional charge as Secretary of the department.
Afsana Perween, on return from leave, has been posted as Managing Director of the Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma). She will also hold full additional charge as Chief Executive Officer of NoRKA Roots.
Further Postings Across Employment, Education and GST Departments
Devidas N., Director of Minority Welfare and Managing Director of Impact Kerala, has been posted as Director of Employment and Training. He will also hold full additional charge as Labour Commissioner and Director of the Minority Welfare Department.
Asif K. Yusuf, who was Managing Director of Milma, Director of NORKA and Chief Executive Officer of NoRKA Roots, has been posted as Additional Secretary of the Higher Education Department. He will also hold full additional charge as Director of Collegiate Education and Commissioner of Entrance Examination.
Arun K. Vijayan, Director of General Education and Chief Executive Officer of the Education Rejuvenation Mission, will additionally hold charge as Director General of the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA).
Snehil Kumar Singh, Director of Industries and Commerce and Managing Director of the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), has been appointed Investment Commissioner in the Industries Department.
Anu Kumari, Special Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Department, has been posted as Director of Tourism.
D. Dharmalashri, Joint Secretary of the Local Self-Government Department and Deputy Project Director of the Kerala Solid Waste Management Project, has been posted as Joint Secretary and Officer on Special Duty in the Revenue and Disaster Management departments.
Rahul Krishna Sharma, Additional Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Department, has been appointed Special Commissioner of the department. He will also hold full additional charge as Director of the Environment Department and Chief Executive Officer of ANERT and the Kerala Hydel Tourism Centre.
Additional Charges in Several Departments
Binu Francis, Director of the Scheduled Tribes Development Department, will hold full additional charge as Managing Director of the Kerala State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank.
Harikumar K., Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Director of Coir Development, will hold full additional charge as Executive Director of Suchitwa Mission.
Mohammed Shafiq, Joint Secretary and Officer on Special Duty in the Revenue Department and Director of Programme Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring, has been posted as Joint Secretary and Director of the Programme Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring Department. He will also hold full additional charge as Additional Chief Executive Officer of KIIFB and has been relieved of his Revenue Department responsibilities as Joint Secretary and Officer on Special Duty.
Mithun Premraj, Director of Mining and Geology, Managing Director of KEMDEL and Member Secretary of K-DISC, has been appointed Additional Investment Commissioner in the Industries Department.
Sameer Kishan, Director of Collegiate Education, Commissioner of Entrance Examinations and Deputy Secretary and Officer on Special Duty in the Higher Education Department, has been posted as Additional Commissioner of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Department.
The reshuffle brings changes across a wide range of administrative departments, with several senior officers receiving new assignments and additional responsibilities. It also includes fresh postings for officers returning from central deputation and leave, alongside the redistribution of key departmental charges.
Full List of IAS Officers Transferred in Kerala Reshuffle
- K.R. Jyothilal – Posted as Additional Chief Secretary of Home and Vigilance departments, with additional charge of Water Resources, Housing and Coir departments.
- Puneet Kumar – Posted as Additional Chief Secretary of Power, while continuing as Resident Commissioner of Kerala House, New Delhi.
- Tinku Biswal – Relieved of the additional charge of Officer on Special Duty in the Coordination and Programme Management Division.
- Minhaj Alam – Posted as Additional Chief Secretary of Finance, with additional charge of Taxes, Public Procurement Advisory, Rebuild Kerala Initiative and Kerala Financial Corporation.
- Mohammed Hanish A.P.M. – Posted as Additional Chief Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, with additional charge of Ayush, General Education, Revenue (Waqf) and Minority Welfare.
- Sharmila Mary Joseph – Posted as Principal Secretary of Transport, with additional charge of Women and Child Development.
- M. Beena – Posted as Principal Secretary of Industries on return from central deputation, with additional charge of External Co-operation matters.
- Prasanth N. – Appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), while continuing as Special Secretary of Sports and Youth Affairs.
- M.G. Rajamanickam – Posted as Secretary of Local Self-Government, while retaining additional charge of Revenue (Devaswom) and the Guruvayur and Koodalmanikyam Devaswoms.
- Anupama T.V. – Posted as Secretary of Finance (Expenditure), with additional charge of Environment.
- Gokul G.R. – Relieved of Finance (Expenditure) charge and given additional charge as Member Secretary of K-DISC.
- Geromic George – Relieved of Finance (Expenditure) charge.
- Veena N. Madhavan – Posted as Secretary of Agriculture, with additional charge as Agricultural Production Commissioner.
- P.B. Nooh – Posted as Special Secretary of Labour.
- Balamurali D. – Relieved of the additional charge of Transport.
- Suhas S. – Posted as Special Secretary of Electronics and Information Technology, with additional charge of Industries, while continuing as Managing Director of CIAL.
- Seeram Sambasiva Rao – Posted as Special Secretary of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development, while continuing as Excise Commissioner.
- Shanavas S. – Given additional charge as CEO of Cochin Smart Mission Limited.
- Abdul Nasar B. – Posted as Special Secretary of Co-operation.
- Haritha V. Kumar – Posted as Special Secretary of Social Justice on return from leave.
- Jafar Malik – Posted as Commissioner of Kerala State GST on return from central deputation, with additional charge of Special Secretary, Taxes.
- Gopalakrishnan K. – Posted as Special Secretary of Science and Technology, Cultural Affairs, Zoos and Museum, Archaeology and Archives.
- Subhash T.V. – Appointed Managing Director of KMSCL, with additional charge as Commissioner of Food Safety.
- Anjana M. – Posted as Special Secretary of Disaster Management, with additional charge of NoRKA and Transport (Aviation, Metro and Railway).
- Chandrasekar S. – Posted as Additional Secretary of Fisheries and Harbour Engineering on return from central deputation, with additional charge as Secretary of the department.
- Afsana Perween – Appointed Managing Director of Milma on return from leave, with additional charge as CEO of NoRKA Roots.
- Devidas N. – Posted as Director of Employment and Training, with additional charge as Labour Commissioner and Director of Minority Welfare.
- Asif K. Yusuf – Posted as Additional Secretary of Higher Education, with additional charge as Director of Collegiate Education and Commissioner of Entrance Examination.
- Arun K. Vijayan – Given additional charge as Director General of the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA).
- Snehil Kumar Singh – Appointed Investment Commissioner in the Industries Department.
- Anu Kumari – Posted as Director of Tourism.
- D. Dharmalashri – Posted as Joint Secretary and Officer on Special Duty in the Revenue and Disaster Management departments.
- Rahul Krishna Sharma – Posted as Special Commissioner of Kerala State GST, with additional charge as Director of Environment and CEO of ANERT and Kerala Hydel Tourism Centre.
- Binu Francis – Given additional charge as Managing Director of Kerala State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank.
- Harikumar K. – Given additional charge as Executive Director of Suchitwa Mission.
- Mohammed Shafiq – Posted as Joint Secretary and Director of Programme Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring, with additional charge as Additional CEO of KIIFB.
- Mithun Premraj – Appointed Additional Investment Commissioner in the Industries Department.
- Sameer Kishan – Posted as Additional Commissioner of Kerala State GST.
