Senior IAS officer Saurabh Garg will soon take charge of UIDAI. He has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre on Thursday. The 1991 batch officer is currently serving in his state cadre Odisha.

His appointment has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). He has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary. Apart from him 21 other bureaucrats have been appointed to different ministries. The order was issued by Personnel Ministry.

A 1991 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre Sanjeev Kumar has been appointed as the Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI). On the other hand Mr. Atish Chandra (1994) will be Chairman and Managing Director, Food Corporation of India. He is currently serving as the Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.

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