The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointments for various Foreign and Captive posts of the Government of India at Deputy Secretary/Director/Joint Secretary level on Tuesday. Several IAS officers has also been given the charge. The list is below:
IAS officer of 2001 batch and Assam Meghalaya cadre Dr. Jujjavarapu Balaji has been appointed to the post of Minister (Agriculture), Embassy of India, Rome, Italy (a Joint Secretary level Foreign Post) under D/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for a period of three years.
Angshumali Rastogi (IRSME:1995) has been appointed to the post of Representative of India in the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada (a Joint Secretary level Captive Post) under Ministry of Civil Aviation for a period of three years.
IAS officer Nidhi Mani Tripathi has been appointed to the post of Minister (Economic), High Commission of India, London, UK (a Joint Secretary level Foreign Post) under D/o Commerce for a tenure of three years.
IAS officer Anand Singh has been appointed to the post of Senior Adviser to the Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC, USA (a Joint Secretary level Captive Post) under D/o Economic Affairs for a tenure of three years.
Secretary, Capacity Building Commission Mr. Hemang Jani has been appointed to the post of Senior Adviser to the Executive Director, World Bank, Washington DC, USA (a Joint Secretary level Captive Post) under D/o Economic Affairs vice Ritesh Kumar Singh (IAS:1996:KN) for a tenure of three years.
IAS officer Ponnuraj V has been appointed to the post of Senior Adviser to the Executive Director, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines (a Joint Secretary level Captive Post) under D/o Economic Affairs for a period of three years.
IAS officer Debjani Chakrabarti has been appointed to the post of Minister (Economic & Commercial), Embassy of India, Tokyo, Japan (a Joint Secretary level Foreign Post) under D/o Economic Affairs vice Ms.Mona K C Khandhar (IAS:1996:GJ) for a tenure of three years.
Senior Scientist, lCAR-lARl Dr. Venkatesh Palani Samy (Agricultural Research Service:2007) has been appointed to the post of Adviser (Agriculture & Marine Products), Embassy of India, Brussels (a DS/Director level Foreign Post) under D/o Commerce for a period of three years.
IAS officer Nidhi Srivastava has been appointed to the post of First Secretary (Legal), Permanent Mission of India (PMI), World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva (a DS/Director level Foreign post) under D/o Commerce for a period of three years.
Sai Venkata Ramana Anhl Das has been appointed to the post of Adviser to the Executive Director, World Bank, Washington DC, USA (a DS/Director level Captive post) under D/o Economic Affairs for a tenure of three years.
Vivek Chaudhary (IES:2011) has been appointed to the post of Counsellor (Economic), Economic Wing, Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA (a DS/Director level Foreign Post) under D/o Economic Affairs for a tenure of three years.
Bhavesh R. Trivedi (ITS:2000) has been appointed to the post of Director, SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu,Nepal (a Director level Captive post) under Ministry of External Affairs vice Chanchal Chand Sarkar (IES:1999) for a tenure of three years.
