Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle: Air India Chairman Rajiv Bansal Appointed Aviation Secy, K Rajaraman Teleco Secy

Bansal, a 1988 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Nagaland cadre, will replace Pradeep Singh Kharola, who retires at the end of this month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Initiating a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle ordering appointments to over a dozen prominent posts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on Wednesday appointed Air India chairman Rajiv Bansal as Secretary in the Union Civil Aviation Ministry.

Bansal, a 1988 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Nagaland cadre, will replace Pradeep Singh Kharola, who retires at the end of this month.

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Devendra Kumar Singh has been appointed the Secretary in the newly created Ministry of Cooperation. The 1989 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer earlier served as the Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

The government has named K. Rajaraman as the Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications. He will take over the charge from Anshu Prakash, who is due to superannuate on September 30. Rajaraman is presently Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs.

Steel Secretary Pradip Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as the Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Govind Mohan, Additional Secretary in the Department of Home, will be Secretary, Ministry of Culture, the order said, PTI reported.

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice-chairman Anurag Jain has been appointed as the Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

K. Sanjay Murthy, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited, will be the Secretary, Department of Higher Education. The 1989 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre will take over the charge from Amit Khare, who retires on September 30.

Besides, Sunil Barthwal, who is currently Central Provident Fund Commissioner in the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, has been appointed as the Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Anuradha Prasad, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, will be the Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs, as per the order.

Ansuli Arya, Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund, will be the Secretary in the Department of Official Language.

Rajesh Aggarwal will be the Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. He is currently the Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Lok Ranjan and Sujata Chaturvedi, currently working as Additional Secretaries in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), will be the Secretary of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and Department of Sports respectively.

The order further said the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has also approved in-situ upgradation of nine officers to the level of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.