20 officers appointed as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Govt of India

As many as 20 officers have been appointed as Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary equivalent in the Govt of India. The officers are:

1. Rajeev Singh Thakur, IAS (RJ:1995) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence vice Jiwesh Nandan, IAS (UP:1987).
2. Ravi Kant, IOFS (1986), Joint Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence vice Rajeev Verma, IAS (UT:1992).
3. Hari Prasad Pudi, IRAS (1994) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare vice Ravi Kant, IOFS (1986).
4. Kumar Vinay Pratap, IES (1992), as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs vice Ms. Sharmila Chavaly, IRAS (1985).
5. Kamran Rizvi, IAS(UP:1991) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development vice Rajesh Bhushan, IAS (BH:1987).
6. Sachin Sinha, IAS (MP:1995) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education vice Shri Ajay Tirkey, IAS (MP:1987).
7. V. Shashank Sekhar, IAS (NL:1996) presently posted as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy vice Ms. Anita Karwal, IAS (GJ:1988).
8. Pankaj Rag, lAS (MP:1990) presently posted as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Sports vice Rajvir Singh, IA&AS (1991).
9. Sushil Kumar Singla, IFoS (HP:1994) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources vice Gopal Krishna Dwivedi, IAS (AP:1993).
10. Anuj Sharma, IDES(1991) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs vice A R Sule, IDAS (1993).
11. Dharma Reddy Alia, IDES (1991) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs vice V. Shashank Shekhar, IAS (NL:1996).
12. Sanjay Kumar Sinha, IFoS (JK:1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education vice Shri Rakesh Ranjan, IAS(MN: 1992).
13. Shravan Kumar, IRS(IT:1991) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture vice Shri Pankaj Rag, lAS (MP:1990).
14. Anant Swarup, IRPS (1992) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce Ali Raza Rizvi, lAS (HP:1988).
15. Jatindra Nath Swain, IAS (TN:1988) appointed as Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (JS level) under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.
16. Sanjay Rastogi, IAS(OD:1991) appointed as Development Commissioner (Handlooms) (JS level), Ministry of Textiles vice Shri Alok Kumar, IAS (UP:1988).
17. Sundeep Kumar Nayak, IAS (JK:1988) appointed as Managing Director, NCDCI (JS level) under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare vice Smt. Vasudha Mishra, lAS (TG:1987).
18. Anoop Srivastava, IDAS (1989) appointed as Joint Secretary & FA, Department of Space.
19. Keshav Chandra, IAS (UT:1995), as Joint Secretary (Logistics), Department of Commerce by temporarily upgrading a newly created post of Director, Logistics Division, Department of Commerce to Joint Secretary level.
20. P. Shakil Ahamed, IAS(AM:1995) as Sr. Executive Director/OSD in Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. (REC) under the Ministry of Power for implementation of ‘SAUBHAGYA’ Scheme for a combined seven year tenure upto 24.06.2019 by treating the post as Non-CSS as a one time measure.