ACC Appoints 16 Officers to Joint Secretary Level

New Delhi: In a major administrative rejig, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved a number of appointments of officers to the Joint Secretary and its equivalent posts in various departments.

The officers and their postings include

1. Sundaram Rukmani (CSS) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for a period of five years.
2. Yogita Rana (IAS:2003:TG) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for a period of five years.
3. Chauhan Sarita Chand (IAS:1999:AGMUT) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying for a period of five years. She replaces Upamanyu Basu (IRS-IT:1989).
4. Anice Joseph Chandra (IRS-C&IT:1995) has been appointed as MD, National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation Of India Limited (NCCF) under the Department of Consumer Affairs for a period of five years. She will replace Manoj K. Semwal (IRSEE:1992).
5. Ashish Goyal (llnfoS:1996) has been made Addi DG, National Museum under the Ministry of Culture for a period of five years vice Subrata Nath (IRSME:1991).
6. Naveen Kumar Shah (IFoS:2000:AGMUT) has been appointed as CMD, National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation (NHFDC) under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for a combined tenure of seven years upto 11.06.2025. He replaces Rajan Sehgal (IFoS:1992:KL).
7. Anita Karn (IFoS:1997:GJ) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Food & Public Distribution for a period of five years. She will replace S Jagannathan (IRTS:1989).
8. Ashutosh Joshi (IA&AS: 1994) has been appointed as ED (Genl), Food Corporation of India (FCI), New Delhi under the Department of Food & Public Distribution for a tenure of five years in place of RK Aggarwal (IAS:1997:KL).
9. Rahul Ramesh Nangare (IRS-C&IT:1999) has been appointed as CEPI in the O/o Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI), New Delhi under the Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of five years. He replaces Saurav Ray (IDES:1994).
10. Praveen Bonigala (IFoS:1995:RJ) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the NATGRID under the Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of five years. He replaces Satwant Atwal Trivedi (IPS:1996:HP).
11. Pankaj Bodkhe (IRS-IT:2000) has been appointed as Financial Advisor, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises for a period of five years vice Ms. Ashima Gupta (IRS-IT:1991).
12. Abha Rani Singh (IRS-IT:1996) has been appointed as CMD in the National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) under the Ministry of Minority Affairs for a period upto her superannuation on 31.08.2027. She will replace MC Jauhari (IAS:1987:AM).
13. Sai Baba Darbamulla (IRSME:1993) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power for a period of five years vice Ghanshyam Prasad (CPES:1989).
14. Balamurugan D (IAS:2005:BH) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade for a period of five years. He will replace Anil Kumar Agrawal (IPS:1988:UP).
15. Vasundhara Upmanyu (IRS-IT:1992) has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Public Enterprises for a period upto her superannuation on 31.10.2027 Sanjay Kumar Jain (IRTS:1990).
16. Amrit Raj (IPoS:1994) has been appointed as Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), O/o Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles for a period of five years. She will replace Shantmanu (IAS:1991:AGMUT).