New Delhi: In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the Government of India has transferred 25 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers across various ministries and departments, including IAS Keshav Kumar Pathak. This move is aimed at enhancing governance efficiency and placing experienced officers in key roles across sectors.
The reshuffle also includes the promotion of 15 IAS officers to the rank of additional secretary. As per the official notification, senior IAS Keshav Kumar Pathak, from the 1990 batch of the Bihar cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat.
Prior to this appointment, Pathak served as the Chairman of the Bihar Revenue Board. His new role comes under central deputation — a practice that allows senior IAS officers to serve at the Centre to lend their expertise to important national initiatives.
The complete list of new appointments and transfers is as follows:
IAS Bhuvnesh Kumar (1995 batch, UP cadre) appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
IAS Abhishek Singh (1995 batch, Nagaland cadre) appointed Director General, National Informatics Centre; also Additional Secretary, MeitY
IAS M S Srikar (1999 batch, Karnataka cadre) appointed Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
IAS N Saravana Kumar (2000 batch, Bihar cadre) appointed Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
IAS Jitendra Srivastava (2000 batch, Bihar cadre) appointed Head, REC Ltd., Ministry of Power
IAS Mugdha Sinha appointed Managing Director, India Tourism Development Corporation
IAS Suman Billa appointed Director General (Tourism), replacing Mugdha Sinha
IAS Sanjiv Shankar appointed Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
IAS Abhijit Sinha appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs
IAS Mihir Kumar appointed CEO, Government e-Marketplace SPV
IAS Vir Vikram Yadav appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment
IAS Sanoj Kumar Jha appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal
IAS Solomon Arokiaraj appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs
IAS Amitabh Kumar appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
IAS Roop Rashi appointed CEO, Khadi and Village Industries Commission
IAS Hirdesh Kumar appointed Managing Director, TRIFED
IAS Ashish Chatterjee appointed Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel
IAS Yatinder Prasad appointed Additional Secretary & FA, Department of Science and Technology
IAS Saurabh Kumar Tiwari appointed Additional Secretary, Direct Benefit Transfer Mission
IAS Valeti Premchand appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development
IAS Hoveyda Abbas appointed Additional Secretary & FA, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
IAS Vinod Kotwal appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare
IRAS officer Amitesh Kumar Sinha (1997 batch) appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity)
IRPS Prabhat (1993 batch, IRPS) appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Promotions to the Additional Secretary Rank include:
IAS Sonal Mishra – Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
IAS Manish Thakur – Ministry of Tribal Affairs
IAS Indra Mallo – Cabinet Secretariat
IAS D. Anandan – Department of Expenditure
IAS Deepak Agarwal – NAFED
IAS P. Hemalatha – Cochin Special Economic Zone
IAS Piyush Singh – Ministry of Power
IAS Manmeet Kaur Nanda – Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
IAS Aparna Sachin Sharma – Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers
IAS Nirupama Kotru – Ministry of Coal
IAS Amita Prasad Sarbhai – Ministry of Culture
IAS Biswaranjan Sasmal – Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
IAS Amrit Raj – Ministry of Textiles
IAS Rama Shankar Sinha – Department of Animal Husbandry
IAS G. Madhumita Das – Ministry of Labour & Employment
This reshuffle is part of the Centre’s ongoing strategy to optimise leadership roles in major sectors.
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