Gujarat Govt. Transfers 16 IAS Officers; IAS Dilip Kumar Rana Made Commissioner, Higher Education

Gandhinagar: In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle aimed at improving governance and boosting administrative efficiency, the General Administration Department of Gujarat has transferred 16 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers across various key positions in the state. According to the official notification, IAS Dilip Kumar Rana (2007 batch) has been appointed as Commissioner of Higher Education, Gandhinagar. He was previously serving as Municipal Commissioner of Vadodara.

The list of other transfers includes:

IAS Dr. N.K. Meena (2010 batch) – Assigned as Municipal Commissioner, Bhavnagar, replacing Hanul Choudhary.
IAS Tusharkumar Y. Bhatt (2010 batch) – Appointed as Collector, Patan, replacing Arvind V.
IAS Manish Kumar (2013 batch) – Appointed as Collector, Bhavnagar, replacing D.M. Solanki.
IAS Arun Mahesh Babu (2013 batch) – Posted as Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara, succeeding Dilip Kumar Rana.
IAS R.R. Damor (2013 batch) – Moved as Joint Secretary, Climate Change Department from Regional Commissioner of Municipalities.
IAS Arvind V (2014 batch) – Appointed as Managing Director, Gujarat Informatics Ltd., Gandhinagar.
IAS Neha Kumari (2015 batch) – Posted as Mission Director, Gujarat State Electronics Mission, Gandhinagar.
IAS Arpit Sagar (2015 batch) – Appointed as Collector, Mahisagar.
IAS Shalini Duhan (2016 batch) – Appointed as Collector, Dangs-Ahwa.
IAS Bhavya Verma (2016 batch) – Appointed as Collector, Valsad.
IAS Ganga Singh (2017 batch) – Posted as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara.
IAS Manish Gurwani (2017 batch) – Posted as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Rajkot.
IAS Gurav Dinesh Ramesh (2017 batch) – Posted as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Surat.
IAS Surabhi Gautam (2017 batch) – Posted as Regional Commissioner of Municipalities, Vadodara.
IAS Dr. Prashant Jilova (2017 batch) – Appointed as Regional Commissioner of Municipalities, Ahmedabad, relieving Amrutesh Aurangabadkar of additional charge.

This reshuffle reflects the Gujarat government’s continued efforts to strengthen governance, improve departmental functioning, and enhance service delivery across the state.