Punjab Govt Transfers 20 IAS Officers; IAS Vimal Kumar Setia Made Secretary, Home Affairs

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Chandigarh: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Punjab government has transferred 20 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. Accordingly, IAS Vimal Kumar Setia (2010 batch) has been appointed Secretary of Home Affairs.

The list of other transfers includes

IAS Vijay Namdeorao Zade (2002 batch) continues as Secretary, Expenditure, with the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, NRI Affairs.
IAS Ajit Balaji Joshi (2003 batch) has been appointed Secretary, Elections (Local Bodies Wing), a crucial posting ahead of the upcoming municipal elections. He will also continue as Administrative Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayats and Taxation, and has been given additional charge of Cooperation.
IAS Abhinav Trikha (2006 batch) has been transferred as Secretary, Finance.
IAS Kanwal Preet Brar (2007 batch) has been appointed Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, and Commissioner, Food & Drug Administration, effective February 1, 2026, following the superannuation of IAS Dilraj Singh.
IAS Kumar Amit (2010 batch) continues as Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and MD, MARKFED, while also taking charge as Administrative Secretary, Tourism & Cultural Affairs.
IAS Puneet Goyal (2010 batch) has been appointed Special Secretary, Medical Education & Research.
IAS Syed Sehrish Asgar (2013 batch) has been assigned as Special Secretary, Power, New & Renewable Energy Sources, and Water Supply & Sanitation, along with Head of Department, Water Supply & Sanitation.
IAS Sakshi Sawhney (2014 batch) will continue as Chief Administrator, GMADA, with additional charge of PUDA and Director, Town & Country Planning.
IAS Paramvir Singh (2015 batch) has been appointed Special Secretary, Revenue & Rehabilitation and Director, Land Records, Jalandhar.
IAS Amandeep Kaur (2015 batch) has been transferred as Special Secretary, NRI Affairs.
IAS Gulpreet Singh Aulakh (2015 batch) has been appointed Deputy Commissioner, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, replacing IAS Ankurjeet Singh (2018 batch).
IAS Aaditya Dachalwal (2016 batch) has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Roopnagar, replacing IAS Varjeet Walia.
IAS Neeru Katyal Gupta (2016 batch) has been posted as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana.
IAS Varjeet Walia (2018 batch) has been appointed Deputy Commissioner, Patiala, replacing IAS Preeti Yadav (2014 batch).
IAS Ankurjeet Singh (2018 batch) has been appointed Additional Secretary, Home Affairs.
IAS T. Benith (2018 batch) has been posted as Additional Secretary, Revenue & Rehabilitation.
IAS Harpreet Singh (2019 batch) has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Barnala, replacing IAS T. Benith (2018 batch), and will also serve as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Barnala.
IAS Aparna M. B. (2021 batch) has been posted as Chief Administrator, Patiala Development Authority.