Lucknow: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 21 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, assigning them to key departments and administrative roles. A key appointment in the reshuffle is that of IAS Akhand Pratap Singh, who has been elevated from Special Secretary, Election Department, to Secretary and Additional Chief Electoral Officer.
The list of other transfers includes
IAS Neha Sharma: From In-charge Inspector General, Registration, appointed Inspector General, Registration
IAS Monika Rani: From Director General in-charge, School Education, appointed Director General, School Education
IAS Yogesh Kumar: From In-charge Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative Societies, appointed Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative Societies
IAS Aparna U: From Secretary, Medical Education and Director General, Medical Education, appointed Principal Secretary, Revenue Department
IAS Dr Sarika Mohan: From Secretary, Finance Department, appointed Director General, Medical Education, along with Secretary, Medical Education
IAS S.V.S. Ranga Rao: From Member (Judicial), Revenue Council, appointed Principal Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Coordination, National Integration and General Administration
IAS Naveen Kumar G.S.: From Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources, appointed Member (Judicial), Revenue Council
IAS Bhawani Singh Khangarot: From Special Secretary, Revenue, appointed Secretary, Finance Department
IAS Arun Prakash: From Special Secretary, Urban Development, posted as Special Secretary, Revenue Department
IAS Ravindra Kumar: From Special Secretary, Agriculture and Agricultural Education, appointed Secretary, Urban Development Department
IAS Divya Prakash Giri: From Special Secretary, Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply, appointed Secretary, Public Works Department
IAS Krishna Kumar: From Special Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources, appointed Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources, and Chief Executive Officer, Prime Minister’s Agricultural Irrigation Scheme
IAS Sudha Verma: From Special Secretary, Women Welfare and Secretary, State Women Commission, appointed Secretary, Revenue
IAS Renu Tiwari: From Secretary, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Commission, appointed Special Secretary, Women Welfare and State Women Commission
IAS Rajendra Singh (II): Special Secretary, Social Welfare, given additional charge of Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Tribes Commission
IAS Sanjeev Singh: From Special Secretary, Finance, appointed Director, Social Welfare and Managing Director, UP CIDCO
IAS Dr Vandana Verma: From Director, Backward Classes Welfare and MD, Backward Classes Finance Development Corporation, appointed Director, Women Welfare and MD, UP Women Welfare Corporation
IAS Umesh Pratap Singh: Given additional charge of Special Secretary, Backward Classes Welfare, Director, Backward Classes Welfare, and MD, Backward Classes Finance Development Corporation
IAS Kumar Prashant: From Director, Social Welfare and MD, UP CIDCO, appointed Home Secretary
IAS Sandeep Kaur: From MD, UP Women Welfare Corporation and Director, Women Welfare, appointed Secretary, Finance
The reshuffle is expected to bring administrative continuity while placing experienced officers in departments that require focused leadership.
