Delhi, February 25, 2020: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments of officers at Joint Secretary / Joint Secretary equivalent level with pay at Level 14 (.1,44,200 -2,18,200/-) of the Pay Matrix:
(1) Appointment of Shri N.B.S. Rajput, lAS (OD:1999), as Joint Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri. V. Shashank Shekhar lAS (NL:1996);
(2) Appointment of Ms. Sushma Taishete, CSS, presently working as Joint Secretary, Department of Justice, as Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, (Mumbai), from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 05.07.2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by downgrading a vacant post of AS in the Department vice Shri Mervin Alexander S., lPoS(1987) consequent on his premature repatriation to parent cadre,;
(3) Appointment of Shri Deepak Kapoor, IA&AS (1998), as Additional CEO, GeM SPV, (JS level) under the Department of Commerce, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri S. Suresh Kumar, lAS (AP:2000);
(4) Appointment of Shri Surendra K. Ahirwar, IRTS (1997), as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 08.01 .2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by temporary upgradation of the post of Director held by the Officer in the Department, initially for a period of two years;
(5) Appointment of Ms Aditi Das Rout, I Trade 5 (1986), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto her superannuation on 30.11.2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri SC Barmma, IPoS (87);
(6) Appointment of Shri Satish Singh, IRSME (1996), as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 12.10.2022 or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, lAS (KL:1999);
(7) Appointment of Ms. Mukta Shekhar IRAS (1994), as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Kamal Datta, IFoS (UT:1994) consequent on completion of his tenure;
(8) Appointment of Shri Atul Saxena, IRSS (1991), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 30.06.2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by temporary upgradation of the post of Director held by the officer in the Ministry;
(9) Appointment of Shri Purushottam Tiwary, IA&AS (1996), as Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Pravin Laxminarayan Agrawal, IFoS (TR:1994) consequent on completion of his tenure;
(10) Appointment of Ms. Neerja Sekhar, lAS (HY:1993), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier vice Shri Ashok Kumar Parmar, AS (JK:1992);
(11) Appointment of Shri Niraj Kumar Gayagi, IDAS (1997), as Joint Secretary, Department of Justice, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Ms Sushma Taishete, consequent on her lateral shift to the Department of Atomic Energy;
(12) Appointment of Shri Charanpreet Singh Bakshi, IRS (C&CE)(1992), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Jan-e-Alam, lAS (NL:1991) by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Director in the Ministry, initially for a period of two years;
(13) Appointment of Shri Ky. Pratap, IES (1992), presently working as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for an overall tenure of five years upto 23.11.2022 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Amitabh Kharkwal, IPoS (1989);
(14) Appointment of Shri Baldeo Purushartha, lAS (PB:2002), as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri K.V. Pratap, IES (1992);
(15) Appointment of Shri Navneet Mohan Kothari, lAS (MP:2001), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 18.04.2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Ashutosh Jindal, AS (TR:1995);
(16) Appointment of Shri Sanjay Kumar Jam, IRTS (1990), as Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Madhukar Gupta, lAS (RJ:1985) consequent on completion of his tenure;
(17) Appointment of Shri Tanweer Qamar Mohammad, IPoS (1994), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Arun Kumar Yadav, lAS (SK:1987).
Following are some of the other appointments made on Monday:
Kavita Singh, IAS(PB:2004), appointed Director in Cabinet Secretariat, Delhi.
Shri Vipul Aggarwal, lPS(GJ:2001), who was recommended for Central deputation by the Mb Home Affairs, has been selected for appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme as Deputy CEO(Director level) in the National Health Authority(NHA) under the D/o Health and Family Welfare for a period of 5 years, from the date of taking over charge of the post or until further orders, whichever event takes place earlier. He may kindly be relieved of his duties immediately with instructions to take up his new assignment in the National Health Authority (NHA).
Rohit Yadav IAS (CG:2002) has been appointed Joint Secretary, in Prime Minister’s Office. In other appointments, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the lateral shift of Shri Ajit Kumar, IAS(KL:2006), from the post of Deputy Secretary, Prime Minister's Office to the post of Deputy Secretary in the M/o Home Affairs for a period upto 24.02.2022 (i.e. combined tenure of seven years at the centre).
The Competent Authority has approved assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Steel to Shri M M Kutty, lAS (UT:1985), Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas from 24.02.2020 to 28.02.2020 during the period of absence on leave of Shri Binoy Kumar, lAS (TG:1983).