The Government of India has promoted 18 IAS officers of the 1982 batch to Special Secretary rank. The names of those promoted are as follows:
- Aruna Sundararajan, an IAS officer of Kerala cadre, has been appointed as Administrator, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
- Neeraj Kumar Gupta, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary (BPRSE) under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
- Avinash K Srivastava, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare.
- Amarjeet Singh, an IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources.
- Rashmi Verma, an IAS officer of Bihar cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
- Jitendra Shankar Mathur, an IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- Navin Verma, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
- Dinesh Singh, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
- Ramesh Abhishek, an IAS officer of Bihar cadre, has been appointed as Chairman, Forward Markets Commission.
- Krishan Kumar Jalan, an IAS officer of Haryana cadre, has been appointed as Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- G Gurucharan, a Karnataka cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
- Ajay Narayan Jha, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
- Prabhas Kumar Jha, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Distribution.
- Leena Nair, an IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed as Chairperson, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Hem Kumar Pande, an IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate change.
- Jai Priye Prakash, an IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
- M Sathiyavathy, an IAS officer of Union Territory cadre, has been appointed as Director General, Civil Aviation.
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C B Venkataramana, an IAS officer of Telangana cadre, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.