New Joint Secys in Defence, Home ministries, Cabinet Secretariat

The Department of Personnel & Training has issued a fresh list of appointments of IAS officers. They are:

• Alok Tandon, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre of 1986 batch, has been laterally appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, replacing V P Joy, an IAS officer of 1987 from Kerala cadre, for a period of overall five months ending 16^th October 2016.
• Gyanesh Kumar, an IAS officer of 1988 batch of Kerala cadre, has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, replacing M Gopal Reddy (IAS:1985:MP), for a period of five months. Currently he is posted in Delhi as Resident Commissioner to the Government of Kerala.
• Manish Thakur, an IAS officer of 1998 from Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, replacing Ashok K Meena (IAS:1993:OR) for a period of five months.
• Rajender Kumar, an IAS officer of 2004 batch from Gujarat cadre, has been appointed Deputy Secretary, in the Department of Personnel & Training.
• Venkata Sastry Yedia, an Indian Telecommunication Service officer of 1990 batch, has been appointed Director, Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• Ashok Maheshwari, an Indian Telecommunication Service officer of 1994 batch, has been appointed Director, Department of Higher Education (Ministry of HRD)

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