The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has recently given its nod for several key appointments at the Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary equivalent level with a pay grade of Level 14 of the Pay Matrix.
Here are the particulars of these appointments:
Puneet Yadav, IAS (WB:1999)
- Designation: Joint Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
- Tenure: Five years, effective until September 21, 2025, or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier.
- Note: This appointment necessitates the temporary downgrading of a vacant post of Additional Secretary within the Department.
Manoj Sethi, ICAS (1993)
- Designation: Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers.
- Tenure: Five years, effective until February 4, 2025, or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier.
- Note: This appointment involves the temporary downgrading of the post from Additional Secretary level in the Department.
Vijay Nehra, IAS (GJ:2001)
- Designation: Senior Directing Staff (CS), National Defence College (NDG) under the Ministry of Defence.
- Tenure: Five years or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier.
- Note: This appointment replaces Priyank Sharti, IAS (PB:2001).
Brijesh Pandey, IAS (TR:2004)
- Designation: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
- Tenure: Five years or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier.
- Note: This appointment replaces Saurabh Endley, IRSME (1990).
Vijay Ranjan Singh, IFS (KN:1996)
- Designation: CMD, Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Ltd. (SPMCIL) under the Department of Economic Affairs.
- Tenure: Five years or until further orders.
- Note: This appointment replaces Ms. Tript Patra Ghosh, ICAS (1994).
Manish Bhardwaj, IAS (GJ:1997)
- Designation: Deputy Director General (DDG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
- Tenure: Five years or until further orders.
- Note: This appointment replaces Rupinder Singh, IAS (MH:1996).
Sumita Singh, CSS
- Designation: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Tenure: Five years or until further orders.
- Note: This appointment fills an existing vacancy.
Vishal Chauhan, IS (SK-1998)
- Designation: Member (Admin), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the
- Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
- Tenure: Five years, effective until November 30, 2025, or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier.
Anandrao Vishnu Patil, IAS (TN:1998)
- Designation: Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy.
- Tenure: Five years or until further orders.
- Note: This appointment fills an existing vacancy.
Beena M. IAS (KL:1999)
- Designation: Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms) under the Ministry of Textiles.
- Tenure: A combined tenure of seven years, effective until October 3, 2025, or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier.
- Note: This appointment replaces Sanjay Rastogi, IAS (OR-1991).
Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, IAS (PB:2006)
- Designation: Joint Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
- Tenure: Five years or until further orders.
- Note: This appointment replaces Rajestwari, IAS (1985).
These appointments represent significant advancements within various government departments, reinforcing administrative and managerial capacities at the Joint Secretary level.