In a recent development, the Himachal Pradesh government has issued promotion orders for 18 IAS officers, advancing them to different grades within the administrative hierarchy.
Selection Grade Promotion (2011 Batch):
- Ruged Milind Thakur – Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi (Proforma Promotion)
- Lalit Jain – Director, Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Haryana, Chandigarh (Proforma Promotion)
- Vivek Bhatia – Principal Private Secretary-cum-Special Secretary to Chief Minister, Shimla
- Dorje Chhering Negi – Settlement Officer, Shimla Division at Shimla
- Gopal Chand – Director, Urban Development, Shimla
Junior Administrative Grade Promotion (2015 Batch):
- Apoorv Devgan – Deputy Commissioner, Chamba
- Priyanka Verma – Mission Director, National Health Mission, Shimla
- Mukesh Repaswal – Director, Information Technology, Shimla
- Kumad Singh – Director, Agriculture, Shimla
- Vinay Singh – Director, Ayush, Shimla
- Harbans Singh Brascon – Special Secretary, PWD
- Rima Kashyap – Managing Director, HP Agro Industries Corporation Ltd., Shimla
- Shubh Karan Singh – CEO, Himurja, Shimla
- Sumit Khimta – Deputy Commissioner, Nehan
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Super Time Scale Promotion (2020 Batch):
- Divyanshu Singal – Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Nalagarh, District Solan, H.P.
- Om Kant Thakur – Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Mandi, District Mandi, H.P.
- Abhishek Kumar Garg – Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P.
- Gursimar Singh – Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), Nurpur, District Kangra, H.P.
