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In what appears to be the final major reshuffle before the announcement of Lok Sabha elections, the Central Government has made significant Joint Secretary level appointments.

Here are the details of the latest appointments:

1. Deepankar Aron (IRS C&IT: 1996) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals for a tenure of five years.
2. Harish Kumar Vashisth (IRS C&IT: 2001) has been appointed as Joint DG, Directorate General of Civil Aviation under the Ministry of Civil Aviation for a tenure of five years.
3. Siddharth Mahajan (IAS: 2003: RJ) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, for an overall tenure of three years extendable up to seven years.
4. Anand Madhukar (IRPS: 1997) has been appointed as Additional DG of the Archaeological Survey of India for a tenure of five years.
5. Swati Meena Naik (IAS: 2007: MP) has been appointed as Joint Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation for an overall tenure of five years.
6. Ravi Shankar (IAS: 2007: GJ) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution for an overall tenure of five years.
7. Gulzar N (IAS: 1999: AP) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution for a tenure of five years.
8. Manoj Kumar Jain (IRAS: 2000) has been appointed as Executive Director (Engg/IT), FCI HQ under the Department of Food & Public Distribution, for a tenure of five years.
9. Pushpendra Rajput (IAS: 1999: HP) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare for a seven-year combined tenure.
10. Saurabh Jain (IAS: 2002: KL) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare for a tenure of five years.
11. Mihir Kumar (IDAS: 1996) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a tenure of five years.
12. Parthasarathi Gurrala, CSS, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, until superannuation.
13. Abhijit Sinha (IAS: 2000: NL) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a tenure of five years.
14. Vipul Aggarwal (IPS: 2001: GJ) has been appointed Principal Commissioner of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for an overall tenure of five years.
15. Jagannath Srinivasan (IPoS: 2002) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Justice for a tenure of five years.
16. Alok Mishra (IInfoS: 1998) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment for a tenure of five years.
17. Bhaskar Choradia (IRAS: 2000) has been appointed as Additional CPFC (Hq), Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), for a tenure of five years.
18. Sanjay Pandey (ICAS: 1994) has been appointed as FA & CAO, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), until superannuation.
19. Kunal Satyarthi (IFoS: 1997: HP) has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources for an overall tenure of seven years.
20. Mahabir Prasad (IRAS: 1998) has been appointed as Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Power, for a tenure of five years.
21. Ajeet Kumar Srivastava (IRAS: 1999) has been appointed Commissioner of the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for a tenure of five years.
22. Sarwesh Kumar Arya, CSS, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development for a tenure of five years.

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