In a significant administrative overhaul, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has cleared the appointment of several senior officers to Joint Secretary-level positions across various central ministries and departments. This reshuffle aims to bring fresh leadership and administrative efficiency to strategic sectors of governance. Below are the newly appointed officers and their respective postings:

• Anbalagan P (IAS: 2004: CG) – Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, replacing Yogita Rana (IAS: 2003: CG).
  
• Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (IAS: 2002: BH) – Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, replacing Muktanand Agarwal (IAS: 2008: RJ).
  
• Muthukumarasamy B (IAS: 2007: UP) – Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, replacing Chauhan Sarita Chand (IAS: 1999: UT).
  
• Sandeep Raj (IRS IT: 1998) – Joint Secretary & FA, Department of Atomic Energy, replacing Rajeev Kumar Mital (IAS: 1998: MH).
  
• Alarmelmangai D (IAS: 2004: CG) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, replacing Bhavna Saxena (IPS: 1996: AP).

• Nishtha Upadhyay (IDAS: 1999) – Additional CEO, GeM, Department of Commerce, replacing Prakash Mirani (IRSS: 1989).
  
• Vrunda Manohar Desai (IRS IT: 2003) – Additional DGFT, DGFT, Department of Commerce, replacing Gangadhar Panda (IRS IT: 1993).
  
• Raman Kumar (IAS: 2009: BH) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, replacing Pankaj Kumar Bansal (IAS: 1997: TN).
  
• Ishita Ganguli Tripathy (IES: 1999) – Joint Secretary & Add. FA, Ministry of Defence, replacing Rajesh Sharma (IDAS: 1992).

• Manisha Chandra (IAS: 2004: GJ) – Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production, replacing Jayant Kumar (IRSME: 1996).
  
• Meera Mohanty (IAS: 2005: HP) – Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production, replacing Shalabh Tyagi (IRSEE: 1997).
  
• Vyasan R (IAS: 2007: NL) – Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, replacing Solomon Arokiaraj (IAS: 2000: AP).
  
• Bhanu Prakash Yeturu (IAS: 2003: RJ) – Deputy Election Commissioner, ECI, replacing Hirdesh Kumar (IAS: 1999: AGMUT).
  
• Ajit Kumar (IAS: 2006: KL) – Joint Secretary, MeitY, replacing Amitesh Kumar Sinha (IRAS: 1997).

• Amod Kumar (IAS: 1995: UP) – Joint Secretary, MeitY, replacing Sanket S Bondve (IAS: 2007: MP).
  
• Sumita Singh (CSS) – Joint Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
  
• Chinmay Pundlikrao Gotmare (IAS: 2009: AM) – Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure.
  
• More Ashish Madhaorao (IAS: 2005: UT) – Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, replacing Mukesh Kumar Bansal (IAS: 2005: CG).
  
• Anshul Mishra (IAS: 2004: TN) – Additional Director (Admin), AIIMS Delhi, replacing Karan Singh (IRTS: 1999).

• Umesh Balonda (IRSSE: 1997) – Secretary, NCAHP, MoHFW, replacing Arvind Kumar, CSS.
  
• Smita Srivastava (IRSEE: 1997) – Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education.
  
• S Rakesh Kumar (IFoS: 2003: UT) – Advisor (JS Level), NDMA, replacing Vinod Kotwal (IP&TA&FS: 1994).
  
• Vinay Kumar Singh (IRS C&IT: 1997) – FA (JS Level), BSF, replacing Sanjay Upreti (IRAS: 1990).
  
• Saidingpuii Chhakchhuak (IAS: 2008: GJ) – Joint Secretary, NHRC, replacing Devendra Kumar Nim (IP&TA&FS: 1993).

• Krishna Kumar Nirala (IAS: 2005: GJ) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, replacing Sanjiv Shankar (IRS IT: 1993).
  
• Ashutosh A T Pednekar (IAS: 2002: RJ) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, replacing Rupesh Kumar Thakur (IAS: 2006: UT).
  
• Milind Dharmao Ramteke (IAS: 2009: TR) – Joint Secretary, MSME Ministry.
  
• Bagadi Gautham (IAS: 2009: KN) – Professor (JS level), LBSNAA, Department of Personnel & Training.
  
• Pemba Shering Bhutia (CSS) – Additional Secretary (JS level), CIC, DoPT, replacing Roop Avtar Kaur (IFoS: 2000: JK).

• Sai Ahlladini Panda (IA&AS: 2000) – Member Secretary (JS level), NPPA, replacing Vinod Kotwal (IP&TA&FS: 1994).
  
• Nidhi Kesarwani (IAS: 2004: MN) – Joint Secretary, DPIIT, replacing E Srinivas (IRSSE: 1995).
  
• Rajesh Malik (IRSME: 1994) – CEO (JS level), NHLML, MoRTH.
  
• Swarnashree Rao Rajashekar (IDAS: 1997) – Joint Secretary, Department of Space, replacing Subramanyam Manchikanti (IRS C&IT: 1990).
  
• Vineel Krishna Ravella (IAS: 2005: OD) – Joint Secretary, Department of Sports.

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• Parveen Kumar Thind (IAS: 2007: PB) – Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment.
  
• Latha Ganapathy (IAS: 2007: TN) – Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, replacing Amit Kumar Ghosh (IAS: 1994: UP).
  
• Supreet Singh Gulati (IAS: 2008: GJ) – Joint Secretary, MoSPI, replacing Tanweer Qamar Mohammad (IPoS: 1994).
  
• Daya Nidhan Pandey (IAS: 2006: BH) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, replacing Sanjay Roy (IInfoS: 1997).
  
• Sunil Kumar Ranjan (CSS) – Deputy Director General (JS level), DoT, replacing Balachandra Subramoney Iyer (IRPS: 1994).
  
• Gaurav Masaldan (IRS C&IT: 1998) – Joint Secretary & FA, Department of Water Resources, replacing Richa Misra (IDAS: 1996).
  
• Radhika Chakravarthy B (IPoS: 1996) – Joint Secretary, NCW, replacing A Asholi Chalai, CSS.
  

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