The Government of India has appointed 22 new Joint Secretaries. The new appointees are:

• Ravi Agrawal, a 1988 batch IAS officer, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Disinvestment. He has replaced Kumar Sanjay Krishna, who is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
• Sanjiv Kumar, a 1992 batch IAS officer of Union Territory cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Revenue replacing Arun Goel, who is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
• Vandana Gurnani, a 1991 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Health & Family Welfare, replacing Nikunj Bihari Dhal, who is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
• Manoj Joshi, a 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME). He has replaced S N Tripathi, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
• U K S Chauhan, a 1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), replacing Rakesh Singh, who is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
• Satyendra Garg, a 1987 batch IPS officer of Union Territory cadre, has also been appointed as Joint Secretary in the MHA. He replaces Shambhu Singh, a 1986 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.
• Pradeep Gupta, a 1985 batch IOFS officer, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in MHA. He has replaced K K Pathak, who is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
• T V S N Prasad, a 1988 batch IAS officer of Hyderabad cadre, has also been appointed Joint Secretary in MHA , replacing Bhagwan Shankar, who is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
• Amrit Abhijat, a 1995 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Housing & Poverty Alleviation. He has replaced Sanjeev Kumar, a 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
• Kalpana Awasthi, a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion. She has replaced Subhara Singh, a 1989 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
• I S Chahal, a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, replacing Neerja Shekhar, who is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Hyderabad cadre.
• Pankaj Jain, a 1990 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services. He has replaced Anup Wadhawan, a 1985 batch IAS officer.
• Abhay Damle, IRS (IT:1989), has been appointed as Joint Secreatry in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. He has replaced S Bandhopadhya, a 1988 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
• Pravir Krishna, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping vice N Muruganandan, a 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
• A J V Prasad, a 1986 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
• Ashwani Kumar, IRS (IT: 1988), has been appointed as additional Financial Adviser and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence (Finance), replacing Prem Kumar Kataria, IA&AS, 1985 batch.
• T C A Kalyani, a 1991 batch ICAS officer, has been appointed as Joint Secretary and Finacial Adviser in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowement, replacing Kiran Puri, a 1988 batch CSS officer.
• M C Luther, a 2000 batch CSS officer, has been appointed as Protectant General of Emigrants (JS level), Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, replacing Mohanish Verma, IRS (IT: 1987).
• Kiran Puri (CSS: 1998), has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, replacing Aditya Joshi (IRAS: 1995).
• Sandeep Saxena, a 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner (JS level), ECI. He has replaced R Balakrishanan, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
• Rachna Shah, a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Food & Public Distribution. She has replaced U K S Chauhan, who is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
• Anita Chauhan (CSS:1998), has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Science & Technology. She has replaced Sanjay Prasad, a 1995 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

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