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New assignments for two Department of Health officials

IASIn a minor reshuffle in the Government of India, two senior IAS officials in the Department of Health & Family Welfare have been appointed as Joint Secretary and Senior Deputy Director General.


K Rajeshwar Rao, a 1988-batch IAS officer has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Health & Family Welfare Department.

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Rao replaced 1992-batch IAS officer Rakesh Kumar who has been appointed as Senior Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research under Department of Health Research. Kumar replaced 1990-batch IAS officer T S Jawahar.


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