10 IAS officers appointed to the post of Secretary or equivalent in the Govt of India

As many as 10 officers have been appointed to the post of Secretary or equivalent in the Govt of India. The officers are:

1. Braj Raj Sharma, IAS (JK:84), Secretary, Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs appointed as Chairman, Staff Selection Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary.
2. Sanjeev Gupta, IAS (HP:85), Special Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs appointed as Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs.
3. Sailesh, IAS (AM:85), Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs appointed as Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
4. Alok Tandon, IAS (UP:86), presently in the Cadre, appointed as Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. The officer will hold the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare.
5. Sanjeev Nandan Sahai, IAS (UT:86), Special Secretary, Ministry of Power appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Subhash Chandra Garg, IAS (RJ:83) upon his retirement on 31.10.2019.
6. Pramod K,umar Das, IAS (MP:86), Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs vice Shri Sailesh, IAS (AM:85) on his appointment as Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises.
7. Nagendra Nath Sinha, IAS (JH:87), Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways appointed as Secretary, Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs vice Braj Raj Sharma, IAS (JK:84) on his appointment as Chairman, Staff Selection Commission.
8. Tuhin Kanta Pandey, IAS (OR:87), presently in the Cadre, appointed as Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance vice Shri Anil Kumar Khachi, IAS (HP:86) on his repatriation to his parent cadre on personal grounds with immediate effect.
9. Pankaj Kumar, IAS (NL:87), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology appointed as CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank and pay of Secretary by temporarily upgrading the post.
10. Rajesh Bhushan, IAS (BH:87), Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat appointed as Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat.