12 IAS officers appointed as Secretary or equivalent, Govt of India

As many as 12 officers have been appointed to the post of Secretary or equivalent in the Govt of India. The officers are:

1. Smt. Anuradha Mitra, IP&TA&FS:82, currently posted as Member (Finance), Digital Communications Commission, D/o Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications as Secretary, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs against existing vacancy.
2. Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS (AM: 84), currently posted as Secretary, Ministry of Power appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Home Affairs with immediate effect.
3. Subhash Chandra Garg, IAS (RJ:83), currently posted as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Ajay Kumar Shalla, IAS (AM:84) on his appointment as OSD in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
4. Atanu Chakraborty, IAS (GJ:85), currently posted as Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance vice Subhash Chandra Garg, IAS (RJ:83) on his appointment as Secretary, Ministry of Power.
5. Anshu Prakash, IAS (UT:86), currently posted as Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication appointed as Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications vice Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, IAS (KL:82) on her superannuation on 31.07.2019.
6. Anil Kumar Khachi,IAS (HP:86), presently in the cadre, appointed as Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance vice Atanu Chakraborty, IAS (GJ:85) on his appointment as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.
7. R. S. Shukla, IAS (WB:86), presently in the cadre, appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs against existing vacancy.
8. G. V. Venugopala Sarma,IAS (OR:86), presently in the cadre, appointed as Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority in the rank and pay of Secretary by temporarily upgrading the post.
9. Guruprasad Mohapatra, IAS (GJ:86), currently posted as Chairman, Airports Authority of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation as Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry vice Ramesh Abhishek, IAS (SH:82) on hi superannuation on 31.07.2019.
10. Ravi Capoor, IAS (AM:86), presently in the cadre, appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles against existing vacancy.
11. Atul Chaturvedi, IAS (AM:86), Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry appointed as Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying vice Tarun Shridhar, IAS (HP:84) on his superannuation on 31.07.2019.
12. P.O. Vaghela, IAS (GJ:86), presently in the cadre, appointed as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers against existing vacancy.