The Appointment Committee of Cabinet has approved the following appointments of Secretary or Secretary equivalent post in the Govt of India.
- N. K. Sinha, IAS (BH:80), presently Secretary in the Ministry of Culture appointed as Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
- Rajiv Gauba, IAS (JH:82), presently Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development appointed as Officer on Special Duty
in the Ministry of Home Affairs. The officer will take over as Home Secretary on completion of tenure of the present incumbent Shri Rajiv Mehrishi on 30.08.2017. - Ajay Mittal, IAS (HP:82), presently Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting appointed as Secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training.
- Smt Aruna Sundararajan, IAS (KL:82), presently Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology appointed as Secretary, Department of Telecommunications in the existing vacancy.
- Avinash K Srivastava, IAS (UP 82), presently Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries appointed as Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs.
- Yudhvir Singh Malik, IAS (HY:83), presently Chairman in the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in the existing vacancy.
- Subash C Garg, IAS (RJ:83), Executive Director in the World Bank appointed as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs in the existing vacancy.
- Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS (AM:83), presently Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
- Rajeev Kapoor, IAS (UP 83), presently Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy appointed as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals in the existing vacancy.
- Smt Sanjeevanee Kutty, IAS (MH:83), Secretary in Border Management appointed as Secretary, Department of
Ex-Servicemen Welfare. - Deepak Kumar, IAS (BH:84), Director General, ESIC appointed as Chairman, National Highways Authority of India(NHAI).
- Durga Shanker Mishra, IAS (UP 84), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development.
- Arun Kumar Panda, IAS (OR 84), Additional Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- Ravi Kant, IAS (BH 84), Additional Secretary, Department of Defence as Secretary, Ministry of Shipping in the vacancy caused due to repatriation of Shri Rajive Kumar, lAS (UP 81) to his cadre.
- Anand Kumar, IAS (KL 84), MD, National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited appointed as Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.
- Ajay Prakash Sawhney, IAS (AP 84), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
- Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS (AM:84), Director General, Foreign Trade appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Power.
