22 officers appointed as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Govt of India

As many as 22 officers have been appointed at Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary equivalent level in the Govt of India. The officers are:

1. Atul Kumar Tiwari, IAS (KN:1990) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development vice Shri Santosh A. Mathew, IAS (BH:1985).
2. Ms. Anju Bhalla(CSS) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Science & Technology vice Ms. Anita Chauhan, (CSS).
3. Ms. Bharati, IFoS (SK:1992 ) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Ms. Jyoti Arora, IAS (HY:1987).
4. Govind Mohan, IAS (SK:1989) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs vice Shri Saurabh Garg, IAS (OR:1991).
5. Lok Ranjan, IAS (TR:1989) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Director (held by Shri Mihir Kumar, IDAS (1996).
6. Kishore B., IAS (AP:1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry,Dairying & Fisheries vice Dr. E. Ramesh Kumar, IAS (MP 1999).
7. Ram Krishna Khandelwal, IAS(BH:1989), appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution vice Shri Prashant Trivedi, IAS (UP:1989).
8. Kamal Datta, IFoS (UT:1994) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution vice Shri T.K. Manoj Kumar, IAS (KL:1987).
9. Ritesh Kumar Singh, IAS (KN:1996) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change vice Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, IAS (UP:1988).
10. Roshan Jaggi, IFoS (UT:1988) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH vice Shri Anurag Srivastava, IAS (UP:1992).
11. Ravinder Goyal, IRTS (1987) appointed as Advisor (JS level), NITI Aayog vice ShriAnil Kumar Jain, IAS (MP:1986).
12. Surendra Singh Meena, IAS (JH:1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment vice Ms. Ghazala Meenai, IA&AS (1985).
13. Sanjai Singh, ICAS (1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence vice Shri Deepak Anurag, IA&AS (1988).
14. Satinder Pal Singh, IPS (HP:1996) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping vice Shri Barun Mitra, IAS (MN:1987).
15. Amit Kumar Ghosh, IAS (UP:1994), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways vice Smt. Leena Nandan,IAS (UP:1987).
16. Anil Kumar Agarwal, IPS(UP:1988) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion vice Smt. Ravneet Kaur, IAS (PB:1988).
17. Vinod Kumar Jindal, ICoAS (1988) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs vice Shri Praveen Prakash, IAS (AP:1994).
18. Smt. Archana Varma, IAS (AM:1995), as Additional Secretary (JS level), Central Vigilance Commission vice Shri Salim Haque, IPoS (1984) by treating the post akin to Non-CSS.
19. Sandip Mukund Pradhan, IRS(IT:1990) appointed as DOG (JS level), Sports Authority of India (SAI) under the Department of Sports.
20. Anil Sant, IAS(UP:1988), presently working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has been appointed as Additional Registrar General (JS level).
21. Ms. Chhavi Jha, IRAS (1990), as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, from the date of assumption of charge of the post,  vice Shri Shlok Bhardwaj, liS (1995).
22. Rakesh Ranjan, IAS (MN:1992), presently working as Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, as Member Secretary (JS level), National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the Department of Pharmaceuticals vice Ms. Sharmila Mary Joseph, IAS (KL:1997).