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

As many as 31 officers have been appointed to the post of Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary equivalent in the Govt of India. The officers are:

1. Bharat H. Khera, IAS (HP:1995) appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat vice Chandra Shekhar Kumar, IAS(OD:92).
2. Vimalendra Anand Patwardhan, IA&AS (1996) appointed as Joint Secretary & Financial Adiser, Ministry of Civil Aviation vice Arun Kumar, IAS (HY:89).
3. Nagaraju Maddirala, IAS (TR :1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, vice Ashish Upadhyay, IAS (MP:89).
4. S. Suresh Kumar, IAS (AP:2000), as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce vice Rajneesh, IAS (HP:1997).
5. Vineet Mathur, IPoS(1994) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs by upgrading a vacant post of Director and to be adjusted against the next likely vacancy of JS in the department.
6. Ms. Sanjukta Mudgal, IFoS (MP:1990) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture vice Pranav Khullar, IP&TA&FS(1993).
7. Puneet Agarwal, IAS (TR:1998) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production vice Shantanu, IAS (TR:97).
8. Vishal Gagan, IAS (00:1998) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence vice Bharat H. Khera, IAS (HP:95).
9. Subodh Kumar Singh, IAS (CG:1997) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution vice Suresh Kumar Vashist, IAS (OD:1998).
10. Nipun Vinayak, IAS (MH:2001) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare vice Sudhansh Pant, IAS (RJ:1991).
11. Ms. Padmaja Singh, CSS appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare vice Ms. Vandana Gurnani,
    IAS (KN:1991).
12. Chandra Shekhar Kumar, IAS (00:1992) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education by upgrading a vacant post of Director in the Department and to be adjusted against the next likely vacancy of JS in the department.
13. Ashok Kumar Parmar, IAS (JK:1992) appointed as Advisor (JS level), Inter State Council Secretariat(ISCS) under the Ministry of Home Affairs vice R. Rajagopal, IAS (TN:84).
14. Ashutosh Agnihotri, IAS (AM:1999) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs vice SCL Das, IAS (AGMUT:92).
15. Pravash Prashun Pandey, IRPS (1992) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Justice vice Sadanand V. Date, IPS(MH:90);
16. Shantanu, IAS (TR:1997) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Military Affairs.
17. Rajeev Singh Thakur, IAS (RJ:1995) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Military Affairs.
18. R.K. Khandelwal, IAS (BH:1989) appointed as Joint Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) under the Ministry of Home Affairs vice Dilip Kumar, IAS (PB:95).
19. Ms. Meenakshi Jolly, CSS appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Official Language vice J P Agrawal, CSS.
20. Ms. Meena Balimane Sharma, IDES(1992) appointed as Additional Secretary (JS level), Central Information Commission under the Department of Personnel & Training vice Shanti Priye Beck, IRSSE (1992).
21. Tanmay Kumar, IAS (RJ:1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Arun Kumar Verma, IFoS (GJ:1986).
22. Manoj Sahay, IA&AS (1994) appointed as Director(A&F), NHIDCL (JS level), under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways vice Satya Brata Sahu, IAS(OD:91).
23. Ashish Kumar Goel, IAS (UP:1995) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development vice Kamran Rizvi, lAS (UP:91).
24. Santosh Kumar Yadav, IAS (UP:1995) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy Sanjay Kumar,
    IAS(NL:92).
25. Balachandra Subramoney Iyer, IRPS (1994) appointed as Deputy Director General (JS level), Department of Telecommunications vice R K Khandelwal, IAS (BH:89).
26. Hari Ranjan Rao, IAS (MP:1994), as Joint Secretary, Department of Telecommunications vice Amit Yadav, IAS (AGMUT:91).
27. Rakesh Kumar Verma, IAS (PB :1993) appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism vice B. Suman, lAS (KL: 1996).
28. Subodh Yadav, lAS (KN:1999) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation vice Akhil Kumar, IPS (UP:94).
29. Vinayan J., IRTS (1994) appointed as ED(Admin), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) (JS level), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation vice Rajiv Kishore, IRPS (1988).
30. Ashok Kumar Singh, IAS (KL:1999) appointed as ED(Projects), National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) (JS level), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation presently under additional charge with Shri G Asok Kumar, IAS(TG:91).
31. Manoj Sethi, ICAS (1993) appointed as Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Ms.Kiran Soni Gupta, IAS (RJ:85).