35 Officers appointed as Joint Secretary or equivalent, Govt of India

As many as 35 officers have been appointed to the post of Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary equivalent post in the Govt of India. The officers name are:
1. Sh. Franklin L Khobung, IFoS (GJ:1998), as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Ms. Namita J Priyadarshee, IFoS (RJ:1989). 2. Sh. Pankaj Yadav, lAS (HY:2001), as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Ms.
Shomita Biswas, IFoS (MH:1988).
3. Sh. Rahul Sharma, lAS (JH:1998), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri D Senthil Pandiyan, IAS(UD : 2002).
4. Sh. Ajay Yadav, lAS (TN:2006), as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of seven years upto 10/11/2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri
Amandeep Garg AS (HP:99).
5. Sh. Deepak Mishra, lFoS (KL:1996), as Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri
Kashi Nath Jha IP&TA&FS (1994).
6. Ms. Indu C Nair, IRAS (2001), as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of seven years upto 11/04/2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by temporarily upgrading the post of Director held by the officer, to be further adjustable against a regular vacancy of Joint Secretary in the Department.
7. Sh. Gurmeet Singh Chawla, IRAS (1998), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Partha Sarthi Sensharma, lAS
(UP: 94).
8. Ms. Mugdha Sinha, lAS (RJ:1999), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Madnesh Kumar Mishra, IRS (lT:1990);
9. Sh. Ajay Kumar, lAS (GJ:2006), as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 14/07/2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Sanjai
Singh, ICAS (1993).
10. Sh. Manoj Kumar Sahoo, lAS (UT:2006), as Joint Secretary, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of seven years upto 16/12/2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Arun Baroka, AS (UT:90).
11. Sh. D Senthil Pandiyan, lAS (UD : 2002), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 23/05/2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice
Ms. Indira Murthy, CSS.
12. Sh. Hanish Chhabra, lAS (TN:2006), as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of seven years upto 14/12/2022 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,
vice Ms. Manisha Sinha, IPoS (1992).
13. Ms. Surbhi Jam, IES (2001), as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 09/08/2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri
Anand Mohan Bajaj, IA&AS (90).
14. Sh. Ajay Bhadoo, lAS (GJ:1999), as Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 24/07/2024 or until further orders,
whichever is earlier, vice Shri Chandra Bhushan Kumar, lAS (UT:95);
15.  Appointment of Shri Akash Tripathi, lAS (MP:1998), as CEO, MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Abhishek
Singh, lAS (NL:95).
16. Sh. Satyajit Mishra, CSS, as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure up to his superannuation on 31/05/2027 or until further orders, whichever
is earlier, vice Shri Jigmet Takpa IFoS (JK:1990).
17. Sh. Mukesh Kumar Bansal, lAS (CG:2005), as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 10/03/2025 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,
vice Ms. Vandita Kaul, lPoS(1989).
18. Ms. T. J. Kavitha, IFoS (RJ:2000), as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Ms. Mukta Shekhar,
IRAS (1994).
19. Sh. Sachin Mittal, IPoS (2000), as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of seven years upto 21/06/2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Vikas Sheel, lAS (CG:94);
20. Sh. Manashvi Kumar, lAS (PB:2004), as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 14/03/2026 or until further orders, whichever is
earlier, vice Ms. Padmaja Singh, CSS.
21. Sh. Basant Garg, lAS (PB:2005), as Additional CEO, National Health Authority under the Department of Health & Family Welfare, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 10/09/2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, against an existing vacancy.
22. Sh. Hanif Qureshi, IPS (HY:1996), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Ms. Nidhi Chhibber, lAS (CG:94);
23.  Sh. Ravi Kumar Arora, lAS (GJ:2006), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 04/08/2024 or until further orders, whichever is
earlier, vice Shri Ved Prakash, IRSE (Civil) (1988);
24.  Appointment of Shri Deepak Agarwal, lAS (UP:2000), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Pankaj
Kumar Singh, IDAS (1994);
25.  Appintment of Shri Rahul Jam, lAS (MP : 2005), as Joint Secretary, Department of Investment & Public Asset Management, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 03/11/2024 or until further orders, whichever
is earlier, vice Shri D Bhatnagar, IRS (lT:88);
26.  Appointment of Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur, lAS (UT: 2006), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 11/03/2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,
vice Shri Ajay Tewari, lAS (AM:93).
27. Ms. Nandita Gupta, lAS (HP : 2001), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 14/12/2022 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice
Shri R.K. Gupta, CSS.
28. Ms. Farida Mahmood Naik, CSS, as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Satendra Singh, lAS (JH:1995);
29. Sh. Ajay Yadav, lAS (BH : 2005), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 11/12/2022, which is further extendable for two years on availability of Cadre Clearance or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Director in the Ministry to Joint Secretary level vice Ms. Vandana Kumar, IDAS (1992).
30. Rajat Kumar, lAS (CG:2005), as Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, from the date of assumption of the charge of the
post, for a combined tenure of five years upto 21/08/2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
31. Appointment of Ms. Priyanka Basu lngty, lAS (HP : 2004), as Regional Director (JS level), SSC, Kolkata under the Department of Personnel & Training, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of seven years upto 03/04/2023
or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by temporarily upgrading the post of Regional Director (Director level), SSC, Kolkata held by the officer to Joint Secretary level.
32. Sh. Mohammad Afzal, CPES (1995), as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, vice Shri Vishal Kapoor, IRSME (1995);
33. Amit Shukla, IFoS (TR:1999), as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for an overall tenure of five years upto 01/06/2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,
vice Shri Biswajit Banerjee, lFoS (UP:1991).
34.  Ms. Indira Murthy, CSS, as Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure upto her superannuation on 30/04/2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,
vice Shri Surendra Singh, lAS (JH:93);
35. Sh. Lochan Sehra, lAS (GJ:2002), as Joint Secretary, IN-SPACe, Ahmedabad, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, for a tenure of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.