13 Officers appointed to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent, Govt of India

As many as 13 officers have been appointed to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Govt of India. The officers are:
1. Sh. Asangba Chuba Ao, IAS (BH : 2003), appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation vice Ms. Usha Padhee, IAS (OD:1 996).
2. Sh. Ajit Bhalchandra Chavan, CSS, appointed as Addl. CEO, GeM SPV, Department of Commerce vice Sh Deepak Kapoor IA&AS (1998).
3. Sh. Vishwesh Negi, IFS (2002), appointed as OSD (JS level), Department of Defence vice Sh. Somnath Ghosh, IFS (1997).
4. Sh. Jayant Kumar, IRSME (1995), appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production Sh. Puneet Agarwal, IAS (TR:1998);
5. Sh. Shalabh Tyagi, IRSEE (1997), appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production vice Sh. Chandraker Bharti, IAS (UT:1996).
6. Sh. Sanjog Kapoor, IRS (IT) (1999), appointed as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Education, vice Ms. Darshana Momaya Dabral, IP&TA&FS (1990).
7. Sh. Vinit Kumar, IRSEE (1994), appointed as CEO, Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise vice Ms. Preeta Verma, IPS (BH:1991).
8. Ms. Indu Rani Dubey, IRTS (1994), appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs vice Ms. Nigar Fatima Husain, IDES
(1996).
9. Som Dutt Sharma, CSS, appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training.
10. Sh. P. Manoj Kumar, ISS (1998), appointed as DG, Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas vice Sh. Praveen Mal Khanooja, IA&AS (1994).
11. Sh. R Lakshmanan, IAS (BH : 2004), appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways vice Sh. Vikram Singh, IRTS (1997).
12. Ms. Hena Usman, IPoS (1999), appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, vice Shri A.K.
Tiwari, IAS (KN:90).
13. Sh. Prem Kumar Jha, IFoS (00 : 1993), appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Sports  vice Shri Siddhartha Singh Longjam, IA&AS (1994).