In a reshuffle of the top bureaucracy, the Government on Wednesday shifted 19 secretaries of various ministries and departments. Among the prominent changes was Coal Secretary Anil Swarup, shifted to Department of School Education and literacy following the repatriation of the present incumbent SC Khuntia to his cadre. Swarup will be replaced by Susheel Kumar, currently serving as Secretary, Department of Border Management in Ministry of Home Affairs. Sanjeevanee Kutty, Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, MHA will replace Kumar.
Among others who were shifted were Sports Secretary Rajiv Yadav to Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs against the vacancy of Prabhas Kumar Jha who was moved to Department of Official languages, MHA. Jha replaces Anoop Kumar Sriwastava, who will be OSD in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The officer will take over as Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs on superannuation of the present incumbent Shyam S. Agarwal.
The current National Highway Authority of India chairman Raghav Chandra was shifted to National Commission for Schedule Tribe as Secretary, he will be replaced by Yudhvir Singh Malik currently Special Secretary, NITI Aayog. Ameising luikham, Secretary Department of Public Enterprises will be the Officer on Duty in Minority Affairs. He will be replace by Seema Bahuguna, at present Special Secretary & Financial Adviser in Department of Rural Development. K.P Krishnan was appointed as the new Skill Development Secretary.
Rajeev Kapoor, Director, lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie will be Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He will be replaced by Upma Chaudhary. N.S. Kang, Secretary and Director General, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has been shifted as Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
Asha Ram Sihag, Secretary, Union Public Service Commission will be Secretary, Coordination and Public Grievances, Cabinet Secretariat while Injeti Srinivas, Director General, Sports Authority of India will now be Secretary, Department of Sports-cum-DG SAI.
Kewal Kumar Sharma will be the new OSD in the Department of Higher Education and will take over as Secretary on superannuation of the present incumbent Vinay Sheel Oberoi. Bharati S. Sihag at present Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Steel will be OSD in the Department of Fertilisers. Preeti Sudan, Special Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development will be Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution.