The Centre on Friday effected a bureaucratic reshuffle with senior IAS officer T Jacob appointed as Secretary of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Nutan Guha Biswas as Chairperson of the Inland Waterways of India in the rank of a secretary.
Jacob, a 1984 batch Tamil Nadu cadre officer, has been serving as Additional Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training and now in the UPSC he will in the rank of an Additional Secretary.
Biswas, currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, has been appointed as Chairperson, Inland Waterways of India in the rank of a Secretary.
Biswas, a 1983 batch Union Territory cadre IAS officer, will continue in her new assignment till July 31, 2018 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Amitabh Verma, Chair-man, Inland Waterways of India under the Ministry of Shipping, has been repatriated to his parent cadre Bihar with immediate effect.
Vandita Sharma, member (Finance), Atomic Energy/ Earth Commission, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Department of Space in place of A Vijay Anand, who had retired. Sharma is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, the order said.
Bala Prasad, presently on compulsory wait, has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj in place of A K Goyal, who had retired. Prasad is an Indian Forest Service Officer of Manipur cadre.