In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, senior IAS officers Amit Khare, Anup Wadhawan and MM Kutty have been appointed as secretaries in the Ministries of Information & Broadcasting, Commerce and Petroleum respectively as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre on Friday. Rina Ray is the new Secretary in the Department of School Education and literacy.
As per the order issued by Ministry of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Atanu Chakraborty, a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, will be Secretary, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management. He is at present Director General of Hydrocarbons.
Khare, a 1985-batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer, is at present serving in his cadre state Jharkhand. He will take over the charge from incumbent NK Sinha, who superannuates on May 31.
Wadhawan, the Special Secretary in Departnment of Commerce, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the same department.
The officer will take over as Secretary, the Commerce Ministry, on superannuation of Rita Teotia, on July 31, the order said.
Kutty, a 1985 batch, IAS, the Special Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, will take charge of the Petroleum Ministry
from KD Tripathi after his retirement on June 30, 2018. Kutty has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, it said.
Ray will succeed Anil Swarup as Secretary, the Department of School Education & literacy. She is at present Special Secretary in the same department. Swarup superannuates on June 30.
Binoy Kumar has been named the Steel Secretary. He will take over the charge from Aruna Sharma who completes her term on August 31. Kumar has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Steel.