The Centre on Monday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle and made some key appointments. Former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor has been appointed as an advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while senior IAS officer Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation.
Kapoor, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, superannuated as the secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on November 30, 2021.
Kumar, a 1988-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, is currently Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
He has been appointed as the Cooperation Secretary in place of Devendra Kumar Singh, who has been named National Human Rights Commission Secretary General.
Senior bureaucrats Hari Ranjan Rao and Atish Chandra were also appointed as additional secretaries in the PMO.
Rao, a 1994-batch lAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently Administrator, Universal Services Obligation Fund in the Department of Telecommunications and his batchmate from the Bihar cadre, Chandra is currently Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Food Corporation of India, Department of Food and Public Distribution.
Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat will be Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Meity), an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
While Pradip Kumar Tripathi, Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), has been moved as Secretary, (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat in place of Sharma, S Radha Chauhan, a 1988-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre will be the new DoPT Secretary in place of Tripathi.
Neel Kamal Darbari, Managing Director, Small Farmers' Agri Business Consortium, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has been appointed as chairperson, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention in the rank
and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.
Sanjay Kumar, a 1990-batch IAS officer
currently serving in his cadre state of Bihar, will be Secretary, Department of Youth
Affairs.
S K G Rahate, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power has been appointed as Secretary, Department
of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice.