Major reshuffle at Secretary level appointments in key Departments

Government of India has brought about a major reshuffle at the secretary level appointments in key departments.

The New Secretary Appointments are as follows.

  • CR Viswanath – Department of Consumer Affairs.
  • Vrinda Sarup – Department of Food and Public Distribution.
  • Subhas Chandra Khuntia – Department of School Education and Literacy in the HRD Ministry.
  • Anuj Kumar Bishnoi – Department of Fertilizers.
  • Shashi Shekhar – Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Secretary.
  • Anil Kumar Agarwal – Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
  • Rita A Teaotia – Commerce Secretary.
  • Anup K Pujari – MSME Secretary.
  • Pradeep Kumar Pujari – Power Secretary.
  • Vinay Sheel Oberoi – Department of Higher Education, in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
  • V. Somasundaran – Child Development Secretary.
  • Rajiv Nayan Choubey – Civil Aviation Secretary.
  • Satya Narayan Mohanty – National Human Rights Commission
  • Balvender Kumar – Mines Secretary

A total of 17 Secretary-level new appointments have been cleared by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.