Mr. Sailesh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1985 batch (Assam-Meghalaya cadre), Mr. Sailesh will succeed Mr. C. Chandramouli, IAS (TN:1985) on his completion of tenure today. The appointment is for a period til July 28, 2017 or until further orders.

Other Appointments

• The Appointments Committee of theCabinet (ACC) had also approved the assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries to Mr. Siraj Hussain, IAS, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare during the absence on leave of Mr. Ranglal Jamuda, IAS.
• Appointment of Shri Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion as CEO, NITI Aayog, after his superannuation. .