Overview
- Manish Bhardwaj, a 1997-batch IAS officer from Gujarat, has been appointed Secretary of the National Disaster Management Authority under the Home Ministry.
- A. Anbarasu of the AGMUT cadre is the new Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition) in the Defence Ministry, and Pawan Kumar Sharma receives an in-situ upgrade to Additional Secretary in the same ministry.
- Gyanesh Bharti moves to the Election Commission of India as Deputy Election Commissioner, with Lav Aggarwal taking charge as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- Hirdesh Kumar has been cleared to serve as CEO of NATGRID in the Home Ministry, and IPS officer Akhil Kumar becomes Managing Director and CEO of the Digital India Corporation.
- Other notable shifts include Sanjay Rastogi to Director General of the National Archives of India, Sunil Kumar Barnwal to CEO of the National Health Authority, Sudeep Jain as Member Secretary of the National Commission for Women, Anil Kumar Singhal to CEO of the National Rainfed Area Authority, Akash Tripathi to head SECI, and Diwakar Nath Misra as Additional Secretary in Revenue, with Shantanu receiving an in-situ upgrade in DoNER.