In a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle, Arun Kumar Panda, a 1984-batch IAS Officer from Orissa cadre, has taken charge as the new Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Secretary, as earlier appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Panda comes in place of K K Jalan, a 1982-batch IAS Officer from Haryana cadre, who superannuated on June 30, 2017.
Arun Kumar Panda was the Additional Secretary of Department of Health and Family Welfare, dealing with drugs and food regulation.
Ministry of MSME bids farewell to Shri KK Jalan And welcomes Dr Arun K Panda as new Secretary MSME today pic.twitter.com/npuvLmiSnp
— Ministry of MSME (@minmsme) June 30, 2017
In a similar reshuffle, the Committee has also made 16 other new appointments as follows:
# Senior IAS Officer Rajiv Gauba, 1982-batch Jharkhand cadre, has been appointed as Union Home Secretary, replacing incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi who is set to retire in August 2017.
# NK Sinha, 1980-batch Bihar cadre officer has been posted as Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting against the vacancy created due to appointment of Ajay Mittal (1982-batch Himachal Pradesh cadre officer) as Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
# Aruna Sundararajan, 1982-batch Kerala cadre officer, has been appointed as Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
# Avinash K Srivastava (1982-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer) has been given the charge of secretary Department of Consumer Affairs.
# 1983-batch Assam cadre officer Jagdish Prasad Meena has been posted as Secretary in Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
# 1983-batch Haryana cadre officer Yudhvir Singh Malik has been posted as Secretary in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the existing vacancy.
# Subash C Garg, 1983-batch Rajasthan cadre officer, has been posted as Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs against existing vacancy.
# 1983-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre Rajeev Kapoor has been the charge of Secretary in the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.
# 1983-batch Maharashtra cadre officer Sanjeevanee Kutty has been posted as Secretary in the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare against the vacancy caused on superannuation of Prabhudayal Meena.
# 1984-batch Bihar cadre officer Deepak Kumar has been appointed as Chairman of National Highways Authority of India.
# Durga Shanker Mishra (1984-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer) has been given the charge of Secretary in Ministry of Urban Development.
# Bihar cadre officer (1984-batch) Ravi Kant has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Shipping in the vacancy caused due to repatriation of Rajive Kumar to his parent cadre.
# 1984-batch Kerala cadre officer has been appointed as Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
# Ajay Prakash Sawhney, 1984-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre officer, has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
# Ajay Kumar Bhalla (1984-batch Assam cadre officer) has been posted as Secretary in the Ministry of Power against the vacancy caused on superannuation of P K Pujari.
