21 officers appointed Addl Secretaries, 19 officers' posts undraded

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the  appointment of 40 officers as Additional Secretaries. Among these 19 posts have been upgraded to Addl Secretaries. Accordingly, i.Talleen Kumar, lAS (WB:87), will join as  Member Finance, Space Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India. The officer would also hold additional charge of Member Finance, Earth Commission and Atomic Energy Commission (with Headquarters at New Delhi). ii.Chandrashekhar Mohapatra, IES (86) as Additional Secretary, GST Council Secretariat, Department of Revenue. iii.  Rohit Kumar Singh, lAS (RJ:89), as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Culture. iv.  Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia, lAS (JH:90), Additional Secretary,  as Director General, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, Ministry of Labour and Employment. v. Saurabh Garg, lAS (OR:91), as Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. vi. Ms. Rachna Shah, lAS (KL:91), Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. vii.Alkesh Kumar Sharma, lAS (KL:90), as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat viii Shashi Ranjan Kumar, lAS (TR:92) as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Textiles. ix. Ms. Deepti Umashankar, lAS (HY:93), as Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training  x. Ms. Sukriti Likhi, lAS (HY:93), Additional Secretary, as Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Steel. xi Sanjeev Kumar, lAS (MH:93), as Chairman, Airports Authority of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. xii.  Prashant Kumar Singh, lAS (MN:93),  as Chief Executive Officer, Government c-Marketplace Special Purpose Vehicle, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. xiii. Surendra Kumar Bagde, lAS (MH:93), as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. xiv. Ms. Richa Sharma, lAS (CG:94), as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. xv. Vivek Aggarwal, lAS (MP:94), as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare. xvi.  Santosh Kumar Sarangi, lAS (OR:94), as Additional Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education. The officer will also hold the additional charge of the post of Chairman, National Council for Teacher Education. xvii. Ms. Nidhi Chhibber, lAS (CG:94), as Additional Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, xviii. Sanjay Lohiya, lAS (AM:94), as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines. xix. Ms. Leena John, lAS (UP:94), as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Rural Development. xx. Partha Sarthi Sensharma, lAS (UP:94), as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Culture.xxi. Atish Chandra, lAS (BH:94), as Chairman & Managing Director, Food Corporation of India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. xxii.  Amar Nath, lAS (UT:94), as Additional Secretary, Ministry Petroleum & Natural Gas.

 The ACC has also approved in-situ upgradation of 19 officers to the level of Additional Secretary, as a measure personal to the officer, by temporarily upgrading the posts held by them:  Prasanta Kumar Swain, IPoS:87, as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.  Sundeep Kumar Nayak, lAS (JK:88), Managing Director, National Cooperative Development Corporation, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  iii.Anil Kumar Agarwal, IPS (UP:88), as Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. iv.  Ram K Khandelwal, lAS (BH:89), as Additional Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs.  v. Alok Saxena, IPoS:89, Jas Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. vi.  Rajinder Kumar Kashyap, IPoS:89,  as Additional Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice. vii. Ms. Vandita Kaul, IPoS:89, as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. viii. Ms. Ruchika Chaudhry, IRS (IT:90), as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Steel. ix. Sanjay Prasad, IRS (IT:90), as Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. x.  Sandip Pradhan, IRS (IT:90), Director General, Sports Authority of India, Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. xi. Praveen Vashista, IPS (BH:91), as Additional Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs. xii.  Suchindra Misra, IDAS:92,  as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. xiii. Ms. Anuradha Thakur, lAS (HP:94),  as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. xiv. Rajesh Agarwal, lAS (MN:94), Executive Director, India Trade Promotion Organization, Ministry of Commerce and Industry  in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. xv.  Arvind Shrivastava, lAS (KN:94),  as Additional Secretary, Prime Minister's Office. xvi. Ms. P. Amudha, lAS (TN:94),as Additional Secretary, Prime Minister's Office. xvii. Ms. Vennecaganti Radha, lAS (MH:94),  as Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. xviii. Vikas Sheel, lAS (CG:94), as Additional Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.  and xix.  Piyush Goyal, lAS (NL:94), as Additional Secretary,in MHA.