27th, June, 2002
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension  


SENIOR LEVEL APPOINTMENTS


The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments: -

  1. Smt. Sarita Prasad, IAS (HP: 69), Chairperson, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention, as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment, vice Shri P.C. Rawal, IAS (UP: 69).
  2. Shri P.C. Rawal, IAS (UP: 69), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, as Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications.
  3. Shri R. Poornalingam, IAS (TN: 70), Additional Secretary, Department of Power, as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
  4. Shri Priyadarshi Thakur, IAS (RJ: 70), Managing Director, NAFED, to be upgraded in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
  5. Shri Prem Singh Rana, IAS (HP: 70), Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources, as Additional Secretary, Department of Land Resources vice Shri Mohan Kanda, IAS (AP: 68), completing his tenure on 30.6.2002.
  6. Shri Binod Kumar, IAS (NL: 70), Joint Director, LBSNAA to be upgraded as Special Director, LDSNAA in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary, for a period of six months.
  7. Shri D. K. Sankaran, IAS (MH: 70), presently in the cadre, as Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, vice Shri R. M. Prem Kumar, IAS (MH:68).
  8. Smt. Meenakshi Datta Ghosh, IAS (AGMU: 70), Joint Secretary, Department of Health as Project Director, NACO and Additional Secretary, Department of Health.
  9. Shri Ajit Kumar Jain, IAS (UP: 70), presently in the cadre, as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power, vice Shri R. Poornalingam, IAS (TN: 70).
  10. Shri S. Lakshminarayanan, IAS (MP: 70), Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology to be upgraded as Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology.
  11. Shri Vinod Kumar Malhotra, IAS (UP: 70), presently in the cadre, as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion vice Shri K. K. Jaswal, IAS (UP: 68).
  12. Shri Suresh Chandra, IAS (MH: 70), Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, as Development Commissioner for Small Scale Industries in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary vice Shri S. K. Tuteja, IAS (PB: 68)
  13. Smt. Sunila Basant, IAS (JH: 70), presently in the cadre, as Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
  14. Smt. P. Jyoti Rao, IAS (UL: 70), presently in the cadre, as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, by upgrading the post of JS and FA.
  15. Shri Somnath Pal, IC&CES (68), Joint Secretary, Department of Revenue, as Managing Director, TRIFED in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary vice Smt. Pratibha Karan, IAS (AGMU: 67).

16. Shri Anand Bordia, IC&CES (68), presently in the cadre, as Additional Secretary, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, vice Shri R.K. Chandra, IC&CES (67), on his appointment as Member, CBEC.