AGMUT officers appointed as Joint Secys in Home Ministry

The Centre on Thursday carried out a reshuffle at the joint secretary level. Delhi’s Education Secretary and 1993 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre,  Punya Salila Srivastava and 1989 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Govind Mohan have been appointed in the Home Ministry.

Srivastava was also the member of the probe committee set up by the Delhi government to probe irregularities in DDCA. Mohan, a 1989-batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre, is at present Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).

Sunil Bharthwal, Joint Secretary in the Steel Ministry, has been moved to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA)  to succeed Mohan.  Lok Ranjan, currently Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

SC Barmma, currently working as Joint Secretary in the Department of Justice, has been appointed in the same capacity in the Ministry of Culture, for an overall tenure up to his superannuation on May 31, 2020, the order said.

Vikram Sahay, a 1992-batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), will be Joint Secretary, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting while IAS officer Bhawna Garg has been named Deputy Director General , UIDAI, Chandigarh under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.