Bihar government has decided to promote more than 30 IAS officers in the state. It has issued list of officers who would be promoted with effect from January, 1, 2027.
Among those promoted include senior officers Santosh Kumar Mall, Principal Secretary, Disaster Management Department and Pankaj Kumar, Principal Secretary, Home Department, who have been promoted to the top pay scale i.e. Additional Chief Secretary level.
Pankaj Kumar Pal, Secretary, Road Construction Department, has been promoted to higher administrative grade (Principal Secretary) from January 1, 2027. Himanshu Sharma, Special Secretary, Department of Science, Law and Technical Education, has been promoted to the secretary level.
Kapil, managing director of Confed, has also been promoted to the secretary level. Special Secretary Dr. Nilesh Ramchandra Deore has also been promoted to the secretary level.
Those promoted to the level of secretary include Ujjwal Kumar, special secretary of the rural development department, Naresh Jha, settlement officer of Katihar, Brajesh Kumar, settlement officer of Madhepura, Naveen Kumar, special secretary of the liquor, products and regulation department, special secretary of the tourism department Udayan Mishra.
DM of Nalanda Udita Singh, DM of Samastipur Roshan Kushwaha, DM of Gayaji Shashank Sudhakar, Additional Secretary of Panchayati Raj Department Aditya Prakash, Additional Secretary of Revenue and Land Reforms Department Amat Kumar Pandey, Municipal Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation, Yashpal Meena have been promoted to Special Secretary.
SBPDCL Managing Director Saurabh Jorwal, Bihar State Planning Board Shyam Bihari Prasad, Additional Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department Sanjay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Minor Water Resources Department Sangita Singh have been promoted to Special Secretary.
At the same time, Provident Fund Directorate Director Mukesh Kumar Singh, Mission Director, Bihar Mahadalit Vikas Mission, Gautam Paswan, Additional Secretary Youth, Employment and Skill Development, Ranjit Kumar, Additional Secretary Agriculture Department, Kalpana Kumari, Additional Secretary Transport Department Praveen Kumar have been promoted to Special Secretary.
Chief General Manager Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation, Mrutyunjay Kumar, Settlement Officer, Buxar Dr. Nandlal Arya, settlement functionary, Siwan, Sujit Kumar, IG jail Rajnish Kumar, general manager, Beltran, Rakesh Ranjan have been promoted to special secretary.
Additional Secretary, General Administration Department, Sanjay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Health Department, Shambhu Sharan, Additional Secretary Building Construction Department Rajesh Kumar Singh, Director, Audit, Sunil Kumar, Additional Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs Department, Rajesh Kumar, Additional Secretary and Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Madhav Kumar Singh have been promoted to Special Secretary.
Additional Secretary Science, Legal and Technical Education, Ahmed Mahmood, Director Midday Meal, Vinayak Mishra, Additional Secretary, Governor's Secretariat, Suman Kumar, Additional Secretary Rural Affairs Department, Kumar Mangalam, Secretary, Bihar State Disaster Management Department Authority, Warish Khan, Additional Secretary, Agriculture Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Labour Commissioner, Rajesh Bharti and Administrator of Bihar State Road Transport Corporation Atul Kumar Verma have been promoted to Special Secretary.
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