In a major reshuffle on Monday, the Kerala government appointed B. Ashok, a 1998 batch IAS officer whose suspension was lifted on June 6, as Principal Secretary of the Higher Education department.
N. Prashanth, the other IAS officer whose suspension also was revoked on June 6, has been posted as Special Secretary, Sports department. He has also been given additional charge of Special Secretary, Youth Affairs, Zoos, Museum, Archaeology, and Archives departments.
Rathan U. Kelkar, who was appointed as Secretary to the Chief Minister, will hold additional charge as Secretary to the newly-formed Department for the Welfare of the Elderly, as well as the departments of Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation and Information and Public Relations.
Bishwanath Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Vigilance), will now hold full additional charges of the Coir Development and Housing departments in addition to his existing charge of the Water Resources department.
K.R. Jyothilal, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance), will assume full additional charge of the Planning and Economic Affairs department and Member-Secretary, Kerala State Planning Board. He will continue to hold the additional charges of the Taxes department, Rebuild Kerala Initiative and Public Procurement Advisory department. Rajan N. Khobragade, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), will continue to hold the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, AYUSH department.
M. G. Rajamanickam has been appointed the new Chairman and Managing Director of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). He will also hold the additional charge of Secretary for the Power, Environment and Parliamentary Affairs departments. The current KSEB CMD, Minhaj Alam, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary for the Agriculture department and the Agriculture Production Commission.
Raju Narayanaswamy has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary of the Sainik Welfare department. Sharmila Mary Joseph is the new Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare department and will hold full additional charges of the Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department.
Tinku Biswal will continue to hold the additional charge of Director General at the Institute of Management in Government.
Biju K. has been posted as Secretary of the Forests and Wildlife Department. He will hold full additional charges of the Skill Development and Cashew departments, in addition to his existing additional charges of the General Administration and Tourism departments.
T.V. Anupama has been transferred and posted as Secretary of the Transport Department. In addition to her existing additional charges of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development and Backward Classes Development, she will now also hold the full additional charge of Airports, Metro Rail, Personnel and Administrative Reforms.
Adeela Abdulla has been posted as Special Secretary, Public Works. Jeevan Babu has been posted as Special Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management. Suhas S. has been appointed as the new Special Secretary, Water Resources department, while Shanavas S. has been posted as Special Secretary, Local Self Government department. Mr. Shanavas will also hold full additional charges of Managing Director, Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala Ltd., and Special Officer, Capital Region Development Project.
Divya S. Iyer has been appointed Principal Director of the Local-Self Government department. T.V. Subhash is now the Special Secretary of the Agriculture department. Afsana Perween has been promoted to Director of Collegiate Education and will also hold the full additional charge of Controller of Entrance Examinations. Geromic George has been appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Finance (Expenditure) department. He will hold the full additional charge of Managing Director of Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd and Chief Executive Officer of the Kerala Maritime Board.
Asif K. Yusuf has been appointed the new Director of NORKA. Snehil Kumar Singh has been appointed the new Director of General Education and will also hold the full additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, Education Rejuvenation Mission. Prem Krishnan S. has been posted as Registrar of Cooperative Societies.
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