Sibi George (IFS:1993) Ambassador of India to Japan has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Republic of Marshall Islands with residence in Tokyo.

Pankaj Kumar Singh, (IPS:1988:RJ) Former DG BSF leading the race for the post of next Deputy National Security Advisor. Three names from IB are also in the race – A S Rajan IPS, Manmohan Singh IPS and N K Mishra IPS.

M Ajit Kumar, IRS (C&CE:1984) Chairman, CBIC(R) has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Chennai.

A K Jyotishi IRS (C&CE:1986), Chief Commissioner(R) has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Hyderabad.

Anil Gangadhar Rao Shakkawar, IRS (C&CE:1986) Former Technical Member, CESTAT has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Mumbai.

Vasa Seshagiri Rao, IRS (C&CE:1987) Principal CC(R) has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Chennai.

Pullela Nageswara Rao, IRS (C&CE:1987) Principal CC(R) has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Bangalore.

C L Mahar, IRS (IC&CE: 1987) Former Technical Member, CESTAT has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Ahmedabad.

Hemambika R Priya IRS (C&CE:1988) Chief Commissioner(R) has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Delhi.

Rajiv Tandon IRS (C&CE:1988) Principal CC(R) has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Kolkata.

R Bhagya Devi, IRS (C&CE:1989) Principal CC(R) has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Bangalore.

K Anpazhakan, IRS (C&CE:1989), DG, DGGI South, Chennai has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Kolkata.

M M Parthiban, IRS (C&CE:1990), Principal Chief Commissioner has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Mumbai.

P Anjani Kumar, IRS (C&CE: 1991) Former Technical Member, CESTAT has been appointed as Member (Technical) Customs, CESTAT, Chandigarh.

Vivek Verma (IRS-IT) has been deputed as Secretary (JS level), Lands Port Authority of India (LPAI), MHA, New Delhi.

Praveen Kumar (IRS IT: 1987) being taken again in hushed tones in North Block. Kumar, an officer with robust career profile, is currently holding the charge of Principal DG Income Tax (Ahmedabad). His name is doing the rounds for the most powerful position of Member (Investigation), CBDT.

Mrs Reena Sinha Puri (IRS IT:1987) and Shishir Jha (IRS IT:1987) are frontrunners for the CBDT, Member posts. Mrs Puri is Principal CCIT, National Faceless Assessment and has tenure in service till January 2024 whereas Mr Jha is Principal CCIT, UP– West and has tenure in service upto December 2023.

Neelima (IAS: 2008: PB) will join the investigation into the PSIEC land bifurcation case this week after an ‘assurance’ that she will not be arrested. She agreed to answer queries of Vigilance Bureau sleuths regarding the alleged irregularities in the bifurcation of the plot allowed by the PSIEC.

Haryana: Reshuffle of IAS officers :

Vijay Singh Dahiya (IAS:2001:HY) has been transferred as Commissioner & Secretary, Youth Empowerment, Govt of Haryana.

K M Pandurang (IAS:2007:HY) has been transferred as Director General & Secretary, Social Justice, Govt of Haryana.

Rajiv Rattan (IAS:2008:HY) has been transferred as Director & Special Secretary, Higher Education and Director, Archives Department, Govt of Haryana.

Delhi: A minor reshuffle of IAS officers:

Praveen Kumar Gupta (IAS: 1989: AGMUT) has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary (AR).

Azimul Haque (IAS: 2007: AGMUT) has been appointed Member (Administration), DJB (on deputation).

Ravi Dhawan (IAS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special Secretary (Power) with additional charge of MD, IPGCL/PPCL; and Chairman; Technical Evaluation Committee in Law Department; Special Secretary (Planning) and Nodal Officer of Special Monitoring Cell in the Planning Dept, reporting to CS in following matters: G-20; Annual Plan 2023; CAQM; NGT Matters.

Danish Ashraf (IAS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special Secretary (Health).

Vikram Singh Malik (IAS: 2012: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special Secretary (Home).

Harleen Kaur (IAS: 2012: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special Secretary to LG.

Ruchika Katyal (IAS: 2013: AGMUT) has been appointed as Member (Finance), DJB (on Deputation).

Dr Anika Chakravarty (IAS: 2013: AGMUT) has been appointed as Secretary (NDMC) with additional charge of CEO, NDMC Smart City Ltd.

Shashanka Ala (IAS: 2014: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special Secretary (PWD).

Sonalika Jiwani (IAS: 2017: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special Secretary (Tourism) in addition to the charges presently held by her.

Punjab: Ten IAS officers reshuffled

Sarvjit Singh (IAS: 1992: PB) has been posted as additional chief secretary, Parliamentary Affairs.

Babita (IAS: 2009: PB) will be director, Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities.

Rajesh Dhiman (IAS: 2014: PB) has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur.

Amrit Singh (IAS: 2014: PB) has been given the charge of Director, Tourism and Cultural Affairs with additional charge of chief executive officer of Punjab Heritage Tourism Board.

Aashika Jain (IAS: 2015: PB) has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Mohali.

Amit Talwar (IAS: 2015: PB) has been given the charge of director, Sports and Youth Services.

Keshav Hingonia (IAS: 2015: PB) will now be special secretary, revenue and rehabilitation.

Amritpal Singh, (IAS: 2015: PB) special secretary, Revenue and Rehabilitation has been given the additional charge of Dept of Higher Education (colleges).

Sagar Setia (IAS: 2017: PB) has been appointed as additional deputy commissioner (general), Kapurthala.

Ravinder Singh (IAS: 2014: PB) has been posted as ADC (general), Ferozepur.

Himachal Pradesh: Over a dozen IAS officers reshuffled

Priyatu Mandal (IAS: 2006: HP), has been appointed as Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.

Pradeep Kumar Thakur (IAS: 2014: HP) has been appointed as Director, Dept of Empowerment of SCs, OBCs, Minorities and Specially-Abled. He will also hold the Addl. charge of MD, Minorities Finance and Development Corporation.

Anurag Chander (IAS: 2016: HP) has been appointed as Dharamshala MC Commissioner and will also hold the additional charge of CEO-cum-MD, Dharamshala Smart City Ltd.

Amit Kumar (IAS: 2016: HP) has been appointed as Director, Personnel and Finance, HP Power Corporation Ltd.

Jatin Lal (IAS: 2016: HP) has been appointed as MD, HP Kaushal Vikas Nigam. He will also hold the additional charge of MD, HP Handicrafts and Handloom Corporation.

Gandharva Rathore (IAS: 2016: HP) has been appointed as Settlement Officer, Kangra.

Saurabh Jassal (IAS: 2018: HP) has been appointed as ADC, Kangra.

Nidhi Patel (IAS: 2018: HP) has been appointed as ADC, Bilaspur.

Mahendra Pal Gurjar (IAS: 2018: HP) has been appointed as ADC, Mandi.

Divyanshu Singal (IAS: 2020: HP) has been appointed as SDO, Nalagarh.

Om Kant Thakur (IAS: 2020: HP) has been appointed as the new SDO of Karsog.

Abhishek Kumar Garg (IAS: 2020: HP) has been appointed as SDO (Civil), Bilaspur.

Gursimar Singh (IAS: 2020: HP) has been appointed as SDO, Nurpur.