AI chief Bansal is secy for aviation, Rajaraman named telecom secy
Air India Chairman Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as the new aviation secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Wednesday.
K Rajaraman, additional secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, has been appointed as secretary, Department of Telecommunications, a Personnel Ministry order said.
Rajaraman will take over the charge from Anshu Prakash who is due to superannuate on September 30.
Bansal, a 1988 batch LAS officer of Nagaland cadre, will replace Pradeep Singh Kharola, upon his retirement this month-end.
Steel Secretary Pradip Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT), it said.
Govind Mohan, Additional Secretary in the Department of Home, will be Secretary, Ministry of Culture, the order said. Anurag Jain, Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority, has been appointed as the Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
K Sanjay Murthy, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited, will be Secretary, Department of Higher Education, the order said.
Murthy, a 1989 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, will take over the charge from Amit Khare, who retires on September 30.